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Wagon Bridge in Darlington

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of wagon bridge in Darlington, with a river on the right, a cow in a field, and a building on the left.
Postcard

View from the Hill

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of Darlington, with the bridge over the river in the foreground, and the town beyond. Caption reads: "View from the Hill, Darlington, Wis."
Photograph

Pecatonica River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the Pecatonica River, which is curving from left to right, making two hairpin turns among fields and trees. Hills are in the distance.
Photograph

Darlington Racetrack

Date: 
Description: Elevated view from hill of the racetrack at the "Big White Fair".
Photograph

Pecatonica Battleground

Date: 1930
Description: Pecatonica Battleground.
Photograph

View Down Dirt Road

Date: 1920
Description: View looking down a dirt road to Gratiot.
Map or Atlas

Map of New Diggings

Date: 1874
Description: Map of New Diggings — inset map in bottom right corner of "Benton & New Diggings" map, on page 11 of "Atlas of Lafayette County Wisconsin," a collect...
Photograph

Lumber Yard

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Description: Elevated view across railroad tracks of a lumber yard. A two-story building on the right has a sign that says: "Lovejoy & Ringham". There are fences, a sto...
Map or Atlas

Map of Darlington and Gratiot Townships, Lafayette County, Wisconsin

Date: 1836
Description: A series of ink, watercolor, and pencil on paper, hand-drawn maps of the townships of Darlington and Gratiot in Lafayette County, Wisconsin, showing the to...
Map or Atlas

Map of Roads Through Lafayette County, Wisconsin

Date: 1830
Description: An ink on paper, hand-drawn map, showing the wagons roads that travel through Lafayette County, traveling between Galena, Illinois, and Mineral Point, Wisc...
Map or Atlas

Tourist Map Lafayette County Wisconsin

Date: 1990
Description: A tourist map of Lafayette County, Wisconsin, that shows the locations of motels, camping, municipal parks, cheese factory tours, waysides, and golf course...
Photograph

Flood in Darlington

Date: 02 28 1948
Description: View up hill of cars driving in the flooded street of the downtown area. The downtown had also flooded in 1923 and 1937. The Pecatonica River rose rapidly ...
Photograph

Esther Peterson

Date: 1932
Description: Esther Peterson, a student at Mud Branch School, District No. 2, poses leaning against a tree on a hill while holding a baseball bat. There is a road and f...
Photograph

Violet Jacobson

Date: 1932
Description: Violet Jacobson, a student at Mud Branch School, District No. 2, poses on her family's farm with several calves. There is a barn and two other outbuildings...
Photograph

Theodore Vinger Farm

Date: 1932
Description: The Theodore Vinger farmstead sits on gently rolling terrain. A painted sign on the large barn identifies the owner. At the time of the photograph, Martin ...
Photograph

Cheese Factory

Date: 1932
Description: View up road towards two men posing near the front of a cheese factory on a small hill; on the right a woman and two girls stand near a side door. Typical ...
Photograph

Corduroy Road

Date: 1932
Description: Several old timbers are exposed on Mud Branch Road. A one-mile stretch of the road was originally constructed as a corduroy road because of "quick sand" in...
Postcard

Dining Table, Belmont Mounds

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard view of a rock formation called "Dining Table" with two people posing next to it. Caption reads: "Dining Table, Belmont Mounds."
Postcard

Bird's-Eye View

Date: 1910
Description: Aerial view along river toward Darlington. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye View, Darlington, Wis."
Map or Atlas

Map of Wiota, La Fayette Co., Wis.

Date: 1857
Description: This map shows lot numbers, lot dimensions (in chains and links), and a mineral reservation for use of proprietors. Includes certifications signed in Sept....

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