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Chapman's Sectional Map of Wisconsin
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Drawn a decade after Wisconsin entered statehood, this 1858 map depicts counties, creeks, rivers, lakes, railroads completed, railroads in progress and common roads. It also shows mine sites (plus signs) and pictorially shows natural mounds.
1858
Chapman, Silas (cartographer)
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W0142AA
WHi 92441
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Chapman's Sectional Map of Wisconsin
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Chapman's Sectional Map of Wisconsin : With the Most Recent Surveys
1857
This map depicts the township survey grid and identifies counties, named towns, cities and villages, rivers, lakes, railroads, roads, and the Menomonee, Oneida, and Chippewa reservations. Horicon M...
Chapman's Sectional Map of Wisconsin
1855
This Wisconsin map depicts counties, creeks, rivers, lakes, railroads completed, railroads in progress, common roads and the Menomonee and Oneida Reservations.
Chapman's Sectional Map of Wisconsin
1855
This map depicts counties, creeks, rivers, lakes, railroads completed, railroads in progress, common roads and the Menomonee and Oneida Reservations.
