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| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Drawn around 1855, this map shows the placement of railroad tracks in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois connecting Milwaukee, Prairie du Chien, Gale... |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored map showing portions of present-day Iron and Vilas counties north of the Manitowish River as part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The Wi... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Map of Wisconsin, showing railway routes throughout the state as well as the names of the counties, townships, and cities in the state. The inset of the ma... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored map of Wisconsin, showing the county boundaries, towns, cities, railroads, roads, lakes, rivers, bays, and the Lake Superior’s islands. In ... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Map shows the railroads of southern Wisconsin, highlighting the Watertown and Madison Railroad. The Watertown and Madison Railroad between those two cities... |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | This map of the Mississippi River between Island No. 8, northeast of New Madrid, Missouri, and Tiptonville, Tennessee, depicts the Confederate defenses at ... |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | This thematic shows the effects that Lake Michigan has had on Wisconsin mean temperatures in January and July. The map shows counties, some cities, rivers ... |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | A pen on paper, hand-drawn and colored map of Wisconsin and Michigan, showing counties, cities and villages, rivers and lakes, as well as railroads are in ... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | A geological survey map of Wisconsin, with hand-colored portions showing the surveys completed from 1873 to 1875. Although the title and legend are in Wel... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | A series of four hand-colored, geological maps of Wisconsin. Starting from the top of the page, the first map is of a section along the line of the 4th pri... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored, geological map of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers’ water path from the Mississippi River to the Great Lakes. The map also shows those railroad... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Map of Wisconsin showing counties, county seats, cities with populations over 3,000, and congressional districts. The map also includes rivers, lakes, rail... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | A folded brochure with a map of the Chicago to Saint Paul rail line through Wisconsin by way of the Chicago & North-Western and West Wisconsin Railways. Th... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | A map of the triangulation and reconnaissance along the southwest corner of Wisconsin. The map shows the river systems, railroads, cities, and villages tha... |
| Date: | 1838 |
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| Description: | This manuscript map, drawn in pencil, shows the lakes and rivers in the area between Lake of the Woods in northern Minnesota, the Mississippi River on the ... |
| Date: | 1849 |
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| Description: | Published in Germany a year after Wisconsin entered statehood, this map shows prairies, swamps, lakes, mounds, limestone deposits, and lead and copper mine... |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| 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,... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | A map of Wisconsin and northern Illinois, showing the railroad routes in these areas, specifically the Fox River Valley, Wisconsin Central and the Ontonago... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | This map shows the entire state and part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It depicts creeks, rivers, lakes, railroads completed, railroads in progress, ... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| 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... |
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