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| Date: | 1823 |
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| Description: | In 1823 U.S. Army major Stephen H. Long led an expedition of scientific, trade, and military investigation up the Mississippi River and the Red River of th... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Official highway map of Wisconsin, "the playground of the Midwest," showing the state transportation network prior to World War II. |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | The official railroad map of Wisconsin showing railroad lines throughout the state. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A map of Wisconsin, eastern Minnesota and Iowa, northern Iowa, and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, showing railway lines, with those marked with heavy red line... |
| 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: | 1874 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored, geological map of Wisconsin show the progress of the state geological survey in 1873 and 1874. Other elements displayed in the map include... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored, cloth mounted map of Wisconsin showing the state’s congressional districts. The map also shows the counties, cities, towns, villages, river... |
| Date: | 1838 |
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| Description: | A color map of the settled part of Wisconsin Territory in 1838, including an inset map of the "Entire Territory of Wisconsin as Established by Act of Congr... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | This map includes six diagrams of the Great Lakes Region comparing advantages of geographical positions and strategic considerations. Portions of Iowa, Ill... |
| Date: | 10 15 1956 |
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| Description: | This map shows cities with improved harbors along the Great Lakes. A portion of Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Ontario, and Quebec are also shown. A legend and... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | This map shows railroad routes, rivers, and lakes throughout the north central states, primarily North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Io... |
| Date: | 1853 |
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| Description: | This facsimile map shows counties, towns, and waterways in the state of Wisconsin. Included are portions of Iowa, Michigan, and Minnesota. Lake Superior an... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | This map shows railroad and other transportation routes in Wisconsin, northern Illinois, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, portions of Iowa, Minnesota, and ... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | This blue line map shows the number of carload shipments to northern and central counties, with Mosinee being the central distribution point. Lake Michigan... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | This map shows surface types on the highways including: concrete, bit, mat, gravels, shales, and unsurfaced. County boundaries, cities, rivers, roads, high... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | This map shows the Soo Line railroad and Arpin Hardwood Lumber Company lands in red. The top margin of the map reads: "Wisconsin, the safest state in the U... |
| Date: | 1683 |
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| Description: | Map of the north east coast of North America showing islands, regions, Native American land, bays, and a few European settlements. The Great Lakes appear i... |
| Date: | 1720 |
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| Description: | Map showing the course of the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico up past Lake Superior into Canada. It shows the towns, Native American tribes and l... |
| Date: | 1755 |
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| Description: | Map of the Great Lakes region during the French and Indian War. It shows in great detail the territories, borders and boundary lines, Native American tribe... |
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