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Newspaper Article/Clipping

Old shot tower activities and early life at old Helena

Date: 1923-11-22
County: Sauk
City: Spring Green
Photograph

Top Shaft

Date: 1945
Description: The top of the shot tower shaft with the entrance. The sign on the railing reads: "Do Not Throw Anything Down This Shaft".
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Black Hawk lives again in shot tower pageant

Date: 1930-09-19
County: Sauk
City: Spring Green
Photograph

Pleasant View Schoolhouse

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior shot of Pleasant View schoolhouse. There is a bell tower on the roof.
Historical Essay

Shot Tower Lead-Melting Bowl

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Lead-melting bowl used at the Wisconsin Shot Company Shot Tower, Helena, Wisconsin, c. 1833. (Museum object #1992.12)
Photograph

Outdoor Exhibit

Date: 1925
Description: An outdoor exhibit, possibly at Tower Hill State Park, with a display featuring a "pig of lead" found near the shot tower there. There is also a bronze pla...
Property Record

COUNTY HIGHWAY C

Community: Wyoming
County: Iowa
Historic Name: Shot Tower (Daniel Whitney, Platte and Co.)
Reference Number: 16189
Photograph

Trail to Historic Shot Tower — Shot Tower State Park Near Mazomanie

Date: 
Description: View down trail along steep hill in the woods with birch and pine trees. A sign posted on a tree reads: "To The Cave."
Map or Atlas

A Map of the Town of Helena

Date: 1900
Description: This Plat map shows the second location of Helena's (of three) on the banks of the Wisconsin River. It also shows the location of shot tower northeast of t...
Property Record

COUNTY HIGHWAY C

Community: Wyoming
County: Iowa
Historic Name: Tower Hill State Park Shelter
Reference Number: 47411
Property Record

COUNTY HIGHWAY C

Community: Wyoming
County: Iowa
Historic Name: Tower Hill State Park Shelter
Reference Number: 47406
Property Record

COUNTY HIGHWAY C

Community: Wyoming
County: Iowa
Historic Name: Tower Hill State Park Shelter
Reference Number: 47413
Historical Essay

Helena, Iowa Co.

Origin of Helena, Wisconsin
Discover the history of Helena, Wisconsin
Historical Essay

Cyrus Woodman (1814 - 1889)

Lawyer, Land agent, Banker, Lumberman
Discover the history of Cyrus Woodman
Historical Essay

Woodman, Cyrus 1814-1889

Lawyer, Land Agent, Banker and Lumberman
Biography of lawyer, land agent, banker and lumberman Cyrus Woodman.
Property Record

324 HIGH ST

Community: Mineral Point
County: Iowa
Historic Name: Cadwallader C. Washburn and Cyrus Woodman Bank
Reference Number: 60254
Property Record

124 N BALDWIN ST

Community: Madison
County: Dane
Historic Name: Lavinia and Abraham Morton House
Reference Number: 78077
Historical Essay

Lockwood, James Henry 1793-1857

Fur Trader, Merchant, Judge and Territorial Legislator
Biography of fur trader, merchant, judge and territorial legislator James Henry Lockwood.

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