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View of the Great Treaty Held at Prairie du Chien

Date: 09 1825
Description: Treaty at Prairie du Chien, with Fort Crawford seen in the background. This treaty negotiated between Governor William Clark and Governor Lewis Cass and ov...
Photograph

Weighing Guests

Date: 1898
Description: Group of people on the front porch, weighing the guests. A visit was considered successful if the guests weighed more when they left.
Photograph

Soldiers' Grove

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of Soldiers' Grove with a bridge in the foreground.
Drawing

First Fort Crawford

Date: 10 1829
Description: Fort Crawford as drawn by Seth Eastman. People are in a canoe in the river in the foreground. Across the river is the fort, other buildings around the fort...
Photograph

Surrender of Black Hawk

Date: 1940
Description: Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting the surrender of Black Hawk at Fort Crawford in 1832.
Photograph

Killing of Registre Gagnier

Date: 1940
Description: Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting the Winnebago attack on the Gagnier homestead in 1827 and the killing of Registre Gagnier. The homestead w...
Photograph

Gasoline Station in Early Morning Fog

Date: 08 20 1961
Description: Street scene with a Shell gasoline station, the Kitty Korner Kafe, and a phone booth in early morning fog.
Photograph

Street Corner

Date: 07 05 1965
Description: Street corner with gasoline station, 7-Up sign in front of restaurant next door, and several storefronts across the street.
Book or Pamphlet

Artesian Stock Farm

Date: 1884
Description: Bird's-eye view drawing of the grounds of Villa Louis, the estate of the fur trading Dousman family. After the death of H. Louis Dousman's mother in 1882, ...
Photograph

Dr. J.P. Scanlan

Date: 08 19 1941
Description: Dr. J.P. Scanlan, Wisconsin historian.
Photograph

Bay State House

Date: 1895
Description: View down road with the Bay State House on the left. Three houses and a barbershop also line the street. A lamppost is in the left foreground. The Mississ...
Photograph

Gays Mills from Above

Date: 1950
Description: View from hill through two trees over a road with a guard fence, overlooking the town laid out along a main thoroughfare. The area is heavily forested, and...
Photograph

Gays Mills

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of Gays Mills, with tree-covered hills in the background.
Photograph

Wauzeka Neighborhood

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view of Wauzeka. A bridge over a river is in the background.
Photograph

Black Hawk Tree

Date: 
Description: The Black Hawk Tree growing in the middle of the street, now East Black Hawk Avenue. There are houses on the left and the road is lined with trees planted...
Photograph

Lynxville

Date: 1902
Description: View of Lynxville from the river.
Photograph

Golfing at Villa Louis

Date: 
Description: A man and woman golf on the west lawn of Villa Louis. They are probably members of the Dousman family.
Photograph

Elevated View of Town

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of the town with a church building in the left foreground. Caption reads: "Birds Eye View Mt Sterling, Wis."
Photograph

St. Mary's Institute, St. Mary's College

Date: 1922
Description: View of St. Mary's Institute in 1872, and a view of St. Mary's College in 1922.
Postcard

Sanitarium

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Prairie du Chien Sanitarium. Established in 1903, it became a general hospital in the 1930s. A group of people are posing on the lawn ...

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