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Property Record

514 W 9TH AVE

Community: Oshkosh
County: Winnebago
Historic Name: Railroad Depot
Reference Number: 27143
Biographical Book Excerpt

Cooper, Harry, Decatur

Date: 1864 - 1933
County: Winnebago
Photograph

Whiting Paper Mill Ruins

Date: 08 24 1888
Description: The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Men and women are standing near the damaged railroad tracks. Sixteen men were killed by t...
Photograph

George A. Whiting Paper Mill

Date: 1885
Description: The George A. Whiting Paper Mill, with men posing on switching engines of the three railroads then operating in the city in the foreground. Left to right: ...
Shipwreck

L.W. Crane (1865)

Location: Burned at the St. Paul Railroad slip at Oshkosh.
Nearby City: Oshkosh, Winnebago County
Body of water: Lake Winnebago
Property Record

MAIN ST AND PIONEER ROAD, OVER THE FOX RIVER

Community: Oshkosh
County: Winnebago
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 70832
Photograph

George A. Whiting Paper Mill

Date: 1885
Description: The George A. Whiting Paper Mills with men posing on switcher engines in front of the buildings. The engines are, (left to right): Chicago and Northwestern...
Map or Atlas

Plan of the Town of the Island in the Outlet of Winabago Lake, Wisconsin

Date: 1857
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers, streets, railroad depots, locks, bridges, dams, canals, U.S. light house, college grounds, a steam boat landing, and ...
Photograph

Whiting Paper Mill Ruins

Date: 08 24 1888
Description: The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Sixteen men were killed by the explosion of a bleacher; the bleacher exploded as the nigh...
Photograph

George A. Whiting Paper Mill

Date: 08 24 1888
Description: Slightly elevated view of the George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Sixteen men were killed by the explosion of a bleacher; the ble...
Photograph

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Locomotive

Date: 1875
Description: Locomotive No. 75. Class H. Built 1850 by Schnectady Locomotive Works. Men are posed on and around the locomotive.
Property Record

323 W FOREST AVE

Community: Neenah
County: Winnebago
Historic Name: Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Freight Depot
Reference Number: 62186
Property Record

320 CENTER ST

Community: Neenah
County: Winnebago
Historic Name: Charles Williams House
Reference Number: 63318
Property Record

213 HIGH ST

Community: Neenah
County: Winnebago
Historic Name: Callahan-Hauser House
Reference Number: 63041
Print

Kimberly, Clark, & Company Paper Mills

Date: 1878
Description: Line drawing of the first paper mill in Neenah, Wisconsin, built in 1865-66 and called the Neenah Paper Mill; it was run by a stock company composed of Nat...
Print

Kimberly, Clark, & Company Paper Mills

Date: 1878
Description: Line drawing of first paper mill in Neenah, Wisconsin, built in 1865-66 and called the Neenah Paper Mill; it was run by a stock copany composed of Nathan C...
Property Record

9419 EUREKA LOCK RD

Community: Rushford
County: Winnebago
Historic Name: Eureka Lock and Lock Tender's House
Reference Number: 16508
Property Record

315 RACINE ST

Community: Menasha
County: Winnebago
Historic Name: MILWAUKEE AND NORTHERN FREIGHT DEPOT
Reference Number: 26998
Property Record

500 N COMMERCIAL ST

Community: Neenah
County: Winnebago
Historic Name: Chicago & North Western Railway Depot
Reference Number: 28076
Property Record

303 S CHURCH ST

Community: Neenah
County: Winnebago
Historic Name: Sherry-Smith House
Reference Number: 66819

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