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Lily Richmond Sitting Outside

Date: 08 23 1946
Description: Aunt Lily Richmond sang African American spirituals for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas. Richmond came to Grant County Wisconsin with her parents, fr...
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Lily Richmond and a Woman

Date: 08 23 1946
Description: Aunt Lily Richmond (b.1862), right, with Ollie Greene Lewis.
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Charles Edward Shepard

Date: 
Description: Outdoor portrait of Charles Edward Shepard posing with an axe.
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First Tavern in Beetown

Date: 06 1928
Description: Exterior view of tavern.
Property Record

SLAB TOWN RD

Community: Beetown
County: Grant
Historic Name: Slab Town Road Bridge
Reference Number: 120535
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Crossroads Corner at Dusk

Date: 05 07 1962
Description: Crossroads corner at dusk, following hail storm.
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Public School

Date: 1973
Description: Exterior of public school building, with a slide and trees.
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Two Fences

Date: 05 16 1962
Description: Two metal fences with wooden posts in a pasture on a hill.
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Lower Beetown School

Date: 
Description: Lower Beetown clapboard schoolhouse with bell tower and path.
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First Beetown House

Date: 1925
Description: An early two-story frame house with a lean-to addition on the rear.
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Beetown Public School

Date: 07 27 2012
Description: Exterior view of the public school, positioned on a small hill.
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Wrecked and Abandoned Automobiles in Pasture

Date: 05 16 1962
Description: Wrecked and abandoned automobiles in a hidden rural hollow.
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Military Artifacts

Date: 1962
Description: Display of military, perhaps Civil War, artifacts in Rollo Jamison's private museum of curiosities.
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Pleasant Ridge Log Church

Date: 1854
Description: Pleasant Ridge Log Church. Pleasant Ridge farmers built a United Brethren Church in 1884.
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Rephotographic Pair: Public School

Date: 
Description: A vintage view and a modern view of the Public School, presented as a pair.
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Vogt and Louise Schildgen

Date: 
Description: Vogt and Louise "Lulu" Schildgen posing in front of an orchard. Their son's name was Raymond Schildgen.
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Bloomington School District #2

Date: 
Description: View from crossroads of the one-room Bloomington School surrounded by trees. A small girl stands near the front door.
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Main Street in Beetown

Date: 07 27 2012
Description: A view down Main Street in Beetown on an overcast day.
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Rephotographic Pair: Methodist Evangelical Church

Date: 
Description: A vintage view and a modern view of the Methodist Evangelical Church, presented as a pair.
Property Record

NE SIDE OF COUNTY HIGHWAY U 1/3 MILE NW OF STATE HIGHWAY 81

Community: Beetown
County: Grant
Historic Name: Beetown School
Reference Number: 114741

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