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| Description: | Drawn map of the Catawba River, fishing creek, and surrounding landscape from the Sumter Papers. |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Distant view of Neshotah Mission. River with boaters, two people standing on riverbank, mission on hill in background. |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Fox-Wisconsin portage and canal map, when the canal was not yet built. From a map in the office of the city clerk at Portage. "The old trail, the location ... |
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| Description: | Log raft and paddle steamer on the mouth of the Black River. On the banks of the river, there are buildings of a town visible. |
| Date: | 07 16 1864 |
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| Description: | Illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper depicting Admiral Porter's fleet passing through Colonel Bailey's dam during the War on Red R... |
| Date: | 08 31 1885 |
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| Description: | Pencil on paper drawing of large house on hill above river, with rowboat and boathouse. The house has three stories, four chimneys, mansard roof, and long... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | View of Detroit with several boats and ships in (probably) the Detroit River. |
| Date: | 10 1875 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of the Dalles of the St. Louis River in Minnesota. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee River near the Milwaukee settlement. People are depicted doing work in boats along the shore. Original is a pen and ink drawing, presumably made ... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Drawing of a ship being loaded by Elmore & Kelly's Elevator on Fort Howard River looking north. A town and a train are in the background. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Drawing of a ship's steering wheel with river and trees visible through the cabin. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Drawing of a steamboat pulling a raft of cut boards. |
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| Description: | Lithograph view towards river of the American Fur Companies buildings and fenced enclosures, surrounded by hills and trees. |
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| Description: | View of Chicago from Chicago River. The homes of John Dean, J. Baptiste Beaubien, Dr. Walcott, and John Kinzie are identified by number. Fort Dearborn can ... |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Landscape view of Fort Snelling, Minnesota Territory from a nearby hill showing the Fort, the Mississippi river, the countryside, farm buildings and tipis.... |
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| Description: | Prehistoric Indian earthworks on the middle fork of the Duck River. |
| Date: | 1806 |
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| Description: | Prehistoric Indian fortification on Hurricane Creek. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Drawing depicting a horse-drawn carriage crossing a stone and log causeway built across a river. |
| Date: | 12 22 1830 |
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| Description: | Increase Lapham's drawing of the geological profile between the Sandusky plains and Portsmouth, Ohio. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Lithograhic view of the residence of John Kinzie on the bank of the Chicago River at the mouth of Lake Michigan. The residence consists of a house with a f... |
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