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| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | A rare photograph of U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Howard rowing a boat on the Fox River. Fort Howard, built in 1816, was the first in the chain of ... |
| Date: | 1842 |
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| Description: | This hand-colored lithograph of the second Fort Howard, with Indians canoeing on the Fox River, shows the hospital built 1834-1835 outside the stockade on ... |
| Date: | 1835 |
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| Description: | Little Lake Butte Des Morts just north of Lake Winnebago where Governor Lewis Cass of Michigan, and Thomas McKenney, head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Nine men arrive at Fort William by canoe. Fort William, also called Kaministiguia, was the Hudson's Bay fur trading post. Men are standing along the opposi... |
| Date: | 1848 |
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| Description: | The first Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien, with the Mississippi River in the foreground. Although dated 1830, this scene was actually painted by Henry Le... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | View of five soldiers rowing in a boat, beside a dock, with another soldier standing on the dock. The fort is in the background, complete with the fortifie... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | Several men rowing in a boat near Fort Howard that has an American Flag, barracks, and various related military buildings enclosed behind a wall. |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | Fort Crawford (the second site, with buildings of 1829-?), on the east bank of the Mississippi River, about 2 miles above the mouth of the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 1829 |
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| Description: | Fort Crawford, from a sketchbook attributed to Seth Eastman, 1808-1875. A graduate of West Point, Eastman briefly served at Fort Crawford, 1829-1839. |
| Date: | 1829 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored lithograph of Fort Armstrong, based on a drawing by Henry Lewis. Includes boats on the Mississippi River. |
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| Description: | View of Chicago from Chicago River. The homes of John Dean, J. Baptiste Beaubien, Dr. Walcott, and John Kinzie are identified by number. Fort Dearborn can ... |
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| Description: | A general view of two members of the U.S. Life-saving Crew in a boat, during capsize drill. Camp facilities are on the left riverbank in a wooded area. Cap... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Fort Sumpter [sic]. There are several men and a boat on the shoreline in the foreground. Plate 56 |
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| Description: | Illustration of Fort Armstrong on Rock Island, looking from opposite shoreline. There is a barge and other boats on the Mississippi River in front of the f... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across water towards Fort Howard. In the foreground is a man standing on a pier, and in the water nearby are five men rowing in a boat. Capti... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | A rare photograph of U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Howard rowing a boat on the Fox River. Fort Howard, built in 1816, was the first in the chain of ... |
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