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Lobby of the Denniston House Hotel

Date: 1890
Description: Interior view of the lobby. Two men are standing along the back wall.
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Denniston House

Date: 1932
Description: The Denniston House was built in 1836 in anticipation that the State Capitol would be located in Cassville, and housing for the legislators would be needed...
Postcard

Denniston House Hotel

Date: 1935
Description: Caption reads: "Hotel Oelke - on the banks of the Mississippi River, Cassville, Wisconsin." Sign on the hotel reads: "Old Denniston House". This view show...
Photograph

Denniston House Hotel

Date: 1945
Description: The hotel has a sign above the porch that reads: "Old Denniston House".
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Denniston House

Date: 1900
Description: The Denniston House hotel, which was erected in 1836 with a view to making it the territorial capitol of Wisconsin, in the event Cassville should be chosen...
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Denniston House Hotel

Date: 1925
Description: View across railroad tracks towards the Denniston House Hotel.
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Denniston House Hotel

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Description: Denniston House hotel shown after the removal of its fourth floor and the replacement of the original porch.
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Train Depot

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Description: Train Depot, Adams Express Company. Hills are in the background.
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Barn on the Nelson Dewey Farm

Date: 1932
Description: View towards a barn, with a railroad bridge in the foreground.
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John Geiger House

Date: 1895
Description: Geiger house, residence of John Geiger. His son, Ferdinand A. Geiger, was a Federal District Judge in Milwaukee from 1912 through the 1930s.
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Cassville Residential Street

Date: 1908
Description: Snow-covered residential street with houses on each side.
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Wooded Cassville Park

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Description: Park with tree-lined lane. Caption reads: "Scene in Riverside Park".
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Cassville from the Park

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Description: Caption reads: "View from the park". View down dirt road, with a large deciduous tree on the left side of the road, and a cornfield on the right. In the di...
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Nelson Dewey Barn

Date: 08 26 1956
Description: Part of a crowd of over 3000 that toured Stonefield, the Historical Society's site at Cassville, during an open house. The building that housed the State ...
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Roaring River

Date: 1915
Description: Five men in suits pose near the Roaring River in a canyon.
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Roaring River

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Description: Twin waterfalls on Roaring river flowing over weathered stonewalls with river and forest in the background. Caption reads "Twin Falls, Roaring River. Cassv...
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Roaring River Pavilion

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Description: Elevated view of children and adults relaxing and socializing at a camp in the woods. The camp has a large, open, log building, and a flag is hanging in th...
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Country Road

Date: 1915
Description: Low perspective of a dirt country road curving into the distance. The road is bordered by fields and scattered wooden buildings while a solitary figure ap...
Map or Atlas

Cassville

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Description: Map of Cassville.
Postcard

Cassville, Wisconsin

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Description: Colorized, elevated view of Cassville with the Mississippi River in the background. A church and dwellings are in the foreground.

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