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Map of Madison and the four lake country : Dane Co. Wis.
circa 1854
This mid-19th century map shows the street grid of Madison, Wisconsin, adjacent towns and sections, routes of railroads and projected railroads, roads, post offices, and lakes and streams. A table ...
Map of Wisconsin with portions of adjoining states, showing the Chicago, Madison, and Lake Superior Rail Road route
circa 1855
This map shows the proposed Chicago, Madison, and Lake Superior Railroad route that would have run from Chicago north through Madison to Lake Superior near the Ontonagon River. The map also shows t...
Map of Madison and the Four Lake Country : Dane Co. Wis.
1855
This mid-19th century promotional map includes marginal text that extols the many virtues of Madison as a place for homes and businesses and quotes such famous persons as Horace Greeley and Bayard ...
Map of Price County & part of Lincoln, Oneida & Chippewa counties, Wis. : showing Wisconsin Central R.R. lands
1898
This 1898 map shows the township and range system, sections, cities and villages, railroads, vacant land, land sold by the Wisconsin Central Railroad (including that sold in the previous two years)...
Dane Co., Wis.
circa 1895
This late-19th century map of Dane County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, lakes and streams, roads, and railroads.
