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| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | This detailed map was drawn nearly a decade after Wisconsin entered statehood. It depicts the entire state, northern Illinois and part of the upper peninsu... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a sailboat in Excursion Cave, on Hemlock Island of the Apostle Islands. A man can be seen sitting in the boat. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | A geological map of Wisconsin that shows the locations of different rock deposits such as limestone, sandstone, shale, plutonic and the Penokee Iron Range.... |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | This thematic shows the effects that Lake Michigan has had on Wisconsin mean temperatures in January and July. The map shows counties, some cities, rivers ... |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | A pen on paper, hand-drawn and colored map of Wisconsin and Michigan, showing counties, cities and villages, rivers and lakes, as well as railroads are in ... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Map of the entire state indicates county boundaries outlined in red, cities of over 3000 inhabitants and county seats. It also marks rivers and lakes. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | This map of the entire state shows county boundaries outlined in red, cities of over 3000 inhabitants and county seats. It also marks rivers, lakes, railro... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Prepared for the State Board of Emigration in 1868, this map shows county boundaries, some cities, and completed and projected railroads. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Map of Wisconsin showing counties, county seats, cities with populations over 3,000, and congressional districts. The map also includes rivers, lakes, rail... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Map of the triangulations made from Vulcan on the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan south through eastern Wisconsin, past Chicago to Ba... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | A map of Wisconsin and the western portion of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula showing the township grid, counties, towns, river systems, and lakes. The borders ... |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | A map of Wisconsin as well as the southeastern most portions of Minnesota and Iowa and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan showing the township grids, railways... |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | A map of Wisconsin showing counties, county seats, cities over 3,000 inhabitants, Lake Michigan steamship routes, railroads completed and projected, rivers... |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored map of Wisconsin that shows counties, cities, towns, villages, railroads, as well as the locations of railroad stations and post offices wit... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Map of Wisconsin including the eastern portions on Minnesota, Iowa, northern Illinois, and the western most portion of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, showing ... |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | A brochure with a map of Wisconsin that also includes information (in English, German, Norwegian, and Swedish) pertaining to the state, such as its timber ... |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | A geological map of northern Wisconsin showing the locations of different soil types in the state such as sandy soil, sandy loam, prairie loam, clayey loam... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored map of Wisconsin showing the nine congressional districts, it also shows the counties, cities, railroads, rivers, and lakes in the state. |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored map of Wisconsin showing counties, cities, villages, railroads, lakes, and rivers in the state. The map also includes the eastern portions o... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | A detailed, hand-colored map of Wisconsin and the western portion of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, which also includes an inset of Isle Royale in Lake Superi... |
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