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| Date: | 10 05 1944 |
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| Description: | Captain Harry Dyer, age 80, admiring his model log raft and steam boat in his basement workshop. For 20 years he was a raft boat mate. He left the river in... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | This illustrated map shows major westward trails from 1785 to 1866: Old Oregon Trail and its deviations, Old Spanish Trail, Lewis and Clark route, Santa Fe... |
| Date: | 08 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a coal barge pushed by a stern wheeled steamboat heading upstream from the Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 9 north of Prairie du Chien,... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks along the shorline of the Mississippi River towards the stern wheeled steamboat General Allen towing barges upriver at L... |
| Date: | 04 1948 |
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| Description: | Three lake steamers docked in the harbor. The closest steamer is the B.H. Taylor of the Bradley Transportation Company, transporting ores. Buildings are in... |
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