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| Description: | View of entrance to White Park from the intersection of College Street and Bushnell Street, which are unpaved. A young girl stands under the archway entran... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline down Rock River, with the Northwestern Railway bridge and Beloit College in the far background. |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the old Beloit Public Library. There is a bicycle lying on the lawn near the front entrance. |
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| Description: | View of the Beloit Hospital from an intersection. There are people sitting on a second floor balcony in a building on the corner. A person is riding a bicy... |
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| Description: | View of Rock River from bridge, featuring Beloit Iron Works factory on the left shoreline. Caption reads: "Rock River from Central Bridge, Beloit, Wis." |
| Civil War Philanthropist, Wisconsin First Lady, Nurse, and Teacher |
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| A brief biography of Wisconsin’s Florence Nightingale, Cordelia Harvey who was a strong voice for innovatring Civil War Military hospitals. |
| Leader and warrior of the Sauk Indians |
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| Biography of Black Hawk |
| Fort Atkinson Poet |
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| Biography of Lorine Niedecker, a poet raised in Fort Atkinson. |
| Adventurer, Explorer and Real Life Indiana Jones |
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| Biography of Roy Chapman Andrews Jones, noted adventurer, explorer and possible model for the character of Indiana Jones. |
| Documented and Legendary Accounts of Lincoln's Visits to Wisconsin |
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| Abraham Lincoln's visits to Wisconsin, documented and legendary. |
| Read about the Seventh-day Adventist Church and other Adventist goups in Wisconsin in the 19th century, including the Scandinavian adventist communities. |
| Learn about the Greeks immigrants who came to Wisconsin in the early 20th century. |
| Learn about the oldest cities and towns in Wisconsin which were established by 1836 and still exist today. |
| Professor, University President, Geologist and Author |
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| Discover the history of professor, university president, geologist and author, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, who establishing the university extension. |
| Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Beloit, Wisconsin. |
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