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| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Map showing locations of quarries, sink holes, creeks, springs, rivers, houses, forts, and roads. The map appears to have been drawn on to of a plat map of... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | This map is mostly pencil on paper map but includes latitude and longitude grid in ink. The map covers the Mississippi River from Lake Itasca to the Wiscon... |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Colonel Samuel Stone (1798-1876), Massachusetts-born Union Colonel. Before his army service, Stone's various occupati... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite quarter-length portrait of John Torrey (1796-1863), American botanist. Worked as New York state botanist from 1836. Handwritten i... |
| Date: | 1845 |
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| Description: | This map shows lot and block numbers, local streets, railroads, some landowners’ names, Milwaukee River, Menomonee River, and part of Lake Michigan. The ma... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | This map shows locations of quarries, sink holes, creeks, springs, rivers, houses, forts, and roads. Annotations in pencil read: "Is the top of the mound l... |
| Wisconsin's First Scientist |
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| Read about Wisconsin's first scientist. Learn about his achievements; including his scientific writings, and his work as an engineer and land surveyor. |
| Date: | 1922-06-25 |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | Diagram of an effigy mound in the shape of a cross. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | This map is pen and watercolor on paper and shows a profile and geological sections of the Blue Mounds, Hollow Run, Bogies Hollow Run, Bear Creek, East Bre... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | This map is pen and watercolor on paper and shows a profile and geological sections of the Spensley Break, James Break, Wisconsin River, and Little Bear Cr... |
| For Immediate Release |
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| The Wisconsin Historical Society Press book, Studying Wisconsin:The Life of Increase Lapham, early chronicler of plants, rocks, rivers all things Wisconsin |
| Date: | 1836 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Leo Lesquereux, American paleobotanist. Also worked as assistant to L. Aggasiz. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1873-11-24 |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
| Date: | 1929-09-22 |
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| County: | Vernon |
| City: | Stoddard |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | This map is pen and watercolor on paper and shows a profile and geological sections of the East Blue Mound Break, Blue Mound Creek, Black Earth River, and ... |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | This map is pencil on paper and shows rivers, granite locations, and selected landmarks. Relief is shown by hachures. |
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