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Little Switzerland on the Mississippi: Prairie du Chien-McGregor

Date: 1950
Description: Intended for tourists, this brochure features two maps with tourists sites along the Mississippi River. One map shows roads and populated places along the ...
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Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

Date: 1976
Description: This map includes an index of streets, government and historic buildings, hospitals, schools, places of recreation, churches, cemeteries, and other miscell...
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Early Map of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and McGregor, Iowa

Date: 1800
Description: This map is ink and watercolor on paper and shows the main channel and sand bars in the Mississippi River between villages.
Postcard

Bird's Eye View of the Village of De Soto, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: Color enhanced aerial view of the village of DeSoto, looking north along the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "Bird's Eye View of the Village of De Soto, ...
Postcard

A View of DeSoto, Wis. from the Cliff South of Town

Date: 1920
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view of De Soto, taken from the cliff south of town, looking north along the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "A Vie...
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Prairie du Chien

Date: 1838
Description: This map is a development plat that shows street names, numbered blocks and lots, and small farm lot owners. Included on the right of the map is a large am...
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Plat of the Main Village of Prairie du Chien

Date: 06 1853
Description: This map is ink, pencil, and color on paper and shows lot and block numbers and dimensions, sold lots, streets, and the Mississippi River. Some lots are co...
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City of Prairie du Chien

Date: 1856
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers, streets, the Mississippi River, Fort Crawford, depot ground, and a graveyard. An old fort location is outlined in red...
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Map of Prairie du Chien

Date: 12 05 1854
Description: This plat map shows landowners, the Mississippi River, the Marais de St. Friole, and an old fort. The left margin reads: "Part of the Main Village of Prair...
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Map of Prairie du Chien

Date: 1828
Description: This plat map is pen-and-ink and shows landowners, the Mississippi River, the Marais de St. Friole, Fort Crawford, the town commons, and the Village of St....
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Plat of the Private Claims at Prairie du Chien

Date: 1828
Description: This map is pen-and-ink and served as the model for the lithograph produced in 1828 by C.B. Graham. Landowners are labeled as is the Mississippi River.
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Survey of a Portion of the Line Called for by the 5th Article of the Treaty of Prairie du Chien of the 19th August 1825: Beginning Half a Days March Below the Falls on Chippeway River and Passing the Red Cedar River

Date: 1900
Description: This map shows a line, marked with latitude and longitude coordinates that runs through Prairie du Chien. Only a few features beyond this line are displaye...
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Private Claims on Prairie du Chien

Date: 1942
Description: This photocopy plat map represents the relative position and size of the sloughs and islands in the Mississippi River, opposite Prairie du Chien.
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Map of Prairie du Chien

Date: 1900
Description: This photocopy map shows blocks, lots, subdivisions, city wards, buildings, some landownership, and the Mississippi River. The map margins include business...
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Section of the Valley of the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien

Date: 1839
Description: This map shows the geological makeup of the valley in red, yellow, and green, the Mississippi River, and the location of Fort Crawford. The geology on the ...
Photograph

Paddle Steamer

Date: 1968
Description: Tourists boarding a paddle steamer along the Mississippi River.
Photograph

Coal Dock

Date: 08 1940
Description: Elevated view of a coal barge pushed by a stern wheeled steamboat heading upstream from the Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 9 north of Prairie du Chien,...
Photograph

Evening Along the Winneshiek Bottoms

Date: 1935
Description: Four bluffs are reflected in the back waters of the Mississippi River. A large tree on the right frames the view.
Postcard

C.B.&O. Yards, Lynxville

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Description: View down railroad tracks running along the Mississippi River past a depot. Men are walking near the depot. Caption reads: "C.B.&O. Yards, Lynxville, Wis."
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Looking N.W. from Lynxville

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Description: Elevated view of the Mississippi River at Lynxville. Railroad tracks are running alongside the shoreline. Caption reads: "Looking N.W. from Lynxville, Wis....

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