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Looking Out From Boat Cave

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Description: View out to the river from Boat Cave. At the entrance of the cave are two men in a canoe. H.H. Bennett's brother, John, is the paddler in the bow of the bo...
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H.H. Bennett and Dark Tent at Gates Ravine

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Description: View up the river from behind Gates Ravine. There is a boat and dark tent at the edge of the river. H.H. Bennett is sitting on rowboat with his wetplate te...
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Kilbourn, Superior Street Bridge

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Description: View of Kilbourn, with Superior Street bridge in Happy Hollow. Two men are standing on a bridge. Buildings and stacked lumber are in the background.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1411: Witching Up

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a group of men "witching up."
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Raftsman's Series No. 1415: Rafting Over At Foot Of The Dells

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of men working on rafts.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1416: Shipping An Oar In The Dells (High Rock)

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of four raftsmen shipping an oar in the Dells.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1431: Running the Kilbourn Dam. Seen From Shore

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of Jim Short steering a raft riding the rough waters of the river.
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Kilbourn Circus Parade

Date: 06 1868
Description: G.F. Bailey bandwagon, with band, and central elevated figure of Mazeppa legend on Broadway in Kilbourn City. Hitch is an Asiatic elephant led by paired dr...
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Cold Water Canyon

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Description: Cold Water Canyon, looking upstream. Sliding Rock, dark tent and boat in lower left. There is a man on the rocks on the left.
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Ink Stand and Sugar Bowl

Date: 10 1889
Description: South side of Ink Stand and Sugar Bowl. Hattie and John Bennett in the boat; Nellie Bennett seated beneath the tree.
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Mouth of Cold Water Canyon

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Description: View towards a man in a rowboat at the mouth of Cold Water Canyon.
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Romance Cliff

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Description: Romance Cliff, downstream from foot. There is a steamboat in the distance.
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Chimney Rock

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Description: Chimney Rock, south face.
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High Rock from Romance Cliff

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Description: View of High Rock from Romance Cliff.
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Cold Water Canyon

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Description: Up the river from the mouth of Cold Water Canyon.
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Lower Jaws from Stone Pile

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Description: Lower Jaws from Stone Pile. Two men are in a canoe near the shore at left.
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Hemlock Notch and Armchair

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Description: Hemlock Notch; there is an armchair in the left foreground.
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Witches' Gulch

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Description: Up from the foot of the cliff at the mouth Witches' Gulch. Two women are posing sitting on the right. There is a third person in the lower left-hand corner...
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Graffiti at Narrows

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Description: View of Narrows from Black Hawk's Leap. Graffiti on rocks reads: "Leroy Gates, Dells River Pilot 1849 to 1858."
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Romance Cliff

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Description: View of Romance Cliff from first bar above High Rock.

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