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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...
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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...
Photograph

Farm near Stream

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Description: View from hill over a valley dotted with farmsteads and a meandering stream in the foreground. A group of three or four people are posing at the opposite s...
Photograph

Dell Creek Bridge

Date: 1909
Description: View from river of Dell Creek bridge with bluff and birch trees on the left.
Photograph

Henry A. Dahl, as a Fisherman

Date: 1905
Description: Henry A. Dahl, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as a fisherman. Pictured with a long wooden pole and a straw hat. Part of a year...
Photograph

Stream Swollen with Snowmelt

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Description: The Root River swollen with rainwater and/or snow melt. A recently built duplex housing unit is visible in the background. This picture was likely taken as...
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...
Photograph

Dell Creek Dam

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Description: Stereograph upriver of the Dell Creek dam.
Photograph

Five Combined Locks

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Description: Five combined locks between the Hudson River and Lake Champlain in a wooded area. A dirt road runs along one side and a stepped concrete stream-bed runs a...
Photograph

Cornfield

Date: 1925
Description: Corn shocks stand in a field with several pumpkins on the ground. There is a stream or river along the field, and in the background is a bridge over a dam...
Photograph

America's First Water Works

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Description: Exterior photograph of the first water works in America, consisting of a stone cottage next to a stream.
Photograph

Whiteside Valley Below the Bridge

Date: 1864
Description: View down to valley of Union soldiers posing on the roof of a log building. A log bridge crosses a stream, and many trees are on the hillsides.
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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

Richardson Farm

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Description: The Richardson Farm stands at the far edge of a farm field with a creek running through it and animals grazing. The farmhouse is white and surrounded by tr...
Photograph

Looking Down Mill Creek

Date: 1912
Description: View across the creek of two houses.
Photograph

Scenic View — Bridge

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Description: View of a bridge over a stream. In the foreground is a tree. Residential homes are in the distance.
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...
Photograph

LaVerne Sterr

Date: 1949
Description: "LaVerne Sterr."
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...

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