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John Muir

Date: 1875
Description: Head and shoulders oval framed portrait of John Muir (1838-1914).
Photograph

Bell Center Depot

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of a locomotive at the Bell Center depot. Men stand on the platform.
Photograph

Bell Center Depot

Date: 1916
Description: Exterior view of the Bell Center depot with five men posing on the platform.
Photograph

Barnum Depot

Date: 1912
Description: View down railroad tracks of a locomotive arriving at the Barnum Depot.
Photograph

Soldiers' Grove

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of Soldiers' Grove with a bridge in the foreground.
Drawing

First Fort Crawford

Date: 10 1829
Description: Fort Crawford as drawn by Seth Eastman. People are in a canoe in the river in the foreground. Across the river is the fort, other buildings around the fort...
Painting

Fort Crawford

Date: 1840
Description: Photograph of a painting of the second Fort Crawford, built 1829-1835. Two men are in a boat in the water in the foreground. The first Fort Crawford at Pra...
Photograph

Wisconsin River Swamp

Date: 08 13 1961
Description: A Wisconsin River swamp. The swampy area is framed by trees with more trees in the background hidden by fog.
Drawing

Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1830

Date: 1848
Description: The first Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien, with the Mississippi River in the foreground. Although dated 1830, this scene was actually painted by Henry Le...
Photograph

Pile-Pontoon Railroad Bridge

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Description: Elevated view of the pile-pontoon railroad bridge across the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien. The bridge was built and patented by John Lawler in 187...
Postcard

Fort Crawford

Date: 1830
Description: Illustration of Fort Crawford. Caption reads: "Fort Crawford in 1830, Prairie Du Chien, Wis."
Photograph

Covered Bridge

Date: 1900
Description: View from road of a partially covered bridge. Industrial buildings are near the entrance to the bridge on the left.
Photograph

Riverside Town

Date: 1902
Description: River with distant hills behind a town. An island is in the foreground.
Photograph

Lover's Lane

Date: 1911
Description: View of a dirt road winding through a forested area. A building is up the hill to the right of the road.
Photograph

Gays Mills from Above

Date: 1950
Description: View from hill through two trees over a road with a guard fence, overlooking the town laid out along a main thoroughfare. The area is heavily forested, and...
Photograph

Kickapoo Valley

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of a town in the Kickapoo Valley.
Photograph

Gays Mills

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of Gays Mills, with tree-covered hills in the background.
Photograph

Gays Mills

Date: 1946
Description: Elevated view from hill of Gays Mills. Tree-covered hills are in the distance.
Photograph

View of Gays Mills

Date: 1940
Description: View of Gays Mills from a bluff overlooking the town. A man is sitting on a fence in the left foreground.
Photograph

Mississippi River by Highway 35

Date: 09 1962
Description: The Mississippi River along Highway 35.

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