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Wisconsin River Flood

Date: 04 18 1965
Description: Wisconsin River in flood, looking downstream.
Photograph

Hills and Fog at Sunrise

Date: 07 04 1965
Description: Hills and fog at sunrise, looking out from the north side of the Wisconsin River.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Boscobel

Date: 1869
Description: Birds-eye drawing of Boscobel, Grant County, depicts street names and street layouts, houses, rivers and trees. A reference key at the bottom of the map sh...
Photograph

Covered Bridge in Boscobel

Date: 1930
Description: View of covered bridge, built in 1890, over the Wisconsin River with surrounding landscape.
Photograph

Covered Railroad Bridge

Date: 1933
Description: Elevated view of a covered railroad bridge over a calm body of water, with bluffs in the background.
Photograph

Covered Bridge on the Wisconsin River

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Description: Elevated view of railroad bridge over the river. Part of the bridge is covered. Bluffs are in the background.
Photograph

Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers

Date: 1945
Description: Wyalusing State Park in the Prairie du Chein vicinity. The Wisconsin River is in the foreground and the Mississippi river can be seen below with distant bl...
Postcard

Wisconsin River Bluffs

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Description: Photographic postcard of the Wisconsin River Bluffs and covered bridge. Text below reads: "Wisconsin River Bluffs, Boscobel, Wis."
Postcard

Wisconsin River Bridge

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Description: Photographic postcard from hill looking down at the bridge over the Wisconsin River. A gas station is visible on the right. Text below reads: "Wisconsin Ri...
Postcard

The Old Covered Bridge

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Description: Photographic postcard of the Old Covered Bridge across the Wisconsin River at Boscobel. Bluffs and trees are in the background. Caption reads: "The Old Cov...
Postcard

Paddle Steamer "Grand" Stranded on the Wisconsin River

Date: 04 20 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of a paddle steamer on the Wisconsin River near Boscobel. Written on the hull of the boat is the text: "Steamer-Grand-Stranded-Near-B...
Photograph

Looking Down Wisconsin River

Date: 1913
Description: A view across the river. Trees are along the left shoreline.
Photograph

Wisconsin River Scene

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Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin River. There is a bridge across the river.
Photograph

Wisconsin River Bridge

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Description: View from shore of a covered bridge across the Wisconsin River.
Photograph

Bird's-Eye View of Wisconsin River Bridge

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Description: Elevated view of a bridge crossing the Wisconsin River.
Map or Atlas

Sinsinawa City, Wisconsin Territory : Situated on the South East Side of the Mound of the Same Name Near the River Mississippi.

Date: 1835
Description: Plat for a proposed Sinsinawa City (never built), in Grant County, Wis. When it became clear in the mid-1830s that Wisconsin Territory would be established...
Photograph

Steamboats at Dock

Date: 1900
Description: View from shoreline of three steamboats at dock. Men are sitting and standing on the boats. Partial names of two of the boats are visible.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Nelson-Dewey State Park, Grant County, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: A map of the Nelson-Dewey State Park at the confluence of the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers, showing the topographical features of the area, as well as ...
Map or Atlas

Nelson-Dewey State Park, Grant County, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: This 1920 map actually depicts present-day Wyalusing State Park at the confluence of the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers in the Town of Wyalusing, Grant C...
Postcard

Steamboats on the Wisconsin River

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Description: Photographic postcard view of two steamboats on the Wisconsin River. Tree-covered bluffs are on the opposite shoreline. The steamboat on the left is the "G...

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