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Steam Locomotive Pulling Crane at Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: Steam locomotive moving an overhead crane used to lay rails for International Harvester's Hawkins Mine. One man is standing on the right, and another man i...
Photograph

Crane Laying Rails for Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: Workers and a steam railroad crane laying rails for International Harvester's Hawkins Mine.
Photograph

Ashland Ore Dock

Date: 1885
Description: Ore dock of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad, with a pile of logs in the foreground and docked ships in the background.
Postcard

Ore Docks

Date: 1920
Description: Caption reads: "Mammoth Ore Docks, Ashland, Wis." A building and roads are in the foreground. Several ore ships can be seen.
Drawing

Drawing of Train Cars at Coal Mine

Date: 1901
Description: Drawing of two railroad cars being loaded with coal.
Photograph

El Paso and South-Western Railway Depot

Date: 
Description: Originally known as Arizona & Southeastern Railroad, the El Paso and South-Western Railway was built in 1888. The Jarilla Junction was renamed 'Orogrande,...
Map or Atlas

Topographical Map of Wisconsin Territory

Date: 1837
Description: This map shows the townships, roads, trails, natural land forms, vegetation, mill sites and lead and copper deposits in the Wisconsin Territory at the time...
Map or Atlas

State of Wisconsin

Date: 1850
Description: This detailed map outlines mid and southern WI county boundaries in bright color, and city/town lines are provided. Other marks include lead mines, copper ...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin, a Sectional Map with the Most Recent Surveys

Date: 1851
Description: Map outlines mid and southern Wisconsin county boundaries in blue, and city/town lines are provided. Other marks include mines, plank roads, and railroads.
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin, a Sectional Map with the Most Recent Surveys

Date: 1853
Description: Southern two thirds of Wisconsin with county boundaries hand-colored in red. The map displays towns, railroads, plan roads and mines. The scale is ten mile...
Map or Atlas

State of Wisconsin

Date: 1853
Description: Railroad map outlines mid and southern Wisconsin county boundaries in red, and city/town lines are provided. Other marks include lead mines, copper mines, ...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin : A Sectional Map with the Most Recent Surveys

Date: 1854
Description: This map shows surveyed counties in blue, yellow, and pink, railroads, plank roads and mines. Lake Michigan, the Mississippi River, other rivers and lakes,...
Map or Atlas

Geological Survey Map of Southeastern Wisconsin

Date: 1917
Description: A geological survey map that shows the sedimentary and igneous deposits in southeastern Wisconsin and south central Wisconsin, as well as the limits of gla...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin: A Sectional Map with the Most Recent Surveys

Date: 1855
Description: This map shows the township survey grid and identifies counties, named towns, rivers, lakes, railroads, plank roads, mines, and the Menomonee Reservation. ...
Map or Atlas

Farmer's Rail Road & Township Map of Wisconsin and Chart of the Lakes

Date: 1872
Description: This map, which includes eastern Iowa, northern Illinois and a portion of Michigan's Upper peninsula, shows the township survey grid and identifies countie...
Map or Atlas

Map of Lafayette County, Wisconsin

Date: 1866
Description: A map of Lafayette County, Wisconsin, showing the townships and ranges, sections, towns, villages, stream and rivers, mounds, mineral deposits and the Mine...
Map or Atlas

Map of the St. Croix Range

Date: 1890
Description: This late 19th century map shows mining companies' lands and miscellaneous properties in the towns of Cady and Springfield in southeastern Saint Croix Coun...
Map or Atlas

Map of Ashland County Wisconsin and Portions of Ontonagon County, Michigan and Lincoln County, Wisconsin Showing the Mining District

Date: 1886
Description: This map of Ashland County, Wisconsin, which at the time included part of present-day Iron County, also covers portions of Vilas County, Wisconsin, then pa...
Map or Atlas

Gogebic Iron Range

Date: 1887
Description: This map shows mining properties in the Gogebic Range between Atkins Lake, in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, on the west and Lake Gogebic, Michigan, on the east...
Map or Atlas

Map of Douglas County, Wisconsin

Date: 1889
Description: This 1889 map of Douglas County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, roads, existing and proposed railroads...

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