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Photograph

Jumping Stand Rock

Date: 05 1980
Description: Ashley Bennett II, age 46, son of original jumper, at Stand Rock.
Photograph

Jumping Stand Rock

Date: 05 1980
Description: Ashley Bennett II, leaping Stand Rock, age 46.
Historical Essay

Bartlett, Tommy (1914-1998)

This Milwaukeean's prolific life in the entertainment business helped transform the Wisconsin Dells into the major tourist destination it is today.
Historical Essay

The Birth of Lake Delton

Learn about the rise of Wisconsin Dells tourism, and read about the creation and collapse of the man-made river it was founded on.
Postcard

Farmers' and Merchants' Union Bank

Date: 1980
Description: Color photographic postcard of the Farmers' and Merchants' Union Bank. The original building was designed by Louis H. Sullivan and constructed in 1919 of C...
Book or Pamphlet

Balloons Ascending — 1981 SHS Calendar Cover

Date: 1981
Description: Outside front cover of the 1981 State Historical Society calendar. View of hot air balloons ascending near Wisconsin Dells.
Photograph

White Oak

Date: 1982
Description: A mature white oak with multiple large branches standing in the backyard of the Robert Carberry house on Millston Avenue. The rear of the house and a bird ...
Postcard

Lost Canyon

Date: 07 28 1980
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Lost Canyon, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin." Tourists ride in a modern day horse-drawn buggy through Lost Canyon. Rock formations towe...
Property Record

1249 PARK AVE

Community: Columbus
County: Columbia
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 230196
Property Record

1301 WATERLOO ST

Community: Columbus
County: Columbia
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 230241
Property Record

N3344 Stebbins Rd.

Community: Dekorra
County: Columbia
Historic Name: State Experimental Game and Fur Farm - Feed Bin
Reference Number: 246654
Property Record

N3344 Stebbins Rd.

Community: Dekorra
County: Columbia
Historic Name: State Experimental Game and Fur Farm - Staff building
Reference Number: 246655
Property Record

N3344 Stebbins Rd.

Community: Dekorra
County: Columbia
Historic Name: State Experimental Game and Fur Farm - Breeding Barn 1
Reference Number: 246661
Property Record

N3344 Stebbins Rd.

Community: Dekorra
County: Columbia
Historic Name: State Experimental Game and Fur Farm - Breeding Barn 2
Reference Number: 246664
Property Record

N3344 Stebbins Rd.

Community: Dekorra
County: Columbia
Historic Name: State Experimental Game and Fur Farm - Pheasant Rearing Barn
Reference Number: 246689
Property Record

N3344 Stebbins Rd.

Community: Dekorra
County: Columbia
Historic Name: State Experimental Game and Fur Farm - Pheasant Rearing Barn
Reference Number: 246690
Property Record

W5640 County Rd EE

Community: Marcellon
County: Columbia
Historic Name: Lester Cuff
Reference Number: 246718
Property Record

129 E COOK ST

Community: Portage
County: Columbia
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 30172
Property Record

252 W COOK ST

Community: Portage
County: Columbia
Historic Name: A. Horney's Office
Reference Number: 45433
Property Record

122 S LUDINGTON ST

Community: Columbus
County: Columbia
Historic Name: Desert Inn
Reference Number: 60819

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