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Yesterday and Today : A History

Date: 1899
Description: This map is a folded insert from the pamphlet "Yesterday and Today : A History." The map features the North-Western Line with labeled railway tracks and st...
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Map of the County of La Crosse Wisconsin

Date: 1890
Description: This map features township outlines, railroads, roads, post offices, and landownership for La Crosse County. Various communities appear in yellow, green, a...
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Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien

Date: 1882
Description: This map is ink on cardboard and shows the location of military forts over the course of years. Also shown are points of interest, streets, the Mississippi...
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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.
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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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Map Exhibiting Routes by Which the Navigation of the Mississippi River May be Connected with the Navigation of the Lakes

Date: 1839
Description: This map, one of a series made by Thomas Jefferson Cram of the U.S. Topographical Engineers from personal surveys, covers the area from Green Bay to the ju...
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Map of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin & Iowa : With the Indian Country West of the Mississippi

Date: 1846
Description: This map shows rivers, lakes, and towns in states west of the Mississippi River. Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, and Green Bay are labeled. Some areas are ou...
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Map Illustrating the Plan of the Defences of the Western & North Western Frontier

Date: 1837
Description: This map shows the planned military posts/depots, roads, existing forts, rivers, and land assigned to various Indian tribes. Illinois, Mississippi, Arkansa...
Photograph

House at Base of the Mississippi River Bluffs

Date: 1895
Description: View across water towards a house on the banks of the Mississippi River at the base of rocky bluffs. Probably located between Alma and Nelson, along Beef S...
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Triangulation in Wisconsin

Date: 1879
Description: This map shows names of triangulation stations, railroads, counties, rivers, and lakes. The Mississippi River, Lake Winnebago, and Lake Michigan are labele...
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Chapman's New Sectional Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1868
Description: This map shows railroads, counties and towns and includes a township grid. Sections are shown in blue, green, yellow, and pink. Rivers and lakes are labele...
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A Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1868
Description: This map shows the configurations of the counties, communities, railroads and projected railroads, mines, shipping routes, and labeled rivers and lakes. Po...
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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 ...
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A Map of the Tennassee [sic] Government: Formerly Part of North Carolina, Taken Chiefly from Surveys by Genl. D. Smith & Others; J.T. Scott, Sculp

Date: 1800
Description: Map of the new state of Tennessee. It shows borders, numerous boundary lines (particularly Native American boundaries), towns (European and Native American...
Photograph

Fireplace Ruins

Date: 04 18 1888
Description: Stereograph of fireplace ruins on the site of an old French fort, possibly built by Nicholas Perrot. There is an electric pole behind the fireplace and a g...

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