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| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | A map of Marinette County, Wisconsin that shows the sectioning of townships and other plots, towns, cities and villages, lakes and streams, railroads, and... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | This manuscript map of the southern portion of the Town of Porterfield, Marinette County, Wisconsin, shows sections and land ownership. The Menominee River... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | This manuscript map of the southern portion of the Town of Porterfield, Marinette County, Wisconsin, shows sections and land ownership. The Menominee River... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Shows sections and acreages. Covers portions of the area now occupied by Marinette and the Town of Peshtigo, Marinette County. "Rec’d Sept. 24 with Sur. Ge... |
| Survivors of the Peshtigo Fire |
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| Learn about two settlers, a white man and Indian woman, who survived the Peshtigo Fire. |
| Lumberman, Financier and Congressman |
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| Biography of Isaac Stephenson who was a lumberman, financier and congressman. |
| Fur Trader |
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| Brief biography of Queen Marinette, well-known for her charity work with the impoverished and sick. Marinette city and county adopted her name in tribute. |
| Brief account of the Peshtigo Fire that, in 1871, destroyed in two hours a swath of forest 10 miles wide and 40 miles long. |
| Brief history of the quarrying industry in Wisconsin. |
| Learn about the Kreiter Piano Company, which produced pianos in Milwaukee and Marinette between 1880 and 1945. |
| Learn about the Peshtigo fire of 1871 |
| The Virgin Mary Appears to an Illiterate Peasant Girl |
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| Learn about the first and only manifestation of the Virgin Mary in the United States near Green Bay, confirmed by the Vatican. |
| Discover the overlooked history of Wisconsin's deadly wildfires, including the 1871 disaster that killed 1,500 people. |
| A Hand-Book for the Homeseeker |
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| Read about the dream of successful farming in northern Wisconsin in 1895. |
| Photographs of Public Libraries in Wisconsin |
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| Learn about how the Wisconsin Free Library Commission helped to establish and improve free public libraries in Wisconsin. |
| Read about Black history in Wisconsin. There are many links to original documents, pictures, eyewitness accounts, and other primary sources. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Group of railroad employees standing in the doorway of a store. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A group of men sharing a meal at a fishing camp near Thunder Lake. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Standing with the Menominee River in the background, Mary Mathilda Axtell Rumsey and her family posing for a picture. Names from left to right: Mary Mathil... |
| Location: | Run aground on Green Island, Green Bay, Lake Michigan. |
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| Nearby City: | Marinette, Marinette County |
| Body of water: | Green Bay |
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