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Bridge to Rock Formation

Date: 
Description: A wooden bridge leads to a rock formation.
Property Record

526 PROSPECT

Community: Portage
County: Columbia
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 56261
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Northern Comfort Female Lead Singer Dancing

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Lead singer Barbara Swenson of Northern Comfort dancing on stage with a microphone stand in the foreground. A guitarist is in the background.
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Northern Comfort Female Lead Singer Clapping

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Lead singer Barbara Swenson of Northern Comfort clapping on stage with a microphone stand in the foreground. A guitarist is in the background.
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Rock Formation Along Wisconsin River

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Description: View of rock formations along the Wisconsin River. Several sets of wooden stairs are built into the landforms and lead down to the river.
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Dew Drop Inn

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Description: View across sidewalk towards a guest house set back among the trees. Steps lead up to a wrap-around porch.
Property Record

429 W EDGEWATER

Community: Portage
County: Columbia
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 41104
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The Pines Hotel

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Description: View down sidewalk towards a log building among the pines. The sidewalk leads to the large front porch with steps in the front and on the side.
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Van Hill Modern Cabins on Lucky 13

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Description: View of a row of cabins on the right. A drive leads to the main building of Van Hill Modern Cabins in the background on the left.
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Cottage at Meadow Brook Resort

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Description: Small cottage with a screened-in porch. There are boards across the dirt yard in the foreground that lead to the door of the porch. A new tree in the yard ...
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House in Cambria

Date: 1905
Description: A board sidewalk leads to the porch of a modest one-story house. There is a lean-to style extension of the house to the left of the porch. In the backgroun...
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Family outside of Dr. Blake's home

Date: 1877
Description: A dirt road leads to Dr. Blake's (probably Samuel M.) frame house in Lodi or Prairie du Sac. A family is under a tree near a wooden fence. On the right is...
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Crow Bassist Larry Wiegand and Singer Dave Wagner

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Larry Wiegand and Dave Wagner, bassist and lead singer (respectively) of Minneapolis rock band Crow, on stage at Sound Storm.
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Cottage at Berry's Coldwater Canyon Hotel

Date: 1926
Description: View across lawn of Berry's Coldwater Canyon Hotel. Sidewalks lead to a two-story building with wrap-around porches and balcony. There are exterior stairs ...
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Colburn Modern Cottages — N. Superior Street

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Description: Main house for Colburn's Modern Cottages on the Wisconsin River. A curb is in the foreground, and a dirt road leads to a garage and a cottage. An automobil...
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White House — 912 Capitol Street

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view from road of the White House Hotel. There is a trellis with four columns at the sidewalk entrance that leads to a long porch with rocking cha...
Property Record

519 W CONANT ST

Community: Portage
County: Columbia
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 51465
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Grounds at Schofield Hotel and Cottages

Date: 
Description: View of the grounds with trees and flowers, and on right a drive leads up to the porte-cochere of the Schofield Hotel in the background. Benches are on the...
Property Record

425 W CONANT ST

Community: Portage
County: Columbia
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 51434
Property Record

802 PROSPECT

Community: Portage
County: Columbia
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 3722

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