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Kewaunee, Wisconsin, Looking West

Date: 1893
Description: Bird's-eye map of Kewaunee, with inset of The Kewaunee and Frankfort Car Ferry Line.
Photograph

Assortment of Luxemburg Views

Date: 1890
Description: A collage of scenic views of Luxemburg.
Photograph

Fourth of July Industrial Parade

Date: 07 1886
Description: Intersection of 4th and Steele Streets facing east. The building in the lower right is the Knipfer building, now Algoma Mercantile. Bunting adorns the Boed...
Map or Atlas

Map of Ahnepee [sic] Harbor and River, Wisconsin : Showing Project of Improvement Recommended by the Board of Engineers

Date: 1876
Description: This 1876 map shows the mouth of the Ahnapee River at Algoma, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, with soundings given in tenths of a foot. Proposed improvements a...
Historical Essay

Vieau, Jacques (1757-1852)

Fur Trader
Biography of pioneer fur trader Jacques Vieau.
Historical Essay

Peshtigo Fire

Brief account of the Peshtigo Fire that, in 1871, destroyed in two hours a swath of forest 10 miles wide and 40 miles long.
Map or Atlas

Map of Kewaunee County Wisconsin 1876

Date: 1876
Description: Map shows townships and sections, landownership and acreages, roads, railroads, post offices, and farms. Sections appear in pink, yellow, and blue. On the ...
Map or Atlas

Kewaunee, Wisconsin Territory

Date: 1840
Description: This map of Kewaunee shows lot and block numbers, Lake Michigan, and includes a location map showing proposed railroads. The map includes manuscript annota...
Photograph

Men in Cookhouse

Date: 1892
Description: A group of six men in the dining hall of a lumber camp. The men are in a room with long tables filled with table settings.
Shipwreck

E.G. Grey (1854)

Body of water: Lake Michigan
Archaeological Site

Grimm's Pier

Nearby City: Kewaunee, Kewaunee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
Shipwreck

Iowa (1852)

Location: Approximately 1 1/2 miles north of Taylor and Bach's pier, 4 1/2 miles south of Kewaunee, Wisconsin.
Nearby City: Kewaunee, Kewaunee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
Shipwreck

Sea Bird (1857)

Ship Master: Captain Bateman
Nearby City: Algoma, Kewaunee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
Shipwreck

Mount Vernon (1849)

Nearby City: Kewaunee, Kewaunee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
Shipwreck

Charlotte (1853)

Nearby City: Algoma, Kewaunee County
Body of water: Wolf River
Shipwreck

Forward (1884)

Body of water: Lake Michigan
Shipwreck

Florence M. Dickinson (1855)

Ship Master: Robinson
Body of water: Lake Michigan
Archaeological Site

Alaska Pier

Nearby City: Algoma, Kewaunee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
Shipwreck

Almira

Ship Master: Captain Conner
Nearby City: Algoma, Kewaunee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
Shipwreck

Liberty (1889)

Location: The vessel was towed from Kewaunee Harbor out into Lake Michigan and scuttled.
Ship Master: Captain John Johnson
Body of water: Lake Michigan

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