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Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Date: 1844
Description: An ink on paper, hand-drawn map of Milwaukee County that shows the sectioning of townships, the boundary of the canal grant, roads, streams, lakes, includi...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal

Date: 1837
Description: A pen and ink on tracing paper, hand-drawn and colored map the proposed route of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal, ranging from the Rock River in the wes...
Map or Atlas

Plat of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal

Date: 1838
Description: A map of the proposed route of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal from Fort Atkinson on the Rock River in the west to the city of Milwaukee and Lake Michig...
Photograph

Map of the Proposed Routes from Milwaukee River to Lime Quarry at Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1849
Description: A hand-drawn map of showing the two proposed routes from the Milwaukee River to the Moody’s Lime Quarry at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The map includes the route...
Map or Atlas

Town of Milwaukee

Date: 1830
Description: An ink on paper, hand-drawn map of the town of Milwaukee, showing the divisions and landownership within the town by private individuals as well as those l...
Map or Atlas

Oconomowoc Lake

Date: 1875
Description: This manuscript map by Increase Lapham, drawn in the last year of his life, shows landownership, roads and railroads, springs, and boat houses around Ocono...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Penokee Iron Range Near Lake Superior - Wisconsin

Date: 1855
Description: This map by Increase Lapham shows the Penokee Iron Range in Ashland and Iron counties, Wisconsin. Part of the Gogebic Range, the Penokees extend from an ar...
Map or Atlas

A Geological, Topographical, and Subterranean Map of the Brigham Lead Mines near the Blue Mounds, Wisconsin

Date: 1867
Description: This 1867 manuscript map by Increase Lapham shows the topography and geology of the Blue Mounds region in the Town of Brigham in Iowa County and the towns ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Black River, Wisconsin

Date: 1800
Description: This pen and ink drawing with watercolor shows the course of the Black River from Rock Creek, near Greenwood in Clark County, Wisconsin, to its confluence ...
Map or Atlas

Profile from Summit of Blue Mound 3 Miles South

Date: 1864
Description: This map is pen and watercolor on paper and shows profile and geological formation of Blue Mound and location of Arnold’s Hotel and Brigham Lead Mines.
Map or Atlas

Map of East Half of Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Date: 1840
Description: This manuscript map by Increase Lapham shows the railroads, roads, wetlands, lakes and streams, dams, prairies, and settlers in the eastern half of Waukesh...
Map or Atlas

Oconomowoc Lake District

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Description: This manuscript map by Increase Lapham shows the lakes and streams in the northwestern quarter of Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Wisconsin River Near Kilbourn City, Wisconsin

Date: 1866
Description: This manuscript map by Increase Lapham shows the Dells of the Wisconsin River, from Stand Rock and Witches Gulch at the north to a point approximately one ...
Map or Atlas

Milwaukee

Date: 1836
Description: Pencil on tracing paper. Rough sketch of Milwaukee. Left top corner reads: "From Map of northern part of Illinois and the surveyed part of Wisconsin Territ...
Map or Atlas

Milwaukee

Date: 1854
Description: Reproduction printed on glossy, cloth-backed paper. Right side includes "References," or points of interest that correspond to numbers on the map. Running ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1861
Description: Map with labelled block and lot numbers, owners of large property parcels, city wards, railroads, and streets. Population from 1835 to 1860 listed below ti...
Map or Atlas

Erving, Burdick & Co's Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1863
Description: Includes index to public buildings, churches, schools. Inset: Glidden & Lockwood’s addition. Gives names of some property owners.
Manuscript

Increase Lapham Journal Page

Date: 10 1827
Description: Open spread of Increase Lapham's diary from October 6, 1827 to April 18, 1828.
Manuscript

Increase Lapham Journal Page

Date: 1828
Description: Open spread of Increase Lapham's diary.
Drawing

Lapham Shell Drawings

Date: 1828
Description: Increase Lapham's drawings of Unio plicatus and Unio radiatum (?) from the Scioto River, Cypraea tigris (Tiger cowry), and an Atlantic...

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