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Photograph

Railroad Tracks through Town

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of a train yard with six sets of railroad tracks and large wooden buildings. A nearby neighborhood is visible in the background. Caption read...
Postcard

Soo Line Depot

Date: 1907
Description: Caption reads: "Soo Line Depot, Ashland, Wis." It was built in 1890 of brownstone in the Richardson Romanesque style. Pedestrians stand on the platform of ...
Photograph

White River Bridges

Date: 1910
Description: View from shoreline of a railroad train crossing a bridge over the famous White River near Ashland. In the foreground is an open automobile crossing the ri...
Postcard

Loading Freighters

Date: 1935
Description: View from shoreline towards three ore boats at the Soo Line Railroad dock being loaded with iron ore. The first in line is the William B. Pilkey.
Photograph

Logs in Ashland Harbor

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of logs tugged across Lake Superior to the harbor at Ashland.
Photograph

Railway Passenger Depot

Date: 1900
Description: Railway passenger depot in Ashland (?), Wisconsin.
Postcard

Ore Docks

Date: 1920
Description: Caption reads: "Mammoth Ore Docks, Ashland, Wis." A building and roads are in the foreground. Several ore ships can be seen.
Postcard

Lakeside Scenes

Date: 09 19 1932
Description: Four views near Lake Superior, including two scenes of boats and docks near the ore docks, a bathing scene showing a group of people swimming in the lake a...
Property Record

E MACARTHUR AVE AT ASHLAND HARBOR

Community: Ashland
County: Ashland
Historic Name: ASHLAND ORE DOCK
Reference Number: 4354
Property Record

102 11TH AVE E

Community: Ashland
County: Ashland
Historic Name: George & Charlotte Reynolds House
Reference Number: 422
Property Record

515 11TH AVE W

Community: Ashland
County: Ashland
Historic Name: Herman and Marie Wildhagen Investment Property
Reference Number: 444
Property Record

201 W 2ND ST (aka MAIN ST W)

Community: Ashland
County: Ashland
Historic Name: ASHLAND COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Reference Number: 582
Historical Essay

Bird's-Eye Maps of Wisconsin - Image Gallery Essay

View these 19th-century panoramic, detailed maps of Wisconsin communities.
Property Record

701 2ND AVE W

Community: Ashland
County: Ashland
Historic Name: Louis and Augusta Cartier House
Reference Number: 84

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