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| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | A historical marker mounted on a metal post tells the story of Col. Richard Dunbar discovering, in 1866, the healing properties of water from a nearby spri... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Solomon Juneau Homestead, Theresa, Wisconsin 53091. Solomon Juneau, a French trader, helped found Milwaukee and became its first Ma... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | An exterior view of the Betsy Ross house. Two larger buildings flank each side of the house. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Historic site marker to commemorate the first church in Baraboo. The inscription reads "The first church in Baraboo was erected on this lot by the Methodi... |
| Date: | 04 14 1926 |
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| Description: | A marker on a rock commemorates the first schoolhouse built in Baraboo. |
| Date: | 06 1973 |
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| Description: | Fifth-graders from Mayville Public School celebrate the end of the school year by running down the earthen mounds at Aztalan State Park. Teachers on the tr... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Historical Marker near Trout Lake. The marker recognizes the first ever forest patrol flight. The marker text reads: "FIRST FOREST PATROL FLI... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Rear view of a couple sitting in a horse-drawn buggy which is driving through a covered bridge at Stonefield Village. Buildings and trees are in the distan... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A marker at Lake Pepin made by the sixth grade of Whitehall Memorial School as part of their Junior Historian activities. The Junior Historians are a grade... |
| Date: | 10 1948 |
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| Description: | The Pendarvis and Trelawny homes on Shake Rag Street, originally Cornish miner's cottages. |
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| Description: | Jacques Vieau, agent for the Northwest Fur Company of Montreal, built a trading post here in 1796, on what is now called Jambo Creek after the nickname the... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Buildings at "Little Norway." From left to right: tool house, Norway house, Haugen homestead. The wagon in foreground is a kubberulle; the wheels are sec... |
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| Description: | View across lawn toward the house. Caption reads: "Tallmen Homestead and Museum, Janesville, Wis." |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | Two women are standing and admiring quilts hanging on a clothesline at a show or fair at Villa Louis. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Historic site marker commemorating the first permanent home in Baraboo. The inscription reads, "On this site in 1840, the first permanent home in Baraboo ... |
| Date: | 10 03 1955 |
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| Description: | The Wisconsin Central Railroad marker on the wall of the Hotel Menasha. The men at the dedication are (left to right) Edgar F. Zelle, President Wisconsin C... |
| Date: | 1990 |
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| Description: | Actress Sherilyn Fenn being made up for her role as Billie Freschette during the filming for "Dillinger," a made-for-TV movie filmed at Old World Wisconsin... |
| Date: | 1990 |
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| Description: | A tourist map of Lafayette County, Wisconsin, that shows the locations of motels, camping, municipal parks, cheese factory tours, waysides, and golf course... |
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| Description: | Color postcard of the depot and a railroad car at Stonefield Village. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Color photographic postcard of the Koepsel house being reassembled at Old World Wisconsin near Eagle. It is an 1860's half-timber farmhouse that was built ... |
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