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Wehmhoff Effigy Mound

Date: 06 27 1927
Description: Aerial view of the effigy mound on Henry Wehmhoff's Riverview Farm. State Trunk Highway 83 runs through the effigy.
Photograph

Threshing and Marketing with Wheat

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Description: Men thresh huge piles of wheat at the Seger Colony School.
Painting

A Farm on the Ottowa River in Canada

Date: 1858
Description: On a very hot day in August 1858 Hölzlhuber visited the farm of Jack Smith, an Irishman who had immigrated to Canada eleven years previously with his wife ...
Photograph

Pyramid Lake Agency Fields

Date: 1902
Description: Alfalfa fields, cultivated by Indians, at the Pyramid Lake Agency.
Photograph

Indians Thresh Wheat

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Description: Indians thresh the first wheat at the Sac and Fox Agency in Iowa.
Photograph

Indians Bind Wheat

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Description: Indians start the first McCormick self-binders at the Sac and Fox Agency in Iowa.
Photograph

Indian Agency House

Date: 1897
Description: The Indian Agency House when the land was farmed by E.S. Baker of Portage, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Steger Artifact Collection

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Description: Vernon and Cathrine Steger proudly display a lifetime collection of Native American artifacts found on their farm.
Photograph

Cemetery Visit

Date: 1958
Description: Local historian William F. Wolf visiting the Native American cemetery. In the background is a barn and a silo and other farm buildings.
Map or Atlas

Map of Iron County, Wisconsin

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Description: A map that shows the Wisconsin Central Railway land grant lands for sale by the Soo Line, the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway. Town sections, lak...
Map or Atlas

Timber and Farm Lands of Ashland

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Description: Map of northern Iron County, Wisconsin, shows town sections and railroads in the towns of Saxon, Kimball, and Gurney. It also includes the area of the La P...
Map or Atlas

Map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: This 1898 map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range system, sections, roads, farm houses, camps, school houses, dams, bridges, Indian r...
Map or Atlas

Map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Date: 1902
Description: This 1902 map of the eastern portion of Sawyer County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range system, sections, roads, farm houses, camps, school houses, ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Ashland County and Portions of Bayfield and Sawyer Counties

Date: 1890
Description: This map shows the Wisconsin Central Railroad land grant lands owned and for sale by the Soo Line in Ashland County, Wisconsin, as well as in portions of B...
Map or Atlas

Map of Ashland County and portions of Bayfield County, Wisconsin.

Date: 1890
Description: This 1890s map shows the Wisconsin Central Railroad land grant lands owned and for sale by the Soo Line in Ashland County, Wisconsin, as well as in the eas...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvester Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1894
Description: Catalog cover featuring illustrations along with the text: "The Foreign Commisioners Visit the Northwest, and Learn Why Bonanza Farming Pays." At the top i...
Map or Atlas

Prairie du Chien

Date: 1838
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...
Map or Atlas

Map of Ashland County and Portion of Bayfield Co., Wisconsin

Date: 1915
Description: This map shows school houses, churches, farms, and railroads. Chequamecon Bay and Bad River Indian Reservation are labeld. The map reads: "All lands shown ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation, Wisconsin

Date: 1911
Description: This map shows railroads, roads, swamps, a school site and farm, and a mill site. The map includes a "typical township" diagram. Lac du Flambeau, Long Lake...
Map or Atlas

Map of Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation, Wisconsin

Date: 1935
Description: This map shows railroads, telephone lines, roads, trails, schools, sub-agency, lookout stations, churches, community centers, and school site and farm. Bil...

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