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Oconomowoc Lake District

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Description: This manuscript map by Increase Lapham shows the lakes and streams in the northwestern quarter of Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
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Parcel Map of Columbus, Ohio

Date: 1834
Description: Parcel map of Columbus, Ohio.
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Plan of the Canal Termination on Portsmouth Point

Date: 1833
Description: Increase Lapham's plan for the canal terminus on Portsmouth Point at the confluence of the Scioto and Ohio Rivers.
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Oconomowoc Lake

Date: 1875
Description: This manuscript map by Increase Lapham, drawn in the last year of his life, shows landownership, roads and railroads, springs, and boat houses around Ocono...
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Wisconsin a Sectional Map with the Most Recent Surveys

Date: 1848
Description: This map by Increase Lapham shows the township and range system in southern and eastern Wisconsin as well as along the Wisconsin River in present-day Marat...
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Milwaukee

Date: 1836
Description: Pencil on tracing paper. Rough sketch of Milwaukee. Left top corner reads: "From Map of northern part of Illinois and the surveyed part of Wisconsin Territ...
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Profile from Summit of Blue Mound 3 Miles South

Date: 1864
Description: This map is pen and watercolor on paper and shows profile and geological formation of Blue Mound and location of Arnold’s Hotel and Brigham Lead Mines.
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Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1865
Description: This map shows county boundaries, outlined in red. Each county's population is handwritten in the margins. The map also includes towns, rivers and lakes.
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Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1868
Description: Prepared for the State Board of Emigration in 1868, this map shows county boundaries, some cities, and completed and projected railroads.
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Wisconsin, a sectional map with the most recent surveys

Date: 1846
Description: This map shows the counties and towns in existence at the time as well as lead and copper mines.
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Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1867
Description: Map of the entire state indicates county boundaries outlined in red, cities of over 3000 inhabitants and county seats. It also marks rivers and lakes.
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Wisconsin, a Sectional Map with the Most Recent Surveys

Date: 1850
Description: Mid and southern Wisconsin counties, city/town lines, lead mines, copper mines, streams, plank roads, and the Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail Roads.
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Climatological Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1865
Description: Map showing the location of meteorological stations and effects that Lake Michigan has had on Wisconsin temperatures in January and July. The map shows cou...
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Map of Wisconsin with the Relative Population (Pr. Square Mile) as Shown by the State Census

Date: 1865
Description: This map shows the population density per square mile in the entire state, showing southeastern and southern Wisconsin had the greatest population density ...
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Geological map of Wisconsin prepared for Walling's atlas

Date: 1874
Description: This map of Wisconsin shows cities, counties, railroads already completed and railroads projected, and geological makeup of the land such as lakes.
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Map of Milwaukee County and Its Land Owners

Date: 1840
Description: An ink, watercolor, and pencil on tracing paper, hand-drawn map of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin that shows the town and range system, sections, lakes and st...
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State Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1852
Description: Map reads: "The State of Wisconsin- compiled from the latest authorities". In addition, there is a scale which is six miles for every inch, and a profile o...
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Map of Wisconsin with Gold Region

Date: 1866
Description: This thematic shows the effects that Lake Michigan has had on Wisconsin mean temperatures in January and July. The map shows counties, some cities, rivers ...
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Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1868
Description: This map of the entire state shows county boundaries outlined in red, cities of over 3000 inhabitants and county seats. It also marks rivers, lakes, railro...
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Milwaukee Land District

Date: 1836
Description: This hand-colored manuscript map shows the township and section grid in southeastern Wisconsin, covering the area west to Sugar River and Four Lakes region...

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