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Erosion in Middleton

Date: 04 1937
Description: From back of print: "Dane County, Town of Middleton, north 1/2 section of section 17 looking SW from a hill across the valley showing erosion and stump pas...
Photograph

Men Laying Rails at Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: A group of men laying rails at Hawkins Mine while a man in the background is using surveying equipment near the base of a cliff face.
Photograph

Surveying Crew at Sunny Brae Farm

Date: 1970
Description: "Surveying Crew on McArthur Rd. Sunny Brae farm is in background."
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Index Map

Date: 1956
Description: A map depicting the for systems of land description in Wisconsin, which include metes and bounds, U.S. System of Rectangular Surveys, Latitude and longitud...
Map or Atlas

Sketch of the Public Surveys in Wisconsin and Territory of Minnesota

Date: 10 21 1855
Description: Map of the Wisconsin and the Minnesota Territory showing the status of township surveys in Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota. The Wisconsin reservation...
Map or Atlas

North Anna, From Surveys Under the Direction of N. Michler

Date: 1867
Description: This map of the battlefield on the North Anna River at Hanover Junction illustrates the Union positions in blue and Confederate positions in red. Roads, ra...
Map or Atlas

Triangulation and Reconnaissance in Wisconsin

Date: 1877
Description: A map of the triangulation and reconnaissance along the southwest corner of Wisconsin. The map shows the river systems, railroads, cities, and villages tha...
Map or Atlas

Reconnaissance and Triangulation in Wisconsin

Date: 06 1887
Description: A map of southern Wisconsin, from the Illinois state border in the south to Rocky Run, Wisconsin in the north for the Coast and Geodetic Survey, showing th...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin, a Sectional Map with the Most Recent Surveys

Date: 1851
Description: Map outlines mid and southern Wisconsin county boundaries in blue, and city/town lines are provided. Other marks include mines, plank roads, and railroads.
Map or Atlas

Chapman's Sectional Map of Wisconsin : with the Most Recent Surveys

Date: 1855
Description: This map shows the entire state and part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It depicts creeks, rivers, lakes, railroads completed, railroads in progress, ...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin: A Sectional Map with the Most Recent Surveys

Date: 1855
Description: This map shows the township survey grid and identifies counties, named towns, rivers, lakes, railroads, plank roads, mines, and the Menomonee Reservation. ...
Map or Atlas

Chapman's New Sectional Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1864
Description: This map of the entire state of Wisconsin depicts the township survey grid and identifies counties, named towns, cities and villages, rivers, lakes, railro...
Map or Atlas

Survey of Road from Maldraus to Marshalls

Date: 1836
Description: This manuscript shows the 1835 survey of the road corresponding approximately to a portion of County Trunk A in the Town of Scott, Brown County, Wisconsin....
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin River Survey

Date: 1875
Description: These maps, from G.K. Warren's 1876 Report on the transportation route along the Wisconsin and Fox rivers in the State of Wisconsin between the Mississippi...
Map or Atlas

Map of Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1873
Description: This map shows lots and blocks, additions and subdivisions, and large-scale landownership. The map is oriented with north to the upper right. The map is fr...
Map or Atlas

Village of Dunbarton

Date: 1882
Description: Plat map of the village of Dunbarton, received by the Lafayette County Register's Office on September 22, 1892. Certification by the surveyor, Albert Pool,...
Map or Atlas

Town of St. Lawrence, [Wis.]

Date: 11 1836
Description: This map is pen-and-ink on paper and is a plat of a paper city on the Wisconsin River, in what is now the Town of Dekorra. The map shows lot and block numb...
Map or Atlas

Map of Forest Lodge on Lake Namakagon

Date: 1930
Description: Original map made with watercolor and inkwash. Includes a legend of buildings, roads, natural features and other details of the lodge. Inset at bottom has ...
Map or Atlas

Soil Map of North Central Wisconsin : Clark, Wood, Portage, Marathon, Lincoln, Taylor and Parts of Langlade, Gates and Price Counties

Date: 1903
Description: This map shows lakes, rivers, railroads, and the soil types of towns and counties. A legend of soil types and conventional signs is included. Relief is sho...
Map or Atlas

Sketch of Primary Triangulation, Lake Ontario

Date: 07 01 1875
Description: This map shows Lake Ontario, and a portion of Lake Erie and Oneida Lake. Towns surrounding these lakes in Canada and New York are labeled. A key to former ...

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