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Lumber Raft on the Chippewa River

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of lumber raft and workers on the Chippewa River. In the background on the right are dwellings.
Map or Atlas

La Crosse Bird's-Eye Map

Date: 1876
Description: Bird's-eye view of La Crosse.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Prairie du Sac

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye map of Prairie du Sac.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Sauk City

Date: 1870
Description: Sauk City is the oldest incorporated village in Wisconsin (incorporated in 1854) and also has the oldest organized volunteer fire department in the state, ...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of the City of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye map of Chippewa Falls.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of the City of Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Date: 1872
Description: Birds-eye drawing of Eau Claire depicts street names and street locations, houses, trees, bridges, piers, canals, railroads, and the Chippewa and Eau Clair...
Map or Atlas

New London

Date: 1871
Description: Birds eye map of New London depicts street names and street locations, houses, trees, the bridge, Wolf River, and the bayou. At the bottom of the map, a re...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Chippewa River from the Head of Navigation at the City of Chippewa Falls

Date: 1872
Description: Map of the Chippewa River, from the head of navigation at the city of Chippewa Falls, covering a distance of 16 miles above : showing the established impro...
Photograph

Overflowing River

Date: 1876
Description: Town with logs overflowing the river into yards, probably the Ice Gorge of 1876.
Photograph

Rice Lake Lumber Company Mill

Date: 1872
Description: Elevated view of the Rice Lake Lumber Company Mill, taken from a high vantage point. A formation of logs is in the river, and piles of finished boards are ...
Photograph

Logging Near Rice Lake

Date: 1872
Description: A group of men use a team of four horses to transport logs across snow-covered ground on a sled. Trees are in the background. Caption reads: "A Logging Sce...
Photograph

Logging Near Rice Lake

Date: 1872
Description: A group of loggers poses for a group portrait amongst cut logs in a snow-covered wooded area. The men in the middle have their axes in hand, while other me...

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