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La Crosse, Wis.

Date: 1873
Description: Bird's-eye map of La Crosse from the Mississippi River.
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Procession of Mounds

Date: 1876
Description: A sketch map of the procession of Indian mounds on the two ridged field sites in Grant County.
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Map Showing the Distribution of Indian Mounds in Wisconsin

Date: 1916
Description: In 1916, it was estimated that 15,000 Indian mounds had formerly existed in Wisconsin. In the early 20th century, the Wisconsin Archaeological Society surv...
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State of Wisconsin

Date: 1931
Description: This U.S. Geological Survey map of Wisconsin shows counties, cities and villages, lighthouses, Indian reservations, military reservations, and bird and gam...
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Outgamis Lake

Date: 1905
Description: This pictorial representation of part of Lake Winnebago and the Fox River in 1703, showing interactions between white beaver hunters and the Iroquois is ta...
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A Historical Map of Madison

Date: 1924
Description: This pictorial map focuses on the Madison Isthmus, Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Wingra, and shows points of historical interest, buildings, parks, and I...
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Indian Superstitions of Lake Koshkonong

Date: 1941
Description: This map is ink and watercolor on cardboard and shows Native American legends and villages pictorially. Trails are also shown.
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Map of Forest Lodge on Lake Namakagon

Date: 1930
Description: Original map made with watercolor and inkwash. Includes a legend of buildings, roads, natural features and other details of the lodge. Inset at bottom has ...
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Historical Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1937
Description: Pictorial map showing historical events and locations within the state of Wisconsin, as well as waterways and counties. Original caption on the bottom marg...
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The Covarrubias America : A Decorative Map of the United States of America

Date: 1942
Description: This pictorial bird's-eye-view map shows the United States of America with parts of Canada and Mexico. Landscape, trade, industry, points of interest, peop...
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Lands of the Chicago & North Western Railway Company in the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1914
Description: This map shows township grids, railroads, roads, and drainage. The area of the map covers northeastern Wisconsin and Menominee Indian reservation. Green Ba...
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Menomonee Reserve

Date: 1840
Description: This map is pencil on paper and shows rivers, granite locations, and selected landmarks. Relief is shown by hachures.
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Map of Lac Court Oreilles Indian Reservation

Date: 1940
Description: This blue line print map traced from aerial survey mosaic shows reservation boundary, roads, trails, and railroads. Color manuscript annotations show triba...
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An Historical Map of Sheboygan County : As It Appeared Under Aboriginal Possession

Date: 1925
Description: This map shows trails, mounds, villages, corn fields, and contemporary civil townships; some villages and features include both Indian and English place na...
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Lac du Flambeau, Welcome to Indian Country : Vilas County, Wisconsin

Date: 1994
Description: This map shows historical sites, picnic grounds, public boat landings, canoe and motor boat trips, and resort locations. The left margin of the map include...
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Map of the Brotherton Township, W.T. : The Year of the Brotherton Indians of Wisconsin

Date: 1974
Description: This map draws content from a map originally created by George Featherstongaugh in 1840. The map shows streets, land ownership, the Brotherton Indian reser...
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Where They Settled in Wisconsin

Date: 1982
Description: This map shows the location of major settlement regions for various ethnic groups. Includes a legend in lower left hand corner. Sparse settlement is repres...
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Wisconsin 1

Date: 1899
Description: This map shows color coded and numbered regions of Indian land cessions. Lake Superior and Lake Michigan are labeled and other lakes and rivers are shown. ...
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Part of Townships 12 & 13, Range 9 East, 4th Mer

Date: 1900
Description: This manuscript map shows outline of Fort Winnebago reserve land, Fort Winnebago, claim of A. Grignon, and Indian boundaries. The Fox River and Swan Lake a...
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A New Map of America from the Latest Observations

Date: 1721
Description: A map of North and South America with an elaborately illustrated cartouche depicting Native Americans in upper left corner. The map is fairly detailed, dep...

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