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Farm Family with Copious Produce

Date: 09 05 1895
Description: Matthew H. Stephenson, his wife Julia Hebert Stephenson, and their son William Clinton pose with vegetables from the Menomonee River Boom Company garden ne...
Photograph

Peshtigo Company Sawmill

Date: 1890
Description: View of the Peshtigo Company sawmill including the old wooden dam in the foreground. There are logs in the water on the left.
Photograph

Flint Corn

Date: 09 05 1895
Description: A man is driving a McCormick harvester with a team of horses, cutting and binding a crop of flint ("Indian") corn, on the farm of S.D.D. Newton, five miles...
Map or Atlas

Marinette County Map

Date: 1896
Description: A map of Marinette County.
Map or Atlas

Map of Marinette County, Wisconsin

Date: 1896
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...
Historical Essay

Stephenson, Isaac 1829-1918

Lumberman, Financier and Congressman
Biography of Isaac Stephenson who was a lumberman, financier and congressman.
Historical Essay

Kreiter Piano Company

Learn about the Kreiter Piano Company, which produced pianos in Milwaukee and Marinette between 1880 and 1945.
Historical Essay

Spreading Like Wildfire: Wisconsin's Forest Fires

Discover the overlooked history of Wisconsin's deadly wildfires, including the 1871 disaster that killed 1,500 people.
Historical Essay

Northern Wisconsin - Image Gallery Essay

A Hand-Book for the Homeseeker
Read about the dream of successful farming in northern Wisconsin in 1895.
Historical Essay

The Wisconsin Free Library Commission - Image Gallery Essay

Photographs of Public Libraries in Wisconsin
Learn about how the Wisconsin Free Library Commission helped to establish and improve free public libraries in Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Black History in Wisconsin

Read about Black history in Wisconsin. There are many links to original documents, pictures, eyewitness accounts, and other primary sources.
Photograph

Railroad Men

Date: 1897
Description: Group of railroad employees standing in the doorway of a store.
Photograph

Fishing Camp at Thunder Lake

Date: 1890
Description: A group of men sharing a meal at a fishing camp near Thunder Lake.
Photograph

Seeing Niagara Wisconsin

Date: 1892
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...
Shipwreck

Mariner (1854)

Location: Run aground on Green Island, Green Bay, Lake Michigan.
Nearby City: Marinette, Marinette County
Body of water: Green Bay
Newspaper Article/Clipping

That boudary line

Date: 1894-12-23
County: Marinette
City: Marinette
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Menominee's history

Date: 1895-02-09
County: Marinette
City: Marinette
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Early times on the Menominee

Date: 1899-03-09
County: Marinette
City: Marinette
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Early times on the Menominee

Date: 1899-03-09
County: Marinette
City: Marinette
Birth Index Record

Aagaard, Anna C

Date: 1898-08-20
County: Marinette

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