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Myrland's Sky Lodge

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Description: Myrland's Sky Lodge, a vacation resort near Montello that boasted a private landing strip for pilots with small planes. The Piper Vagabond in the foregroun...
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Buffalo Lake

Date: 1900
Description: View of lake, most likely Buffalo Lake, from Montello.
Postcard

Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street, with a hill at the end of the street. Pedestrians are walking on the sidewalks, and horse-drawn vehicles are along the unpaved stree...
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Main Street

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Description: Panoramic view down Main Street, with a hill at the end. Pedestrians are on the sidewalks. Signs on the right side of the street read: "Garland Stoves and ...
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"John Muir Lake"

Date: 1960
Description: View of Ennis Lake, also known as Fountain Lake, located in the John Muir Memorial Park near Montello. As a boy, John Muir lived with his family on the sho...
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"John Muir Lake"

Date: 1960
Description: View of Ennis Lake, also known as Fountain Lake, located in the John Muir Memorial Park near Montello. As a boy, John Muir lived with his family on the sho...
Postcard

Town Across Lake

Date: 1905
Description: View of town behind a prairie field and a lake. Caption reads: "Packwaukee, Wis."
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Dredge Bank of Buffalo Lake

Date: 05 19 1895
Description: A view from the bluff of group of men on the dredge bank of Buffalo Lake.
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Fox River Dam

Date: 05 19 1895
Description: Elevated view of the dam on the Fox River at Buffalo Lake. Houses and other buildings are visible in the background.
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Montello Lake

Date: 1900
Description: Point in the back of Perkin's House on pond (now Montello Lake).
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Housekeeping Cottages at Cottage Grove Resort on Mason Lake

Date: 1927
Description: Two women pose outside their lakefront cabin.
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Fishing's Good at The Old Mill

Date: 1928
Description: A young man fishes on the rocky shore by the Old Mill. The Mill is three-stories high and features a cupola with a wind vane on top.
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South Shore

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Description: View along shoreline of a man and two boys fishing on a wooden dock. A rowboat is pulled up on the shore. Two cars are parked near trees. In the far backgr...
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The Best Fishing Grounds in Wisconsin

Date: 1925
Description: View down dirt road along the shoreline of Crystal Lake. A man and a child stand under a tree's shade, near a pier where a man is seated on the dock. There...
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Two Women on Dock

Date: 1925
Description: View from shoreline of two women standing on a dock on Crystal Lake. Just beyond the dock, a man and woman fish from a boat.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Montello

Date: 09 19 1909
Description: Sanborn Map of Montello, Page 1.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Montello

Date: 09 19 1909
Description: Sanborn Map of Montello, Page 2.
Map or Atlas

Map of Marquette County, Wisconsin

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Description: This manuscript map shows the township and range system and lakes and streams in the vicinity of the Fox River, Puckaway Lake, and Buffalo Lake in the town...
Map or Atlas

Map of Marquette County Wisconsin

Date: 1876
Description: Map shows townships and sections, landownership and acreages, roads, railroads, and selected rural buildings. Sections are shown in green, blue, and red. T...
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Draining Wetland

Date: 1931
Description: Channel dug for drainage of a wetland.

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