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Red Cliff Reservation Cemetery

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Description: Man posing by a gate in the Red Cliff Indian Reservation cemetery.
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Oak Hill Cemetery

Date: 1873
Description: Women with parasols in Oak Hill Cemetery. Thomas and Hannah Robinson's tombstones can be seen.
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Women in Oak Hill Cemetery

Date: 1872
Description: Two woman sitting in Oak Hill Cemetery. Board fencing, with a set of steps near the gate, surrounds the graveyard. Picket fences set off some of the headst...
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Oak Hill Cemetery

Date: 1876
Description: The Old York Cemetery. The 1872 headstone of Haldor, son of Syver and Martha Holland, is in the foreground, surrounded by a picket fence.
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Indian Graveyard

Date: 1910
Description: The Indian Graveyard at the Catholic Cemetery.
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Houses and Cemetery

Date: 07 17 1960
Description: Houses viewed from an old cemetery lot.
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French Cemetery

Date: 1953
Description: French Cemetery, showing the grave of Mrs. Alexander Gardipe.
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Little Norway Church

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Description: The Little Norway Church and graveyard, just south of Black River Falls.
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Ho-Chunk Log Grave House

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Description: View of a Ho-Chunk log grave house in a wooded area.
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Tom Quick, Jr. Grave Marker

Date: 1889
Description: The grave marker of Tom Quick, Jr., who reputedly killed many Native Americans after he allegedly witnessed his father killed by a group of Native American...
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Old Burial Hill

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Description: A view of Old Burial Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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Grave of Theodore Roosevelt

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Description: The grave of Theodore Roosevelt (10/27/1858 – 1/6/1919), the 26th President of the United States, in Oyster Bay, New York. Caption reads: "Grave of Theodor...
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Tomb of Bayard Taylor

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Description: View through fence of the tomb of American poet, literary critic, translator, and travel author, Bayard Taylor (1/11/1825 – 12/19/1878). Caption reads: "To...
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Waterman's Monument

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Description: View of Waterman's Monument, a 50 foot granite obelisk erected in 1901 by the Daughters of the Revolution. The monument marks the site of the only identifi...
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Fort Sumter Monument and Grave

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Description: A view of a grave and a monument at Fort Sumter. A flag waves in the distance. The stone entrance can be seen on the far right.
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First Presbyterian Church in America

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Description: A view of the church surrounded by a fence. The building has arched windows and doorways. On the right are two gravestones. Caption reads: "First Presbyter...
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Cemetery

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Description: A view of monuments in a cemetery that stand on the ground of a once bloody battlefield. The monument of the left commemorates New York's 49th Infantry, an...
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Burial Hill Cemetery

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Description: View of graves at Burial Hill Cemetery, established in 1638. The cemetery is also the site of the Watch Tower, erected in 1643.
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Mary Lyon Tomb

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Description: View of the tomb of Mary Lyon (1797-1849), founder of Wheaton Female Seminary, as well as Mount Holyoke Female Seminary where she also served as president....
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Cemetery Visit

Date: 1958
Description: Local historian William F. Wolf visiting the Native American cemetery. In the background is a barn and a silo and other farm buildings.

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