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Aerial View of Mississippi River

Date: 1907
Description: Aerial view of the Mississippi River with log rafts.
Photograph

Mississippi River View of Alma

Date: 1905
Description: View from across the Mississippi River of Alma, looking north.
Photograph

Bridge at Saint Paul

Date: 
Description: A carte-de-visite of an 1790 foot long bridge, 90 feet above the Mississippi River, with the main span at a length of 240 feet in length, at Saint Paul Min...
Map or Atlas

Map of a Portion of the Indian Country

Date: 1835
Description: Constructed for the Topographical Bureau [Wash.], 1835. Scale: 16 miles to 1 inch. Map of a portion of the Indian country lying east and west of the Missis...
Postcard

Tributaries Leading to Mississippi River

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of winding tributaries leading to Mississippi River. A road passes over a bridge in the foreground. Caption reads: "A View on the Mississippi...
Map or Atlas

A New Map of the Western Rivers

Date: 1842
Description: A map of the Western rivers, a "travellers guide" exhibiting the Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and Illinois Rivers with principal towns.
Map or Atlas

Cassville

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Description: Map of Cassville.
Map or Atlas

Township Map of Wisconsin and Northern Michigan

Date: 1900
Description: A map of Wisconsin, eastern Minnesota and Iowa, northern Iowa, and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, showing railway lines, with those marked with heavy red line...
Map or Atlas

State of Wisconsin Geological Survey

Date: 1874
Description: A hand-colored, geological map of Wisconsin show the progress of the state geological survey in 1873 and 1874. Other elements displayed in the map include...
Map or Atlas

Sinsinawa City, Wisconsin Territory : Situated on the South East Side of the Mound of the Same Name Near the River Mississippi.

Date: 1835
Description: Plat for a proposed Sinsinawa City (never built), in Grant County, Wis. When it became clear in the mid-1830s that Wisconsin Territory would be established...
Book or Pamphlet

James Expedition Map

Date: 02 1823
Description: A map featuring the North American expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains led by Edwin James.
Map or Atlas

Township no. 15 N., Range no. 7 west 4th Mer.

Date: 
Description: This 19th century manuscript map shows state lands and acreages along the Mississippi River and the sections in parts of what is currently the Town of Shel...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Fox-Wisconsin Rivers

Date: 1887
Description: Map of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers to accompany Reuben Gold Thwaites' Historic Waterways.
Map or Atlas

Anonymous Pen and Ink Map of Wisconsin and Outline Map of Michigan

Date: 1851
Description: This map shows labeled counties in Wisconsin and unlabeled county in Michigan. It includes Door County, which was established 1851, but lacks Kewaunee Coun...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin

Date: 1853
Description: This facsimile map shows counties, towns, and waterways in the state of Wisconsin. Included are portions of Iowa, Michigan, and Minnesota. Lake Superior an...
Map or Atlas

Map of Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois : Showing Waterways, Trails, Settlements, Indian Villages, and Boundaries

Date: 1829
Description: This map shows waterways, trails, settlements, Indian villages, and boundaries. The map includes text in the lower left with excerpts from Indian land trea...
Map or Atlas

Map of Soils of Wisconsin : From State Geological Report

Date: 1910
Description: This map shows the Soo Line railroad and Arpin Hardwood Lumber Company lands in red. The top margin of the map reads: "Wisconsin, the safest state in the U...
Map or Atlas

Green Bay & Miss. Canal : for Steamboat Navigation, Locks 160 x 35 Ft

Date: 1868
Description: This map includes a table of estimated costs "by Brev. Maj. Gen. G.K. Warren Maj. U.S.E., of improvement of Wis. River from his survey of 1867." Included a...
Map or Atlas

A General Map of North America from the Best Authorities

Date: 1790
Description: Map of North America showing cities, states, Native American land, regions, lakes, and rivers. A few notes appear throughout the map, particularly west of ...
Map or Atlas

A Map of the Present Seat of War in North America

Date: 1776
Description: Map of the American colonies and land east of the Mississippi River. Prominent cities, forts, Native American land, mountains, rivers and lakes are all sho...

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