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Map of Milwaukee County
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An ink on paper map of Milwaukee County and the eastern portion of Waukesha County (Towns of Menomonee, Brookfield, New Berlin, and Muskego). Towns in Milwaukee County are hand colored. The map displays additions, plank roads, streets, railroads, railroad stations, post offices, lakes and streams, prairies, wetlands, Indian mounds, and selected churches, schools, taverns, breweries, groceries, hotels, and justices of the peace. Below the title is an inset plat map of the village of Wauwatosa from a survey by H. Gardner.
1858
Lipman, L. (Louis) (cartographer)
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WHi 96384
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