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View from Brisbois Bluff

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view from Brisbois Bluff.
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Country Road

Date: 09 09 1961
Description: View down a country road with fences on both sides. In the distant sky, a cumulonimbus cloud is backlit by the sun. A farm with a barn and silo is on the r...
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Farmland Pasture Valley

Date: 07 04 1965
Description: A rural valley with a stream running through the pasture. In the background, a farm is visible through the trees.
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U.B. Church

Date: 
Description: Exterior of the one-room United Brethren [?] Church. There is an outhouse to the left of the church. On the right is a hill with trees. Farm building and a...
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Stock Day

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Description: Elevated view of cattle in several pens situated on a hillside. There are also several sheds. Text below reads "Stock Day, Bridgeport, Wis."
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Mount Sterling Bird's Eye View

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view from hill of Mount Sterlings's churches, homes, and businesses.
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Tim Finley Farm after Cyclone

Date: 06 12 1915
Description: People standing among the broken remains of the Tim Finley farm after a killer tornado. A woman in the center is standing on a mattress. Two people were ki...
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Scene at Munson Farm after Cyclone

Date: 06 12 1915
Description: Group of men and boys standing around the exposed foundation of a house in the foreground. There is part of an overturned roof on the left. Broken wood is ...
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Elevated View of the Mississippi River

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of the Mississippi River from a bluff. There is a farm and other houses along the shoreline, and in the foreground a boy stands on the bluff ...
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Cows Resting in Hilltop Pasture

Date: 2004
Description: Holstein cows resting on a sunny day in a hilltop pasture. View to horizon towards wooded hills with clouds in the sky.
Map or Atlas

Map of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

Date: 1830
Description: This map is ink, color, and pencil on paper and shows streets, farm lots, and a church. Handwritten notes are at the bottom of the map and are very light.
Map or Atlas

Prairie du Chien

Date: 1838
Description: This map is a development plat that shows street names, numbered blocks and lots, and small farm lot owners. Included on the right of the map is a large am...
Map or Atlas

Addition to the Union Plat of Prairie du Chien

Date: 1857
Description: This map shows lots and streets and includes pencil manuscript notations on the front and certification statements on the reverse. The top left margin read...
Map or Atlas

Marsh's Addition to Prairie du Chien

Date: 09 01 1856
Description: This map is pen-and-ink and shows farm lots, other lots of land sectioned by acres, bluffs, and a coulee. Also included are notations in pencil and blue in...
Map or Atlas

Parish's Addition to Prairie du Chien

Date: 1855
Description: This map shows streets and lots. The right side of the map includes notes on widths of streets and certifications. The top right reads: "Parish's Addition ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Prairie du Chien

Date: 
Description: This map shows farm lots and private land claims on Prairie du Chien. The bottom left margin reads: "Part of sec. 1, T6 N, R 7W and sec. 36, T 7N, R 7W. S...
Map or Atlas

Plat of Prairie du Chien Part 1 and 2

Date: 1865
Description: This is a collection of two plat maps. The first map shows lots, streets, and farm lot 25. Written in ink, the top of the map reads: Plat of Prairie du Chi...
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Maple Tree

Date: 1982
Description: A large soft maple tree stands beside a small house with plastic sheeting on the porch screens. There is a barn with a silo in the background, and snow on ...

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