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| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Marinette, with insets. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | View of the boom company office and the site of the old trading post. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Marinette looking toward the mouth of the river from the tower of City Hall. Fences, fields, and industrial buildings are in the foregroun... |
| 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... |
| Lumberman, Financier and Congressman |
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| Biography of Isaac Stephenson who was a lumberman, financier and congressman. |
| Learn about the Kreiter Piano Company, which produced pianos in Milwaukee and Marinette between 1880 and 1945. |
| Discover the overlooked history of Wisconsin's deadly wildfires, including the 1871 disaster that killed 1,500 people. |
| Read about Black history in Wisconsin. There are many links to original documents, pictures, eyewitness accounts, and other primary sources. |
| Location: | Off Peshtigo in Green Bay |
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| Ship Master: | F.W. Spafford |
| Nearby City: | Peshtigo, Marinette County |
| Body of water: | Green Bay |
| Location: | Lake Michigan, off the south end of Green island in deep water (85 feet). |
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| Nearby City: | Marinette, Marinette County |
| Body of water: | Green Bay |
| Location: | The wreck lies to the northeast of Green Island, Green Bay. |
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| Ship Master: | Joseph Vorous |
| Nearby City: | Marinette, Marinette County |
| Body of water: | Green Bay |
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