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Map Showing Route of Marches of the Army of Gen. W.T. Sherman from Atlanta, Ga. to Goldsboro, N.C.

Date: 1864
Description: This map shows the routes of the cavalry and of the 14th, 15th, 17th, and 20th Army Corps Atlanta, Ga., to Goldsboro, N.C., during February and March, 1865...
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Topographical Map of Wisconsin Territory

Date: 1837
Description: This map shows the townships, roads, trails, natural land forms, vegetation, mill sites and lead and copper deposits in the Wisconsin Territory at the time...
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Wisconsin. Milwaukee Land District Showing the Location of the Canal and Canal Reservation

Date: 1840
Description: This hand-colored map shows the township and section grid in southeastern Wisconsin, covering the area west to Sugar River and Four Lakes region and north ...
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Topographic Map of Land Around Riven Rock

Date: 1899
Description: Topographical map showing ridges, water courses, boundary lines, and trails and roads near the Stanley McCormick's Riven Rock estate in El Montecito, Santa...
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Town 18 Range 23

Date: 1800
Description: This 19th-century manuscript map of the Town of Newton, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, shows sections, lakes and streams, the trail from Chicago to Green Bay...
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Township No. 18 N. Range No. 20 E.

Date: 1837
Description: This manuscript map, copied in 1837 from a map in the Green Bay Land Office, Navarino, shows sections, the Shebowegan Trail, sandstone ledges, rivers, stre...
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Map of the Chain-O'-Lakes, Waupaca, Wisconsin : A Guide for those who, Loving Beauteous Nature, Would Seek Recreation in Her Fairest Haunts

Date: 1898
Description: This 1896 map of the Chain-O-Lakes region of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, shows the lakes and streams, some topography, archaeological sites, roads, railroad...
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Map of Chippewa County, State of Wisconsin

Date: 1873
Description: This 1873 map of Chippewa County, Wisconsin, which at the time also encompassed all or part of Price, Rusk, Sawyer, and Taylor counties, shows the township...
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Maps of the Four Lake Country, Taken from Township Maps in the U.S. Land Office

Date: 1836
Description: Map shows rivers, creeks, roads, trails, mills, and town of Madison. Includes significant manuscript annotations; Sheet 1 is watercolor on lithographed map...
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Map and Illustrations of Milwaukie [i.e. Milwaukee] Showing the Settlement

Date: 1835
Description: Shows Walker’s Point, Juneau Town and Kilbourn Town, including labeled buildings, trails and Indian villages. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north...
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Map of Milwaukie

Date: 1836
Description: This map shows settlers houses and businesses, trails, and swamps. The relief is shown by hachures. The map includes illustrations of historical buildings ...
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Map Part Town Menasha and City: Also City of Neenah and Town, Showing Part About Lake Butte des Mortes & Doty Island, Locating Outagamie and Winnebago Villages, Winnebago County, Wisconsin

Date: 08 24 1899
Description: Pen-and-ink and color on paper. Also shows probable routes of the French explorers Constant le Marchand de Lignery in 1728 and Louis de la Porte de Louvign...
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Map of Region of Little Kaukalin, Fox River

Date: 1800
Description: This map of the Little Kaukalin Region is ink on paper and shows Little Kaukalin Rapids, Black Bird Island, buildings, trails, meadows and woods, and a sug...
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Plan of Section No. 10 Forest Hill Cemetery Belonging to the Jewish Congregation, Madison Wisconsin

Date: 1865
Description: This map of Forest Hill Cemetery is ink and watercolor on cloth. The upper right hand margin contains an index by name and lot. The bottom left corner read...
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Diagram of "Claim No. 21," or Grignon's Tract : (Webb & Bronson's Plat of the Town of Fort Winnebago,) Showing Noted Early Points at Portage.

Date: 1800
Description: This map shows the land claim owned by the Portage Canal Company and includes an index of landownership and landmarks. The Wisconsin and Portage River, the...
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Tracing of the Original Map Showing the Grignon Claim at Portage

Date: 1800
Description: This map is pencil on tracing paper and shows marshes, the Wisconsin River, Indian trails, and Indian boundary line. The upper left corner reads: "Let sect...
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Map of the Territory of Wisconsin

Date: 1836
Description: This map was created to accompany a congressional report shows the then Wisconsin Territory, including present-day states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, an...
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Routes to the Pikes Peak Gold Regions

Date: 1860
Description: This map shows roads, trails, and railroads throughout Nebraska, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, and Utah, including the Salt Lake City & California ...
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Map of Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois : Showing Waterways, Trails, Settlements, Indian Villages, and Boundaries

Date: 1829
Description: This map shows waterways, trails, settlements, Indian villages, and boundaries. The map includes text in the lower left with excerpts from Indian land trea...
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Mississippi River Basin East of the Mississippi and North of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

Date: 1870
Description: This map is mostly pencil on paper map but includes latitude and longitude grid in ink. The map covers the Mississippi River from Lake Itasca to the Wiscon...

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