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Grant County Soldier's Monument

Date: 1867
Description: The Grant County Soldier's Monument was erected in 1866 and dedicated in July of 1867.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Lancaster, Grant County, Wis. Looking North West

Date: 1875
Description: Bird's-eye map of Lancaster, with inset of Monument for the Soldiers of Grant County.
Print

Grant County Soldier's Monument

Date: 1868
Description: Elevated view of the Grant County Soldier's Monument. A group of people are standing around the monument. A large building is in the background. Caption at...
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Arouse! Volunteers Wanted!

Date: 07 24 1862
Description: Poster calling for the recruitment of volunteers from Grant County for the Union Army during the Civil War.
Photograph

Robert Aiken

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Robert Aiken. He was born in Alleghany County, Pennsylvania, on December 25, 1816. Aiken came to Grant County, Wisconsin in...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin School Lands

Date: 1889
Description: Eight diagrams that describe the topography and vegetation of school sections in the towns of Clear Creek and Ludington in Eau Claire County; Sigel in Chip...
Map or Atlas

Procession of Mounds

Date: 1876
Description: A sketch map of the procession of Indian mounds on the two ridged field sites in Grant County.
Map or Atlas

Map of Grant County, Wisconsin

Date: 1868
Description: A detailed, cloth mounted map of Grant County that shows the townships, towns, roads, completed and under construction railroads, cemeteries, mills, lead m...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye of Platteville, Grant County, Wis. Looking North East

Date: 1875
Description: Bird's-eye map of Platteville.
Map or Atlas

Map of Ashland County and portions of Bayfield County, Wisconsin.

Date: 1890
Description: This 1890s map shows the Wisconsin Central Railroad land grant lands owned and for sale by the Soo Line in Ashland County, Wisconsin, as well as in the eas...
Map or Atlas

Map of Grant County : Wisconsin Territory

Date: 1842
Description: Relief shown by hachures. Shows furnaces, saw mills, houses, roads, grist mills, entries, reservations, and diggings. "Compiled by order of the Board of C...
Map or Atlas

Map of the State of Wisconsin Showing the Wisconsin Central Railroad and its Land Grant

Date: 1896
Description: This map shows the railroad routes of the Wisconsin Central Railroad and its land grant. These are visibly marked in the color red. County boundaries are a...
Map or Atlas

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Date: 1844
Description: An ink on paper, hand-drawn map of Milwaukee County that shows the sectioning of townships, the boundary of the canal grant, roads, streams, lakes, includi...
Map or Atlas

Map of Ashland County and Portions of Bayfield and Sawyer Counties

Date: 1890
Description: This map shows the Wisconsin Central Railroad land grant lands owned and for sale by the Soo Line in Ashland County, Wisconsin, as well as in portions of B...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Boscobel

Date: 1869
Description: Birds-eye drawing of Boscobel, Grant County, depicts street names and street layouts, houses, rivers and trees. A reference key at the bottom of the map sh...
Map or Atlas

Sketch of the Public Surveys in the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1866
Description: This map shows the location of county boundaries, cities, rivers, lakes, grant railroads, wagon roads, land office locations, iron, copper and lead deposit...
Photograph

Grant County Soldier's Monument

Date: 1885
Description: Caption reads: "First Soldier's Monuments Erected in the US — Lancaster Wis". There is a cannon and cannon balls on the lawn to the left of the monuments.
Map or Atlas

Map of Grant County, Wisconsin

Date: 1857
Description: Relief shown by hachures. "Lith. of Ed. Mendel, Chicago." Shows townships and sections, rivers, roads, railroads, houses, flour mills, saw mills, furnaces...
Map or Atlas

Railroad and County Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1889
Description: A map that shows the railroad's lines in Wisconsin, northern Illinois, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Those that are marked with a red line are those...
Map or Atlas

Cassville, Iowa County, Wisconsin Territory

Date: 1850
Description: This map of Cassville shows plat of the town, roads, landings and public wharfs and the Mississippi River.

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