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| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the blacksmith shop at Walnut Grove farm where Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884) invented and built his first reaper in 1831. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A dilapidated Cedar Bark Lodge with no glass in the windows and an overgrown yard on Hermit Island. |
| Date: | 06 1925 |
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| Description: | View of three farm buildings - the one in the center is collapsing. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Tavern in a state of deterioration, with rubble in front. The tavern is partly obscured by an oak tree, and a white house stands behind the tavern. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Smokehouse at Hawks Tavern, also known as Hawks Inn. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Burdick homestead, which was originally made from logs. Built in 1842, it was said to be the first house west of the Rock River. |
| Date: | 06 14 1946 |
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| Description: | View of the school surrounded by trees, out in an overgrown field during a warm season. Stony Hill School house, where the first Flag Day was celebrated on... |
| Date: | 06 14 1946 |
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| Description: | Stony Hill School house, where the first Flag Day was celebrated on June 14, 1885. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Front view of the Van Pool Brothers office, where the Master Builders' Association of Wisconsin was founded. Caption reads: "Birthplace of Master Builders ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | The Grignon house was built (at the later address of 1313 Augustine Street) in 1836 by Charles Grignon. Charles Grignon was the son of Augustin Grignon, on... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | The Grignon house was built (at the later address of 1313 Augustine Street) in 1836 by Charles Grignon. Charles Grignon was the son of Augustin Grignon, on... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The Grignon house was built (at the later address of 1313 Augustine Street) in 1836 by Charles Grignon. Charles Grignon was the son of Augustin Grignon, on... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | House built of stove-wood by David Williams in 1848-49. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | The 1847 Ferry House, a two-story wooden, classical revival style structure with six over six windows. There is a second-story front porch and small lean-t... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Snow-filled porch at the River Pines Tuberculosis Sanitorium. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A view of the commissary warehouse at Fort Winnebago. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A view of Tenpin Alley (rear) active in lead mining days. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | This building was said to have been an early residence. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A house, probably one of the earliest in the area, located near Luther Valley. Adjoining property belonging to a family named Clausen (at the time of the p... |
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