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Looking Upstream through Lock at Power Dam

Date: 11 01 1913
Description: Wooden forms are in place for construction of the walls of the lock at the Prairie du Sac dam. The newly constructed power house is on the left.
Postcard

Driving Sheet Piling at Power Dam

Date: 05 28 1911
Description: Men posing on a barge carrying a steam powered pile driver at work on the coffer dam for the construction of the powerhouse. Caption reads: "Driving Sheet ...
Photograph

Leland Mill

Date: 1924
Description: The inactive Leland mill, with the faded painted sign, "Leland Roller Mill," on the upper story.
Photograph

The Red Tavern

Date: 1925
Description: A deteriorating wooden structure with two gables on the front, identified as the Red Tavern between Kilbourn and Mauston, built in 1848.
Photograph

Corn Crib

Date: 06 04 1961
Description: View up a hill towards a small corn crib in the sunlight. On the left is a barn.
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Hunting Stand in a Tree

Date: 1969
Description: A covered hunting stand rests in a large tree. The tree grows in an open field, with a hill and woods in the background.
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Winding Farm Road

Date: 09 1967
Description: View from below of a long, dirt road winding along a hill that leads up to a farm. A small tree grows in the foreground.
Photograph

Wisconsin Landscape

Date: 1920
Description: A view of a rolling rural landscape, most likely in Sauk County. In the far distance are houses and farm buildings, a church and a larger building, center ...
Photograph

Two-Story Victorian Brick Farmhouse

Date: 1930
Description: A two-story Victorian brick farmhouse with eave brackets, bay windows and a front porch with fretwork railing. The Baraboo bluffs are visible in the distan...
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Badger Army Ordnance Plant Housing

Date: 1945
Description: View from road of vines and flower boxes brightening an otherwise unremarkable row of barracks type housing. There is an A & P Food Store on the right, wit...
Photograph

The Farm Kitchen

Date: 1940
Description: A barn, windmill and shed on the grounds of The Farm Kitchen, a restaurant near Baraboo and Devil's Lake State Park. Stones line a parking area, and a swin...
Photograph

Hunters with Deer

Date: 1940
Description: A group of 14 hunters poses in front of seven field dressed deer which hang from a rack made of metal pipe. There is a barn in the far background, left, an...
Photograph

Silos across River

Date: 1925
Description: Two large clay block silos stand beside a river. There is a large building, possibly a mill, behind the silos, a barn to the right and a shed on the left. ...
Photograph

Power Dam

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of the power dam on the Wisconsin River at Prairie du Sac.
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Rock Scenery

Date: 
Description: View of house and farm buildings in Ableman with a rocky hill in the background.
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Nellie Arms and Her Cat

Date: 10 24 1954
Description: Nellie Arms, aunt of Lewis Arms, holds a cat outdoors at the farm she shared with her husband Bernard.
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Entrance to Silver-Dale Resort

Date: 04 1925
Description: View of the wood trellis fence and columns that frame the entrance gate to the Silver-Dale Resort. A group of people are sitting on the porch of a refreshm...
Photograph

House on the Rock

Date: 
Description: View from stairway looking up at House on the Rock on built on Deer Shelter Rock.
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View over Parking Lot of House on the Rock

Date: 
Description: Elevated view over parking lot of House on the Rock. The property is heavily forested with trees, and bushes surround the parking area. There is a long, lo...
Drawing

Proposed "Forevertron" Site Sketch

Date: 1998
Description: Drawing of Dr. Evermor's "Forevertron" envisioned on the site of the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant (originally known as Badger Ordnance Works). D...

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