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Drawing

Lutheran Church

Date: 1850
Description: View of the first Norwegian Church built in Gjerpen, organized October 4, 1850. Gjerpen was one of the earliest Norwegian settlements in Wisconsin
Drawing

Second Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1850
Description: Illustration of the second Wisconsin State Capitol, which was the first one in Madison.
Print

Hobart Church

Date: 1850
Description: Hobart church, built in 1839.
Print

If Souls Could Always Dwell Above

Date: 1850
Description: Valentine's Day card with a center oval-framed image of a woman and a cherub leaning on an ornamental stone wall. A column with an ornate top is to the rig...
Map or Atlas

Village of Beloit, Rock Co., Wisconsin

Date: 1850
Description: This map shows a plat of the town, land owners by name, local streets, railroads, churches, and part of the Rock River. The map is also indexed by church d...
Photograph

Yahara River Mill

Date: 1850
Description: A grist mill on the Yahara River at the outlet of Lake Mendota. The mill, called Farwell's Madison Mills was built in 1850 by Governor Farwell. The origina...

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