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Finchland Map
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Map showing territory controlled by the Finches, a family of bandits who terrorized south central Wisconsin in the years prior to the Civil War. The map includes Waterloo, Watertown, Aztalan, Rock Lake, London, Jefferson Junction, Jefferson, Lake Ripley, Red Cedar Lake, Rose Lake, Fort Atkinson, Lake Koshkonong, the Rock River, the Crawfish River, and the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad.
1937
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Crawfish River
1912
View looking down the Crawfish River, with a large building with a three-story balcony on the right. A man and a boy are in a boat docked at the steps to the building. People are sitting on the the...
Profile of the Crawfish & Beaver Dam Rivers : from the County Line up through Mud Lake to the Runkel Farm
1879
This hand-colored profile shows the depth and the fall of an approximately 14 mile long stretch of the Beaver Dam and Crawfish rivers in the towns of Lowell and Shields in Dodge County, Wisconsin. ...
The Fighting Finches Cover
1937
Cover of "The Fighting Finches" by the Federal Writers' Project in Wisconsin and bound by Milwaukee Handicraft Project. There is a drawing of a hand gun on the cover.
Map of Jefferson County, state of Wisconsin
1862
This map shows townships, landownership, roads, railroads, and swampland in Jefferson County. There are inset maps showing the villages/cities of Watertown, Jefferson, Fort Atkinson, Cold Spring, L...
Petition for building a tow path at the junction of the Rock and Crawfish Rivers on the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal
1841
Petitioners request to build a tow path at the junction of the Rock and Crawfish Rivers on the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal to accommodate water traffic.
1937 Official Road Map, Wisconsin
1937
This map shows the major cities, towns, highways, roads, lakes, and rivers of Wisconsin and parts of the neighboring states. An index of cities and towns is included on the front. The back contains...
