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Map of the Route of the Military Road from Fort Crawford to Fort Howard Via Fort Winnebago

Date: 1936
Description: This map is red and black ink on tracing cloth and is oriented with north to the upper left. This hand-drawn map shows a central portion of the military ro...
Map or Atlas

Sectional Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1874
Description: This map shows lakes, rivers, state, county, and town boundaries, as well as railroads completed, in progress, and contemplated. The map includes a color d...
Map or Atlas

Brodhead, Wis.

Date: 1871
Description: Birds eye map of Brodhead, WI depicts street names and street locations, houses, and trees. A reference key at the bottom of the map shows the locations of...
Photograph

Distant View of Clinton across Koshonong Creek

Date: 1874
Description: Elevated view from hill of Clinton, now Rockdale. Three men are in the middle distance, looking east across Koshonong Creek towards a mill dam, bridge and ...
Photograph

Wheeler Hall

Date: 1955
Description: Wheeler Hall at Northland College, during winter. A group of people are on a bridge over the Bay City Creek, surrounded by trees, in the foreground. Wheele...
Photograph

Aerial View of Main Street in Town

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of main street. There is a bridge with a stream flowing under it in the foreground.
Photograph

Montgomery Street Bridge

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: View from shoreline of bridge and stream.
Photograph

Debris Under Water Street Bridge

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Behind the drugstore, looking downstream. The water under the bridge is full of construction debris.
Photograph

Pathfinder Car near Bridge

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Description: The Milwaukee Journal Pathfinder car driving from a road onto a bridge.
Photograph

Boys in Woods

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Description: A group of four boys in a wooded area. Two boys are standing on a small bridge, and the other two are walking along a small creek.
Photograph

Rosholt Panorama

Date: 11 29 1989
Description: Panoramic view of the Union Street Bridge in the village of Rosholt created by taping three images together.
Photograph

Swollen Stream with Bridge

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Description: The Root River, swollen with rainwater and/or snow melt, runs under a bridge on which a man is walking. Recently built houses are visible in the misty back...
Poster

Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyère Travel Poster

Date: 1900
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyèr railway in Switzerland. The poster features the artist Anton Reckzi...
Photograph

Stream Bed and Country Road

Date: 
Description: View looking north from a covered bridge, including a rocky stream-bed and a tree-lined dirt road with houses and other wooden buildings. Caption reads, "V...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Black River Falls

Date: 10 1884
Description: Sanborn insurance map of Black River Falls covering the area bordered by the Black River on the East, 3rd Street on the West, Johnson Street on the North, ...
Photograph

New Railroad Bridge

Date: 
Description: View from shoreline of two men standing on a newly constructed railroad bridge over a stream.
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1918
Description: Map of Wisconsin along with the western portion of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, showing county lines, cities and villages, lakes, streams, and railroads. Po...
Map or Atlas

Geological Survey Map of Southeastern Wisconsin

Date: 1917
Description: A geological survey map of southeastern Wisconsin that shows the configuration of the bedrock beneath the glacial drift and other deposits in southeastern ...
Map or Atlas

Map Showing the Surficial Deposits of Southeastern Wisconsin

Date: 1917
Description: A geological survey map that map of southeastern Wisconsin shows the surface deposits east of the Wisconsin River, from the Illinois state line north to Ne...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Sparta-Camp Douglas Territory

Date: 1912
Description: This map shows the area around Fort McCoy, labeled "U.S. Military Reservation," and Camp Douglas in the Sparta-Tomah region. Road, railroads, towns, cities...

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