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Oconomowoc Lake, 1875
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This manuscript map by Increase Lapham, drawn in the last year of his life, shows landownership, roads and railroads, springs, and boat houses around Oconomowoc Lake, in the towns of Oconomowoc and Summit, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Shoreline relief and lake depths are also indicated.
1875
Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875 (cartographer)
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