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Filter: Community of Hudson
Filter: Year of 1800-1899
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | The Moffat Octagon House, erected in 1855 by Judge John S. Moffat. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the St. Croix County Court House with six people standing in front of it. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Hudson, with insets of Court House and Public School. |
| Date: | 04 23 1861 |
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| Description: | Recruiting poster for the "Patriots of St. Croix" to "take up arms". |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline towards the St. Croix River bridge, with a view of the town in the background. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of the Moffat octagon house. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Willow River Falls. Text at right reads: "Published by Whitney's Gallery, St. Paul, Minn. Willow River Falls Near Hudeson, Wis." |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View of Hudson with three women on a hill in the foreground, and the town along the St. Croix River below in the background. |
| Date: | 07 16 1895 |
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| Description: | A man stands in ten acres of flowering onion plants, planted for seed, in the Grant Bros. gardens. A horse pulls a buggy in the field in the background. Wo... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A flock of purebred Shropshire ewes standing near a fence on the farm of Geo. Martin. In the background is a farmhouse with laundry on the line, a farm bui... |
| Lawyer and Politician |
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| Biography of John Coit Spooner who was a lawyer and politician, known as a leading Stalwart Republican. |
| A Popular Swindler |
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| Read about John Till and the miraculous "medical" plaster treatment that led to his arrest by the State Medical Board. |
| Promotions on Paper, 1850s-1975 |
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| Custom-designed letterheads were a universal way of proclaiming who you were. Historical letterheads are prime examples of early branding. |
| Photographs of Public Libraries in Wisconsin |
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| Learn about how the Wisconsin Free Library Commission helped to establish and improve free public libraries in Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | This map shows a plat of city, land ownership by name, local streets, roads, and part of Willow River and Lake St. Croix. The map is indexed by additions a... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | This map shows McKenty's Addition between Maple Street and Hazel Street, and Spruce Street and Oak Street. The map also features an inset map of Hudson and... |
| Community: | Hudson |
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| County: | St. Croix |
| Historic Name: | Schwalen Colony Bakery |
| Reference Number: | 149441 |
| Community: | Hudson |
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| County: | St. Croix |
| Historic Name: | Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Bridge |
| Reference Number: | 226062 |
| Community: | Hudson |
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| County: | St. Croix |
| Historic Name: | PASCAL ALDRICH HOUSE |
| Reference Number: | 23865 |
| Community: | Hudson |
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| County: | St. Croix |
| Historic Name: | HARRIS HOTEL |
| Reference Number: | 23905 |
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