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| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | At the De Pere depot, the first train operated by the Milwaukee & Northern Railway. This train made its first run to Green Bay on June 25, 1873, and this p... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a shopping district street near a river, with several businesses lining the street, and two carriages. A building across the street has le... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View of dirt road with houses along both sides, and wooden walkways and picket fences along the road. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View of the California house next to a store with a sign that reads: "M. Silber & Bro.," and a "Boot & Shoe Store." A bakery is on the left, and a group of... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Elevated view showing Elmore and Kelly's Elevator with a boat, train, and the buildings at Fort Howard. Fort Howard was incorporated into Green Bay. Captio... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Cadle Home, an Episcopal Home for aged people. The Cadle Home was named for Reverend Cadle who went to Green Bay in 1829 as the first local... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Main Street and Green Bay House seen from the top of the Beaumont House. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Five piece panoramic view of the Green Bay waterfront area. |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | View looking southeast over river from Elmore and Kelly's Elevator. |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Drawing of a ship being loaded by Elmore & Kelly's Elevator on Fort Howard River looking north. A town and a train are in the background. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | A plat of the village of Greenleaf, Brown County, Wisconsin, showing the areas from Taintor Street to Day Street and Follett Street to Deuster Street. Inc... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | This 1870 map of Brown County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities, villages and post offices, land ownership, roads, rai... |
| Lumberman, Resort Operator and Humorist |
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| Biography of Eugene Shepard, whose "Hodag" monster hoax made Oneida County a tourist attraction. |
| Newspaperman, Politician and Inventor |
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| Biography of newspaperman, a politician and typewriter inventor Christopher Latham Sholes. |
| Artist and Author |
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| Biography of author and artist George Catlin, who painted Indians. |
| Missionary and Clergyman |
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| Biography of Richard Fish Cadle, Episcopal clergyman and missionary who established many Wisconsin parishes. |
| Lumberman, Financier and Congressman |
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| Biography of Isaac Stephenson who was a lumberman, financier and congressman. |
| Lawyer, Judge, Politician and Land Speculator |
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| Biography of lawyer, judge, politician and land speculator Morgan Lewis Martin. |
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