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| Date: | 1823 |
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| Description: | In 1823 U.S. Army major Stephen H. Long led an expedition of scientific, trade, and military investigation up the Mississippi River and the Red River of th... |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Drawn the second year of the Civil War, this 1862 map of Milwaukee shows post offices, light houses, beacon lights, county buildings, elevator warehouses, ... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map, looking west from shoreline on Lake Michigan of Milwaukee to Golden Lake in Waukesha County, with Kenosha and Fox Point at bottom corners, ... |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Two Rivers. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the Columbian Exposition pavilions from the vantage point of Lake Michigan. Included is an inset of the Union Passenger Station (now Uni... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Map of Wisconsin including Lakes Michigan and Superior. Inset includes "N.W. Part of Wiskonsan." |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Section 3 of 12, this bicycle road map features Wisconsin bicycle routes in the counties of Winnebago, Calumet, Manitowoc, Outagamie, Brown, Kewaunee, and ... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | A Wisconsin map showing the Wisconsin Superior and St. Croix Railroad. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | This colored map shows railroad lines east of the Mississippi as well as in the states bordering the Mississippi River. The Great Lakes and Gulf of Mexico ... |
| Date: | 1847 |
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| Description: | In 1847, a year before Wisconsin entered statehood, most of the county shapes in southeastern and southern Wisconsin looked the same as they do today, wher... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Drawn around 1855, this map shows the placement of railroad tracks in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois connecting Milwaukee, Prairie du Chien, Gale... |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Map shows Wisconsin counties by color and includes rivers, lakes and some cities. This information is also given for eastern Minnesota and northern Illinoi... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | This map shows the entire state of Wisconsin with counties, cities and rivers. It includes an inset of the layout of the streets of Milwaukee and a chart w... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | This detailed map was drawn nearly a decade after Wisconsin entered statehood. It depicts the entire state, northern Illinois and part of the upper peninsu... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin and parts of Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa. It shows cities and towns, drainage, administrative boundaries and the railroad network with... |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | This thematic shows the effects that Lake Michigan has had on Wisconsin mean temperatures in January and July. The map shows counties, some cities, rivers ... |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | A pen on paper, hand-drawn and colored map of Wisconsin and Michigan, showing counties, cities and villages, rivers and lakes, as well as railroads are in ... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Map of the entire state indicates county boundaries outlined in red, cities of over 3000 inhabitants and county seats. It also marks rivers and lakes. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Prepared for the State Board of Emigration in 1868, this map shows county boundaries, some cities, and completed and projected railroads. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Map of Wisconsin showing counties and their county seats, towns and cities with over 3,000 inhabitants, the Detroit and Milwaukee Steam Ship Line, and both... |
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