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Blue Mounds Rural Road

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Description: View of rural Blue Mounds, with a two-lane, paved road. The caption at the bottom reads: "East View of Blue Mounds, Wis. Elevation, 1760 ft.".
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Rural Blue Mounds

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Description: View of farmland near Blue Mounds, with possibly property markers horizontal, across the center, and some distant farm houses and a barn. Caption reads: "B...
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Winter Scene at Blue Mounds

Date: 1910
Description: View of a main street during the winter. One horse is covered with a horse blanket. Caption reads: "Winter Scene at Blue Mounds Wis."
Photograph

Indian Mounds Marker

Date: 1930
Description: View of an Indian mounds marker on the St. Croix River.
Map or Atlas

Group of Ancient Mounds Near the City of Beloit

Date: 1800
Description: This map on two sheets shows a group of ancient mounds near the southeast corner of the city of Beloit and a group of ancient mounds north of Rockton Stati...
Photograph

Town of Blue Mounds from a Distance

Date: 1910
Description: Distant view of the town, with railroad tracks in foreground. The church is the highest point in the image. "General View. Blue Mounds in the Distance. Alt...
Photograph

Tenpin Alley, Pokerville

Date: 1925
Description: A view of Tenpin Alley (rear) active in lead mining days.
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Building, Pokerville

Date: 1925
Description: This building was said to have been an early residence.
Photograph

Tenpin Alley, Pokerville

Date: 1925
Description: A view of the front of Tenpin Alley, active in lead mining days.
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Brigham Farm Building in Ruin

Date: 06 1925
Description: View of three farm buildings - the one in the center is collapsing.
Photograph

Delavan Burial Mounds Marker

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Description: View of a rock with a plaque that reads: "Group of Prehistoric Indian Burial Mounds and Winnebago Village Site. Marked by the Delavan Woman's Club - May 19...
Map or Atlas

Mounds and Winnebago Village Site, City of Neenah

Date: 1903
Description: This maps shows what may be Ho Chunk Native American burial mounds. Also noted on the map is the Fox River, the Doty homestead, stockade embankment, the We...
Map or Atlas

Map of Farwell's Point

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Description: Wisconsin Memorial Hospital with a key to buildings in the upper left. Indian mounds are marked on the site. Arthur Peabody was the state architect for th...
Photograph

Mound Tablet

Date: 1906
Description: View of a tablet indicating a mound site.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Four Lakes Country, Wisconsin

Date: 1892
Description: This map oriented with north to the upper left shows railroads, creeks, post offices, smaller lakes, Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Wingra, Lake Waubesa, ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Prairie du Chien and Its Vicinity

Date: 1900
Description: This photocopy map shows marshes, woods, buildings, and selected features including islands, mounds, old Fort Crawford, and "new site for a fort in questio...
Photograph

Elevated View of Mining Community

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of a mining community, including numerous houses, mining structures, and large mounds of gravel material.
Photograph

Adams House, Pokerville

Date: 1925
Description: Adams house and store. John Adams sold pork, flour, and other merchandise during mining days. Said to be the birthplace of Aliva Adams, afterwards the Gove...
Map or Atlas

Map of Adamsville, Iowa County, Wis.

Date: 1840
Description: This map shows local streets, numbered lots, and part of Blue Mounds Branch. The map reads: "NE 1/4 NW 1/4 Sect. 16 - T5 - R5E." under the title and is dat...
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Elk Mound

Date: 1930
Description: Elk Mound.

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