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Kilbourn Circus Parade

Date: 06 1868
Description: G.F. Bailey bandwagon, with band, and central elevated figure of Mazeppa legend on Broadway in Kilbourn City. Hitch is an Asiatic elephant led by paired dr...
Map or Atlas

Kilbourn City, Wis.

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye map of Kilbourn City, now known as Wisconsin Dells. Kilbourn City was platted in the 1850s and received a boost when the La Crosse and Milwaukee...
Map or Atlas

Lodi, Columbia County, Wisconsin

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye map of Lodi, with inset of Public School. Includes index of churches and points of interest.
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Dr. Blake's Home

Date: 1877
Description: View of Dr. Blake's (probably Samuel M.) house in Lodi or Prairie du Sac with a white picket fence in front of it. A man is standing in the grass in front ...
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Family outside of Dr. Blake's home

Date: 1877
Description: A dirt road leads to Dr. Blake's (probably Samuel M.) frame house in Lodi or Prairie du Sac. A family is under a tree near a wooden fence. On the right is...
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Wisconsin State Register

Date: 1875
Description: A view of the office of the Wisconsin State Resister.
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Turner-Rusch House

Date: 1890
Description: The Turner-Rusch house. Frederick Jackson Turner's family lived here until 1882 when it was purchased by the Rusch Family. Julia Rusch was later (1950) pri...
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State Register Office

Date: 1880
Description: The State Register newspaper office. This paper was published by Andrew Jackson Turner, father of Frederick Jackson Turner noted historian. Andrew Jackson ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Columbia County, State of Wisconsin

Date: 1861
Description: This 1861 map of Columbia County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, railroads, roads, property owners and...
Map or Atlas

Map of Columbia County, Wisconsin

Date: 1877
Description: Shows land ownership by name, churches, schools, farm houses, wagon roads, railroads. Includes directory of businesses for Columbus, Portage, Doylestown, W...
Photograph

Clough House

Date: 1870
Description: View across road of the Clough house, residence of Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby. A man is standing and holding the hands of two young girls in front of the fenc...
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Dead Body of Schuyler Gates

Date: 09 1869
Description: Stereograph image of the body of Schuyler Gates near the mouth of Hurlbut Creek. The body is laying between the ruts of a rugged dirt road.

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