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| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | View from road of lead and zinc mines and surrounding buildings. |
| Date: | 1845 |
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| Description: | Drawing of Shullsburg. Text at bottom reads: "Smelting lead ore in log furnaces. Scene in Gratiots Grove at Shullsburg, Wis. in 1845-6. Drawn from life. By... |
| The Birth of the Badgers |
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| Discover the history of lead mining in Wisconsin, and the origin of Badgers. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | A man is running his dog on a trail in an old lead mining area. The trees are bare and fallen leaves are covering the ground. |
| Date: | 1906-01-13 |
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| County: | Lafayette |
| City: | Shullsburg |
| Community: | Shullsburg |
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| County: | Lafayette |
| Historic Name: | RENNICK HOUSE |
| Reference Number: | 28873 |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of the Gratiot homestead at Gratiot's Grove Site. |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | This 1858 map shows mine shafts, lead veins, and topography on the property of the New Diggings and Shullsburg Mining Company in Section 5 of Township 1 N.... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of James Mine with a field and fence in the foreground. Tram tracks lead from the tall building to large piles of rocks. There are steep stai... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Gratiot homestead at Gratiot's Grove Site. Handwriting on front reads: "The Gratiot Homestead at the (?)on." |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Darlington's first settlers arrived by 1826, attracted by the lead mines of the area. Arrival of the railroad in 1856 stimulated growth, and in 1857 the co... |
| Date: | 07 1955 |
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| Description: | Children lining up on a sidewalk to enter the stone bathhouse that leads to the swimming pool. |
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| Description: | This map, based on an 1858 survey, shows the lead vein and the Western Wisconsin Mining Company's mine shafts in a section in the Town of New Diggings, Laf... |
| Date: | 1887-03-24 |
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| County: | Lafayette |
| City: | Shullsburg |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View across field towards a bend in the Shullsburg Branch, which runs from the Galena River near the town of Lead Mine to the town of Shullsburg. A farm is... |
| Community: | Shullsburg |
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| County: | Lafayette |
| Historic Name: | E.C. TOWNSEND HOUSE |
| Reference Number: | 65235 |
| Community: | Shullsburg |
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| County: | Lafayette |
| Historic Name: | Darwin Moulon Store |
| Reference Number: | 29133 |
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