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Plat Map of Madison

Date: 1836
Description: The top map is the "Plat of Madison the Capitol of Wisconsin." The bottom map is the "Map of the Four Lake Country. Taken from the Township Maps in the U.S...
Photograph

Oklahoma Cattle

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Description: Elevated view of several cowboys on horseback on a range. A large number of cattle can be seen nearby. Caption reads: "A Cattle Scene Near Tulsa."
Postcard

Town Across Lake

Date: 1905
Description: View of town behind a prairie field and a lake. Caption reads: "Packwaukee, Wis."
Photograph

Upland Prairie Farming Country

Date: 1920
Description: Upland prairie farming country with a view of the fields.
Photograph

American Bison

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Description: A close-up of a buffalo standing alone on the prairie.
Photograph

Dead Bison on Plains

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Description: View of hunters' horses and dead bison on a plain.
Photograph

Branding Cattle on the Prairie

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Description: A group of ranch hands brand cattle. Two cows are being branded in the foreground, and three men are with the cow on the left. Four men are grouped around ...
Photograph

Cowboys Eating Dinner on the Prairie

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Description: Four ranch hands sitting and standing on the left. In the background two men walk near horses.
Photograph

Chuckwagon and Cook on the Range

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Description: View of a camp with a cook standing at the back end of a chuckwagon with a large bowl in front of him. To the left is a pile of logs, along with some pots....
Map or Atlas

Part of Town of Somers, Kenosha County, Wisconsin

Date: 10 19 1836
Description: This 1836 manuscript map shows the sections, windfalls, marshes, streams, prairies, acreages, and former mouth of the Pike River in what is now the eastern...
Map or Atlas

Map of Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1873
Description: This map shows lots and blocks, additions and subdivisions, and large-scale landownership. The map is oriented with north to the upper right. The map is fr...
Map or Atlas

Map of Helena on the Wisconsin River, Wisconsin Territory

Date: 1832
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers, as well as the location of a shot tower, houses, stores, and barns. The map is oriented with the north to the left. T...
Photograph

Scuppernong Prairie Scientific Area Inspection

Date: 06 1957
Description: Members of the Board for the Preservation of Scientific Areas inspect the Scuppernong Prairie Scientific Area. The Board furnished this photograph for the ...
Map or Atlas

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...
Print

Herd of Bison near Lake Jessie

Date: 11 22 1919
Description: Print on card depicting a herd of Bison near Lake Jessie. Written under the title is the date: "July 10th, 1853" and "Shyenne River County."
Photograph

A Prairie Farm

Date: 1886
Description: View across field towards a farm, with farmhouse, barn, outbuildings, and fences. The photograph appeared in Joseph Schafer's 1932 book The Wisconsin Le...
Photograph

Civilian Conservation Corps 2670th Company Trucks

Date: 1935
Description: A row of trucks are parked in a lot with trees in the background. The caption identifies the trucks as belonging to CCC 2670, the Madison-based 2670th Comp...
Photograph

Green Lake

Date: 06 1952
Description: View across a prairie. Groves of trees, a herd of cattle, and a lake are in the distance.

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