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| Date: | 06 1949 |
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| Description: | Gophering, or prospecting for lead using a windlass at Maplewood Farm. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Galena (lead sulfide) was melted at this open hearth furnace owned by Richard Straw and Company on the Roundtree Branch of the Little Platte River. The men... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Platteville. |
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| Description: | An engraving based on a drawing by Alexander Simplot of the Platteville Brewery (spelled Plattville). It is an elevated perspective showing the main buildi... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin State College (later renamed the University of Wisconsin-Platteville). The Student Union is in final stages of construction, and in the foregroun... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of mining operations. Caption reads: "'A Busy Corner' of Platteville." |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view across grounds towards the Trinity Episcopal Church, built in 1864. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | A straw lead furnace, an open hearth furnace where lead sulphite (Galena) was roasted. Located on the Rountree branch of the Little Platte River, Richard S... |
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| Description: | A view of the State Teacher's College. Snow is on the ground and covering the trees. The State Teacher's College and the Mining College in Platteville merg... |
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| Description: | A view of the State Normal School, founded in 1866. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A view of a tree on the grounds near a building at the State Mining School. This maple tree was planted in 1869 by, Professor Charles H. Allen, Professor D... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A view of the plaque on a maple tree outside the State Mining School. It reads: "Planted April 1869 by Professor Charles H. Allen, Professor Duncan McGrego... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | The John H. Rountree House, built in 1854. According to "The History of Wisconsin" (Vol. I, 1973), "The rise of the settlement at Platte Mounds was indisso... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A view of the Mitchell-Rountree house. Built in 1837 for the Rev. Samueal Mitchell under the direction of his daughter's husband, Major John H. roundtree, ... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View of the Mitchell-Rountree house (the first). |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | The Mitchell-Rountree house. This is a view from the southeast of the side of the home. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The Mitchell-Rountree house, built in 1837 by Samuel Mitchell of Virginia whose daughter, Mary Grace Mitchell, was married to John H. Rountree, the founder... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards the Mitchell-Rountree house. People are standing on the front steps of the house on the far right. |
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