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| Description: | This map, based on an 1858 survey, shows the lead vein and the Western Wisconsin Mining Company's mine shafts in a section in the Town of New Diggings, Laf... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Map of New Diggings — inset map in bottom right corner of "Benton & New Diggings" map, on page 11 of "Atlas of Lafayette County Wisconsin," a collect... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Father Mazzuchelli's chapel, St. Augustine's, built before 1850, one of the earliest Catholic churches in Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Masonic Lodge, erected in 1845. The first in Wisconsin, removed to Masonic cemetery outside New Diggings and refurbished as shown in 1950. Marker in front ... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Masonic Temple marker to commemorate the first Masonic Temple erected in Wisconsin, built in 1845. The marker and temple were moved in 1950 from the town t... |
| The Birth of the Badgers |
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| Discover the history of lead mining in Wisconsin, and the origin of Badgers. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Primitive Methodist Church. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Side view of Mazzuchelli's chapel with windows. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | The Blackstone Mine property and mining equipment. |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | The entrance to a church with stained glass in the arch above the doors. The clapboard siding forms an interesting pattern in the peaks of the roof. Cement... |
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| Description: | Interior view across pews towards the altar of St. Augustine Church. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Side view of window and side door on Father Mazzuchelli's chapel. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Interior view over pews towards the altar. This church is the original built by Father Mazzuchelli in 1844. |
| Catholic Priest, Missionary, Architect and Scientist |
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| Biography of Catholic priest, missionary, architect and science teacher Samuel C. Mazzuchelli. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church. Built by Rev. Samuel Mazzuchelli in 1844. Caption reads: "St. Augustine's Catholic Church [text obscured]." |
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