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Map of the Route of the Military Road from Fort Crawford to Fort Howard Via Fort Winnebago

Date: 1936
Description: This map is red and black ink on tracing cloth and is oriented with north to the upper left. This hand-drawn map shows a central portion of the military ro...
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Wisconsin Indian Trails Map

Date: 1930
Description: This map shows Indian trails through Wisconsin counties. The trail are in red ink. Lake Michigan, Green Bay, Lake Superior, and the Wisconsin River are lab...
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Map of Iron County, Wisconsin

Date: 1922
Description: A map of Iron County, Wisconsin, shows sections and the towns of Upson, Hurley, Hamilton, Saxon, and Mercer, lakes and streams, villages, railroads, roads ...
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Map of Ashland County, Wisconsin

Date: 1925
Description: This 1925 map of Ashland County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range system, towns, sections, cities and villages, the Bad River Indian Reservation, ra...
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Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation

Date: 1974
Description: This 1968 map identifies resorts in the Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation region of Wisconsin, covering parts of Iron, Vilas, Oneida, and Price counties. ...
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Map of Chippewa County, State of Wisconsin

Date: 1873
Description: This 1873 map of Chippewa County, Wisconsin, which at the time also encompassed all or part of Price, Rusk, Sawyer, and Taylor counties, shows the township...
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Map of Taylor County Drawn to Accompany an Article by Ray Bundick, 'The disappearance of Father Menard'

Date: 1960
Description: This manuscript map of Taylor County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, lakes and streams, "Chippewa trails, Indian trails" Indian villages and...
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Star Lake Country, Northern Wisconsin

Date: 1909
Description: This 1909 map of northern Wisconsin and a portion of Michigan's Upper Peninsula shows the Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation, cities and villages, railroad...
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Map and Illustrations of Milwaukie [i.e. Milwaukee] Showing the Settlement

Date: 1835
Description: Shows Walker’s Point, Juneau Town and Kilbourn Town, including labeled buildings, trails and Indian villages. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north...
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Tracing of the Original Map Showing the Grignon Claim at Portage

Date: 1800
Description: This map is pencil on tracing paper and shows marshes, the Wisconsin River, Indian trails, and Indian boundary line. The upper left corner reads: "Let sect...
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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 the Territory of Wisconsin

Date: 1836
Description: This map was created to accompany a congressional report shows the then Wisconsin Territory, including present-day states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, an...
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Forest Protection District No. 6, North Half

Date: 1935
Description: This topographical map of the forest preserve shows highways, roads, trails, telephone lines, Native American reservations, Ranger sub-stations, state nurs...
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Indian Tribes and Trapper Trails

Date: 1949
Description: This pictorial map shows the United States west of the Mississippi, including Indian Tribes, historic trails, forts, trading posts, mountain ranges, lakes ...
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Old Oregon Trail

Date: 1948
Description: This illustrated map shows major westward trails from 1785 to 1866: Old Oregon Trail and its deviations, Old Spanish Trail, Lewis and Clark route, Santa Fe...
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Map of Lac Court Oreilles Indian Reservation

Date: 1911
Description: This map shows lakes, rivers, swamps, state swamp land, trails and railroads. Includes a township diagram.
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Map of Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation, Wisconsin

Date: 1935
Description: This map shows railroads, telephone lines, roads, trails, schools, sub-agency, lookout stations, churches, community centers, and school site and farm. Bil...
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Map of Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois : Showing Waterways, Trails, Settlements, Indian Villages, and Boundaries

Date: 1829
Description: This map shows waterways, trails, settlements, Indian villages, and boundaries. The map includes text in the lower left with excerpts from Indian land trea...
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Black Hawk's Route

Date: 1949
Description: This map traces the route taken Chief Black Hawk from Vernon County, Wisconsin east to Waukesha County and south to Rock County, Wisconsin in 1832. Towns, ...
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Auto Touring Route, 1832 Black Hawk War

Date: 1998
Description: This map shows an auto tour route with historical markers and the approximate Black Hawk Band route in southern Wisconsin. County boundaries, roads and cit...

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