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National or State Registers Record

2995 County Highway Y

Community: Wiota
County: Lafayette
Historic Name: Pecatonica Battlefield
Reference Number: 11000488
National or State Registers Record

11736 Fork Rd

Community: Wiota
County: Lafayette
Historic Name: Daniel and Catherine Welty Barn
Reference Number: 100010205
Photograph

B.F. Hahn and Family Picnic

Date: 1876
Description: Benjamin F. Hahn, his wife Mary and their servant Sarah Hill sit around a table with an intricately patterned cloth with bowls of apples and grapes. The wo...
Photograph

People in front of House with Statue

Date: 1876
Description: Two men, two women are posing in front of a frame house that has a chair, sofa, table and a small white statue on its front porch. There are three doors an...
Photograph

Reverend Carl Christian Aas Home

Date: 1873
Description: The home of the Reverend Carl Christian Aas (1843-1898), with the family posing around a table in front of a fence in the foreground. There is a rocking ho...
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L.E. Johnson and B.F. Halin

Date: 1876
Description: Family, including a woman, young man and man sitting around table in a yard, with a two-story stone house with a porch on at least two sides. A young girl ...
Photograph

Interior of Small Lutheran Church

Date: 1876
Description: View of the interior of a small Lutheran church. A wood-burning stove is in the aisle between the pews, and a painting is hanging above the altar.
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Reverend Carl Christian Aas and Family

Date: 1873
Description: Reverend Carl Christian Aas (1843-1898) and family gathered outside around a table. There is a rocking horse and baby carriage in the view. The stone house...
Photograph

Mayne Hotel

Date: 08 1925
Description: A mower and car parked in front of the dilapidated Mayne Hotel. Two boys are standing to the right of the car, and two men are talking near a wagon and bug...
Historical Essay

Wisconsin (oldest cities and towns)

Learn about the oldest cities and towns in Wisconsin which were established by 1836 and still exist today.
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1925
Description: View downhill towards a central business district. A restaurant and ice cream parlor are on the right side of the road, and a general store and gas pump ar...
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Street Scene

Date: 1925
Description: View of an intersection in the central business district. On the left is the Thomas Knewstubb general store, with a gas pump for Red Crown Gasline out in ...
Photograph

Wiota Butter and Cheese Company

Date: 1925
Description: Three-quarter view of left side and front of the the Wiota Butter and Cheese Company. A wooden flight of stairs leads up to the second floor entrance. Ther...
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Painting at Wiota in Memory of First Settlers

Date: 1925
Description: Painting of Fort Hamilton propped outdoors on a woodpile. An oval inset painting at the top commemorates is titled: "Col. Hamilton Leaving For The Gold Fie...
Map or Atlas

Plat of the Town of Wiota

Date: 
Description: This photocopy of a map shows the paper city of Wiota on the East Pecatonica River in Lafayette County. After this village failed to prosper, some of its ...
Photograph

East Wiota Lutheran Church

Date: 1955
Description: Exterior view looking uphill towards the East Wiota Lutheran Church. A gate in the fence has a metal sign with the name of the church.
Photograph

Old Lead Trail

Date: 1960
Description: A man is running his dog on a trail in an old lead mining area. The trees are bare and fallen leaves are covering the ground.
Property Record

MILLER LN

Community: Wiota
County: Lafayette
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 109463
Property Record

2995 County Highway Y

Community: Wiota
County: Lafayette
Historic Name: Pecatonica Battlefield
Reference Number: 207221
Property Record

10543 STH 78

Community: Wiota
County: Lafayette
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 228029

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