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Property Record

854 PLEASANT RIDGE CT

Community: Union
County: Door
Historic Name: PLEASANT RIDGE SCHOOL
Reference Number: 25698
Photograph

William, Sarah, and Ollie Greene

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait of William, Sarah (probably Amelia), and Ollie Greene, three children of Thomas and Harriet Greene. The Greenes were settlers in the Pleasant Ridg...
Postcard

Disking Oats

Date: 04 1911
Description: A man is standing on the guard of a disk harrow, holding a whip. A team of horses are pulling the harrow. Caption reads: "Disking oats Apr. 15, 1911 at Ple...
Historical Essay

Pleasant Ridge: A Community of Black Farmers in Wisconsin

Read the history of Pleasant Ridge, Wisconsin, a unique a community developed by formerly enslaved African American slaves in the mid-19th century.
Photograph

Elevated View of Slabtown/Flora Fountain

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of Slabtown/Flora Fountain. The church in the lower right was built by the Latter Day Saints and later moved to Lancaster.
Photograph

Flora Fountain School Picture

Date: 1926
Description: Flora Fountain school group portrait. Names, back row (l to r): teacher Dorothy Enloe, Veda Edwards, Dorothy Greene, Wesley Greene, Lyle Adkinson, Nelson C...
Property Record

311 CTH S/W PLEASANT ST

Community: Iron Ridge
County: Dodge
Historic Name: Maple Grove School
Reference Number: 224389
Property Record

10919 60th St

Community: Pleasant Prairie
County: Kenosha
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 12804
Historical Essay

Black History in Wisconsin

Read about Black history in Wisconsin. There are many links to original documents, pictures, eyewitness accounts, and other primary sources.

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