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Painting

Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 1893
Description: Back of painting reads: "Madison in June 1837 after photo taken by E.E. Bailey" and "Peck's cabin by Dengel." The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built...
Painting

Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 
Description: The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built in Madison.
Photograph

Christian Turck House

Date: 1900
Description: Christian Turck House built in 1835 by Turck who was a German immigrant.
Photograph

John F. Deitz

Date: 05 1924
Description: John F. Deitz holding a Luger pistol on a visit to Cameron Dam.
Photograph

Betsy's Abode

Date: 1905
Description: A woman poses in front of her log cabin with her dog.
Photograph

Francis A. Deleglise House

Date: 
Description: The first house built in Antigo, the Francis A. Deleglise house. It was constructed in 1878.
Postcard

Deleglise Cabin

Date: 1930
Description: The first house in Antigo, the Deleglise cabin, built in 1878. Caption reads: "Deleglise Club, First House in Antigo, Built in 1877, Antigo, Wis." Handwrit...
Print

Grignon Block House

Date: 1850
Description: The Grignon block house, "where the first Mass was said."
Drawing

Radisson Cabin

Date: 1655
Description: Front view of the Radisson cabin, the first house built by a white man in Wisconsin. It was built between 1650 and 1660 on Chequamegon Bay, in the vicinity...
Photograph

School House

Date: 1910
Description: Log school house, erected about 1860.
Photograph

Model of John Naset's First Residence

Date: 
Description: Model of the house John Naset built for himself in the spring of 1865 in Christiana.
Photograph

Vindig Residence

Date: 1900
Description: Diorama (?) of the house built by Gunnul Olson Vindeg in the summer of 1840 in Christiana.
Postcard

Delavan Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards cabins on the shore of Delavan Lake, with three women standing near the base of a pier. Caption reads: "Log Cabin, Delavan Lake, ...
Photograph

Eleazer William's ("Lost Dauphin") Cabin Site

Date: 1900
Description: A girl sits on a log next to Eleazer William's log cabin site.
Photograph

Replica of Eleazer William's Cabin

Date: 1953
Description: Replica of Eleazer William's log cabin, with an archeological dig being conducted in front of the cabin.
Photograph

Paul Bunyan Logging Camp Museum

Date: 1946
Description: Paul Bunyan Logging Camp Museum.
Photograph

Log Cabin

Date: 1932
Description: View of a log cabin in Colonel Heg Memorial Park.
Photograph

Log Cabin

Date: 1932
Description: View of a log cabin in Colonel Heg Memorial Park. Built in 1837, the cabin was the homestead of the Even Hansen Heg family after they emigrated from Lier, ...
Photograph

Cottage

Date: 1936
Description: View of a Hilbert Lake cottage surrounded by trees and foliage.
Photograph

Christian Turck House

Date: 1934
Description: Germantown, Washington Co., Wi. 1890-1910. Christian Turck House built in 1835 by Turck who was a German immigrant. The structure is today (1977) located a...

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