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View from Case's Block

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph looking northeast from Case's Block.
Drawing

St. Gabriel's Church

Date: 1887
Description: St. Gabriel's Roman Catholic Church. Horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians are on the street and sidewalk in front of the church.
Photograph

Kane's Hotel

Date: 1865
Description: Kane's Hotel, built in about 1839 by Ezekiel Tainter, and then called the Phoenix Hotel, on Main Street. It passed through many hands but retained the orig...
Photograph

Dousman Office Building

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view across street towards the Dousman Office building, later used as a pearl button factory. A large group of people are sitting and standing at ...
Photograph

Congregational Church, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

Date: 1880
Description: Congregational church, organized in 1852.
Photograph

Commercial Hotel

Date: 1880
Description: Exterior view of the Commercial Hotel. Horse-drawn vehicles are in front of the building. People are standing on the sidewalk in front.
Photograph

View of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin - Anaglyph

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph looking northeast from Case's Block.
Photograph

City View of Prairie du Chien

Date: 1875
Description: Stereograph view of Black Hawk Avenue.
Map or Atlas

Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien

Date: 1882
Description: This map is ink on cardboard and shows the location of military forts over the course of years. Also shown are points of interest, streets, the Mississippi...
Map or Atlas

Plat of Fort Crawford Military Tract, Wisconsin

Date: 1864
Description: This map is ink, pencil, and color on paper and shows numbered lots and labeled streets. The bottom margin of the map reads: "Recorded in the Registry of d...
Map or Atlas

Map of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

Date: 1830
Description: This map is ink, color, and pencil on paper and shows streets, farm lots, and a church. Handwritten notes are at the bottom of the map and are very light.
Map or Atlas

Town of Wauzeeka, Crawford Co. Wis. : 15 Miles from Prairie du Chien

Date: 1856
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers, streets, a mill, the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad, the train depot, and the Kickapoo River. Included in the low...
Map or Atlas

Prairie du Chien

Date: 1838
Description: This map is a development plat that shows street names, numbered blocks and lots, and small farm lot owners. Included on the right of the map is a large am...
Map or Atlas

Plat of the Main Village of Prairie du Chien

Date: 06 1853
Description: This map is ink, pencil, and color on paper and shows lot and block numbers and dimensions, sold lots, streets, and the Mississippi River. Some lots are co...
Map or Atlas

City of Prairie du Chien

Date: 1856
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers, streets, the Mississippi River, Fort Crawford, depot ground, and a graveyard. An old fort location is outlined in red...
Map or Atlas

Addition to the Union Plat of Prairie du Chien

Date: 1857
Description: This map shows lots and streets and includes pencil manuscript notations on the front and certification statements on the reverse. The top left margin read...
Map or Atlas

Extension of the Union Plat of Prairie du Chien

Date: 1858
Description: This map shows streets, lots, and landownership. Also included are notations in pencil and blue colored pencil. Some lots are colored in blue, green, or br...
Map or Atlas

Parish's Addition to Prairie du Chien

Date: 1855
Description: This map shows streets and lots. The right side of the map includes notes on widths of streets and certifications. The top right reads: "Parish's Addition ...
Map or Atlas

Plat of Prairie du Chien Part 1 and 2

Date: 1865
Description: This is a collection of two plat maps. The first map shows lots, streets, and farm lot 25. Written in ink, the top of the map reads: Plat of Prairie du Chi...
Map or Atlas

Lower Prairie du Chien

Date: 1856
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers, streets, depot building, and the Milwaukee & Mississippi Rail Road.

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