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Grant County Court House

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of the Grant County Court House. Caption reads: "Court House, Lancaster, Wis."
Photograph

Grant County Jail

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior of the Grant County Jailhouse.
Photograph

Monuments and Cannon in Grant County Park

Date: 1909
Description: "The First Civil War Monument" outside the Grant County Courthouse. The monument is dedicated "to the memory of the brave soldiers of Grant County who fell...
Photograph

Corn Exhibit

Date: 1913
Description: Corn Exhibit on display at Grant County Fair.
Photograph

Corn Exhibit

Date: 1913
Description: Corn Exhibit on display at Grant County Fair.
Postcard

Grant County Court House

Date: 1913
Description: Corner view of the Grant County courthouse. The Soldiers' Monument and a fountain are in the foreground. A gazebo is under the trees on the right. Caption ...
Map or Atlas

Enjoy the Good Life in Grant County

Date: 1975
Description: A tourist map of Grant County that displays the various activities and attractions found in the cities throughout the county, such as boat landings, fishin...
Photograph

Walter Goodland with John Grindell and Aloys Klaas

Date: 09 04 1943
Description: Governor Goodland conferring with District Attorney John Grindell and Sheriff Aloys Klaas about gambling in Grant County.
Postcard

Memorial Fountain

Date: 1906
Description: Hand-colored postcard of the Memorial Fountain, with the Grant County Courthouse in the background. Caption reads: "Memorial Fountain erected May 30, 1906,...
Photograph

Lily Richmond Sitting Outside

Date: 08 23 1946
Description: Aunt Lily Richmond sang African American spirituals for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas. Richmond came to Grant County Wisconsin with her parents, fr...
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Corn Exhibit at Grant County Fair

Date: 09 17 1912
Description: Boys and Girls Wisconsin No. 7 Corn Exhibit. J.J. Garland of Madison judged the exhibit.
Photograph

Prairie Near Montfort

Date: 06 30 1955
Description: From caption: "Prairie two miles north of Montfort Wis on the Iowa-Grant County line trunk highway I view to the east from the road. Photo by Robert Hall 1...
Map or Atlas

Portage County Map

Date: 1944
Description: Portage County Map. Includes the towns of Eau Plaine, Dewey, Sharon, Alban, Carson, Hull, New Hope, Linwood, Stockton, Amherst, Plover, Grant, Buena Vista,...
Map or Atlas

Plat Map of Patch Grove Township

Date: 1918
Description: Page from the Standard Atlas of Grant County, Wisconsin of Part of Townships 5 and 6 North, Range 5 West of the 4th P.M.
Map or Atlas

Plat Map of Mendota, Wisconsin Territory

Date: 1942
Description: This map shows a paper city laid out in 1836 on the Wisconsin River, now the site of Wyalusing State Park, Grant County. The upper right corner includes a ...
Map or Atlas

Nelson-Dewey State Park, Grant County, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: This 1920 map actually depicts present-day Wyalusing State Park at the confluence of the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers in the Town of Wyalusing, Grant C...
Photograph

Grant County Spelling, Adding, and Writing Contest

Date: 05 06 1910
Description: Large group of children and adults pose outdoors at the second annual contest.
Photograph

Grant County School Contest Winners

Date: 05 02 1913
Description: Group of children pose in doorway of brick building.
Photograph

First Annual Grant County Spelling, Adding, and Writing Contest

Date: 05 07 1909
Description: Large group of school children and adults posed outside. Some of the students are holding banners.
Map or Atlas

Map of Taylor and Portion of Lincoln Counties, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: This map shows the Wisconsin Central Railroad land grant lands owned and for sale by the Soo Line in Taylor County, Wisconsin, as well as in southwestern L...

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