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Wisconsin Heavy Artillery at Fort Sherman

Date: 1864
Description: Elevated view of Battery C, 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Heavy Artillery at Fort Sherman, shown here after the battles of Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain....
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Wisconsin Volunteers, Lookout Mountain

Date: 04 20 1864
Description: Company D, Twenty-first Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Top row (left to right): John Buboltz, Spencer Orlup, J. Henry Otto, Lyman C. Wait, Andrew Jackson, W...
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Union Army Officers in the Field

Date: 1863
Description: Union army officers. From left are: General U.S. Grant, General Rawlins, General Webster, Colonel Lagow, and Colonel Killyer take a break.
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Officers of the Twenty-First Wisconsin Infantry

Date: 1863
Description: The Twenty-First Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry posing on Lookout Mountain. From right to left: Fred W. Borcherdt of Manitowoc, Wisconsin; acting Adjutant Co...
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Clinton Youth at Highlander Folk School

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Description: Four girls hiking up a mountain as an excursion during the Clinton Youth session at Highlander Folk School. Clinton Youth was a Unitarian work camp from th...
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Foster Falls

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Description: Foster Falls, near Highlander Folk School. This site was often used for picknicking.
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Copper Hill Basin

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Description: A metal, cage-like structure at Copper Hill Basin.
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Picnic Behind Highlander

Date: 1935
Description: A student at Highlander having a picnic behind the school.
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Myles Horton Peering off of a Porch

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Description: Rear view of an aging Myles Horton, co-founder of Highlander Folk School, peering over the side of a raised porch with a view to the horizon. There are two...
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Daniel Boone's Trail

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Description: The marker at Daniel Boone's Trail.
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Umbrella Rock

Date: 1905
Description: A small boy holding binoculars is sitting on the edge of Umbrella Rock, with a river far below. Below him is a plaque commemorating the Battle of Wauhatchi...
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City Steeples

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Description: Elevated view of a densely settled residential area with the steeples of five churches vaulting high above the rooftops. In the background is a formation o...
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Farm Land

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Description: Elevated view of farmland with cumulus clouds overhead.

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