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United States Naval Training Station

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Description: A view of a group of sailors standing in front of large clotheslines on which naval uniforms are hanging to dry at Naval Station Newport, established in 18...
Photograph

"Greetings from Newport, RI"

Date: 1898
Description: A woman in a bathing suit stands on the beach and holds what appears to be a seashell. The ocean is in the background. This woman is contained within a she...
Photograph

Hilltop Inn

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Description: View of the rear porches and balconies at Hilltop Inn, built in 1910. Trees and other plants surround the porches where wicker chairs and potted plants ar...
Photograph

Sugar Bowl

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Description: View of the Sugar Bowl rock formation on the Wisconsin River. The photograph caption reads "Camera Works by Sweet MPLS."
Map or Atlas

Plat of Newport

Date: 1854
Description: This map is ink and watercolor on tracing cloth and shows lot and block numbers, streets, a park, and depots. Some lots are colored red or blue and some in...
Historical Essay

Bailey, Col. Joseph (1826-1867)

Wisconsin Civil War Officer, Lumberman
Brief biography of Col. Joseph Bailey, the lumberman famous for his creative application of dams during the failed Civil War Red River Campaign of 1864.
Photograph

Commander Oliver Wetzel

Date: 12 20 1970
Description: Four men are sitting or reclining on the floor in a room, surrounded by large sheets of paper and art supplies. One man is propsping up sheets of paper wit...
Photograph

Sugar Bowl

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Description: Stereograph of the Sugar Bowl, a rock formation in the Wisconsin Dells, with trees growing on the top. A man in a rowboat is floating between the rock and ...
Postcard

Reuben Gold Thwaites Speaking at Newport

Date: 08 1909
Description: A man is standing on a small ridge, surrounded by people sitting on the ground. He is holding an open book and speaking. Caption reads: "Reuben G. Thwaites...
Property Record

1450 STATE HIGHWAY 13

Community: Newport
County: Columbia
Historic Name: Raymond House
Reference Number: 16879
Property Record

E SIDE OF PETERSON RD, .25 M S OF US HIGHWAY 16

Community: Newport
County: Columbia
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 3427
Property Record

STATE HIGHWAY 13, N 9888, 1/3 M E OF STATE HIGHWAY 13, .5 M N OF WISCONSIN DELLS

Community: Newport
County: Columbia
Historic Name: Upham, Horace A.J., (Camp Wabeek) House
Reference Number: 6072

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