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Map of the Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad and its connections
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Drawn around 1855, this map shows the placement of railroad tracks in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois connecting Milwaukee, Prairie du Chien, Galena, Portage City and Chicago. It also shows the Grand Haven Route steamboat connection from Milwaukee to Michigan. Counties, cities, and rivers are marked. The map includes a table that gives the distance from Milwaukee to Prairie du Chien, Galena, and Dubuque.
1855?
J.H. Colton & Co. (cartographer)
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