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| Date: | 06 27 1927 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the effigy mound on Henry Wehmhoff's Riverview Farm. State Trunk Highway 83 runs through the effigy. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Back of painting reads: "Madison in June 1837 after photo taken by E.E. Bailey" and "Peck's cabin by Dengel." The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built... |
| Date: | 06 1837 |
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| Description: | Lithograph based on a painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey showing the Peck cabin, the first house in Madison. In addition to the cabin, the lithograph includes a ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View of an Indian intaglio effigy, the only one still in existence in Wisconsin. The effigy is in the shape of a panther. There is a car on the road in the... |
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| Description: | View of large platform mound with small barn in the foreground. The numbers 1, 2, and 3 are written on the photograph in ink. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | A horse grazes near Native American burial mounds on the Dividing Ridge, a recessional moraine, between Lakes Monona and Wingra in Madison, Wisconsin. The ... |
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| Description: | Standing together in a row are two Ho-Chunk girls wearing print dresses, and two Ho-Chunk boys who are nude on a sandy pile in front of a marsh. In front o... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Historical re-enactment outdoors, in inappropriate attire, probably meant to represent a treaty signing, at the Grignon House. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | A map that shows the lands for sale by the Tomahawk Land Company of Tomahawk, Wisconsin, in the counties of Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, and Price. The map s... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | Map of a portion of Merton including the Bark River, a mill, Fort Hill, and Indian mounds. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | In 1916, it was estimated that 15,000 Indian mounds had formerly existed in Wisconsin. In the early 20th century, the Wisconsin Archaeological Society surv... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Map showing Indian mounds and graves as well as ground cover types at Township 8, Range 22. There is an inset diagram of an effigy mound labeled "The Cross... |
| Date: | 1838 |
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| Description: | This map is a development plat that shows street names, numbered blocks and lots, and small farm lot owners. Included on the right of the map is a large am... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | This illustrated map shows counties, highways, rivers, roads, present and proposed state parks and forests, proposed state parkways, proposed state monumen... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Engraving of the Peck Cabin, after the painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey. Caption at bottom reads: "First House in Madison. 1837." |
| Date: | 1758 |
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| Description: | This detailed map of north eastern America shows the boundaries, cities, mountains, rivers, lakes, Native American land and towns, and roads from east of t... |
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| Description: | Painting of the Eben Peck cabin, the first house in Madison, was built in June, 1837. Text on back of art board: "Madison in June 1837." Painting likely ba... |
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