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Swiss Settler Monument

Date: 1915
Description: Monument to the first settlers in this Swiss colony, 1845.
Print

Old Settlers' Club Banquet Menu

Date: 02 09 1909
Description: Menu handwritten by Old Settlers' Club of Madison president Napoleon B. Van Slyke for a banquet planned for February 26, which was postponed due to Van Sly...
Photograph

Settlers Cabin

Date: 08 1915
Description: Jack standing on a pier with his hands on his hips. Behind him are two men and settlers' cabins.
Photograph

Monument to First Settlers

Date: 1920
Description: Monument to the first settlers in this Swiss colony, 1845. View of monument with partial view of Swiss Reform Church in the background.
Photograph

Monument in Memory of First Settlers

Date: 1922
Description: Monument dedicated to the first settlers of Coon Valley. The monument is in Norwegian. There is a cemetery in the distance.
Map or Atlas

Kenosha County, Wisconsin

Date: 1973
Description: Map shows sections, trails, roads, and locations of ancient burial grounds, hills, groves, and settlers. Printed in brown ink.
Painting

Samuel Klauber

Date: 1868
Description: Oil painting of Samuel Klauber one of Madison's first Jewish settlers and founder of Gates of Heaven Synagogue.
Photograph

First Thanksgiving

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Description: Thanksgiving dinner between Native Americans and early Pilgrim settlers in America.
Photograph

Windmill

Date: 1960
Description: A windmill built as a co-operative enterprise by area Finnish settlers about 1910 and now preserved as a tourist attraction. The windmill is located about ...
Photograph

Moses Hardwick

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Description: Studio portrait of Moses Hardwick, a farmer who was one of the first settlers in Wisconsin.
Photograph

Cutover Forest Area

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Description: Forest area that once furnished employment for settlers, but through lack of reforestation was considered almost worthless at the time this image was creat...
Photograph

Frederick Hollman and Mrs. Hollman

Date: 1829
Description: Wash drawing of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hollman, who were early settlers in Platteville, Wisconsin.
Book or Pamphlet

Old Settlers' Club Banquet Menu

Date: 02 22 1902
Description: Front cover and menu page of the annual banquet of the Old Settlers' Club of Milwaukee County. On the cover is an oval tipped-in portrait of club president...
Manuscript

John Pritzlaff Hardware Co.

Date: 02 22 1899
Description: The facade of the John Pritzlaff Hardware Co., on the back cover of the Old Settlers' Club Banquet Menu.
Photograph

Early Settlers' Picnic

Date: 08 10 1954
Description: At the Sun Prairie Early Settlers' picnic at Angell Park, the oldest settler present was Julia McElroy, 89, pictured with her son, George McElroy.
Photograph

Exterior of Church

Date: 1930
Description: Church built by early settlers in the village of New Upsala, the first Swedish settlement in Wisconsin.
Map or Atlas

Racine County

Date: 1975
Description: This map shows settlers, Indian trails, roads, marshes, and forests as they appeared in 1800-1840. "A bicentennial map of Racine County for the benefit of ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Taylor County, Wisconsin

Date: 1909
Description: This 1909 map of Taylor County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, settlers houses, schools, churches, saw...
Map or Atlas

Map of Washburn County, Wisconsin

Date: 1896
Description: This 1896 map of Washburn County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, sections, schools, wagon roads, cities and villages, settlers, railroads, a...
Book or Pamphlet

Old Settlers' Club Banquet Menu

Date: 02 22 1899
Description: Front cover and menu page of the Old Settlers' Club annual banquet, with a man wielding an axe and chopping down a tree. A log cabin stands in the woods be...

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