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Mauston, Wis.
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A dam and sawmill were built on the site of Mauston in 1842, but growth was slow until 1866 when the Lemonweir River was bridged. This view shows the village and surrounding lands in 1870. The bottom margin includes a key to the location of the public school, railroad depot, jail, Butterfield House, Exchange Hotel, Farmers Hotel, Mauston Mill, Mauston Iron Works, Temple's Furniture Store, Adler's Billiard Saloon, and the Catholic, Baptist, and Methodist churches.
1870
Bailey, H. H. (Howard Heston), 1836-1878 (cartographer)
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