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| Date: | 1800 |
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| Description: | Shows plat of town, land ownership by name, local streets, courthouses, churches, hotels, mills, railroads, railroad stations, lakes, and rivers. Includes ... |
| Land Speculator and Politician |
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| Brief biography of surveyor, land speculator, railroad promoter and politician Byron Kilbourn, twice elected mayor of Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 1800 |
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| Description: | This map of the Village of North La Crosse was likely published before 1871 and shows street names, additions, section and lot numbers, railroads (specific... |
| Wisconsin Civil War Officer |
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| Read about the colonel of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry who was also one of the leaders of the Iron Brigade. This article includes several links. |
| Land Speculator and Businessman |
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| Biography of fur trader, lumberman, land speculator and businessman Hercules Louis Dousman. |
| Read about Black history in Wisconsin. There are many links to original documents, pictures, eyewitness accounts, and other primary sources. |
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