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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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Witches' Gulch

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Description: Looking out of the entrance to Witches' Gulch showing wooden walkway.
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Fat Man's Misery

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Description: Fat Man's Misery, the narrow defile in Cold Water Canyon.
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Witches' Gulch Tourist Stand

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Description: Wooden walkway leading to covered outdoor platform with tables and benches, and to a building beyond.
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Stone Path in Cold Water Canyon

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Description: Stone path at entrance of Cold Water Canyon.
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Tourists at Cold Water Canyon

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Description: Unidentified group of tourists posing standing in Cold Water Canyon. There is a man in the background on the left with a camera.
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Witches' Gulch

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Description: Witches' Gulch; approach to Phantom Chamber.
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Phantom Chamber

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Description: Witches' Gulch; Phantom Chamber with wooden walkway.
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Train Near Ink Stand

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Description: Elevated view of a train running parallel to the river, past the Ink Stand. Several people are standing along the tracks and waving.
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Witches' Gulch

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Description: Tourists on walkway in Witches' Gulch.
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Pauqette Monument

Date: 1925
Description: The Pierre Pauquette monument located at the easterm terminus of the Wauona Trail. Erected by the Wau-bun Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revoluti...
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Pauqette Monument

Date: 1925
Description: A view of the Pierre Pauquette monument located at the eastern terminus of the Wauona Trail. Erected by the Wau-bun Chapter of the Daughters of the America...
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Footbridge over Stream

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Description: Rustic log footbridge over a creek in the woods.
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Sun Shining into Witches Gulch

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Description: A beam of sunlight falls down into a shaded crevice towards a boardwalk.
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Kirkland Through the Arbor #138

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Description: A man and two women under a vine-covered arbor. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scenery."
Map or Atlas

Columbia County Heritage Trail

Date: 1975
Description: This 1975 road map of Columbia County, Wisconsin, shows the location of historic sites in the county but lacks a key to those sites. It includes an inset m...
Photograph

Scene at Chula Vista Hotel Grounds

Date: 1926
Description: View of grounds with a large guest cottage with large front porch on the right. On the left is a three-story structure shaped like a tower.
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Annex at Ravenswood Hotel

Date: 1931
Description: View across stone-lined paths toward the annex, a three-story building with a porch and a balcony above. Pines trees are on the grounds, and there is a sma...
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Grounds at Ravenswood Hotel

Date: 1931
Description: Elevated view of the pines on the grounds of Ravenswood. Benches are set along a stone-lined path and an automobile is parked behind the trees on the right...
Map or Atlas

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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