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| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | A hand-drawn and colored map of Wisconsin showing the railroad routs and railroad land grants La Cross and Milwaukee Railroad, St. Croix and Tomah Railroad... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | This manuscript map shows the limits of the land grants made to railroads in northwestern Wisconsin along the corridor between Portage and Hudson, along th... |
| Lawyer, Politician, Land Speculator, Promoter and Author |
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| Biography of lawyer, politician, land speculator and promoter and author of a History of the Territory of Wisconsin, Moses Mccure Strong. |
| Land Speculator and Politician |
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| Brief biography of surveyor, land speculator, railroad promoter and politician Byron Kilbourn, twice elected mayor of Milwaukee. |
| Lawyer, Politician and Governor |
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| Discover the history of Wisconsin governor Bashford Coles. |
| Richland Center Depot, Richland Center, Wisconsin |
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| A crumbling 1909 railroad depot is rehabilitated with help from federal grants. |
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