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Pictures from the Past
Wisconsins Photographic History
from the Library of Congress "American Memory" Page
Voyageur
This map of a part of eastern Wisconsin, probably made by a French voyageur, was carried by explorer, geologist, ethnologist, Indian agent, superintendent of Indian Affairs for Michigan, and author Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) who annotated it in the course of an expedition he made in summer of 1831. Sent out by Lewis Cass (1792-1866), governor of Michigan Territory, Schoolcraft was to take a census of the Chippewa (Ojibwa Indians) and Sioux ( Dakota Indians) settlements in the upper Mississippi River Country and try to resolve hostilities there between the two tribes. Schoolcraft added the place names of Indian Villages, chief's names, and pertinent census figures as well as translations of some French terms and the identification of certain geographical features. The reverse orientation of the map, with the north at the bottom, may be due to the voyageurs approach into the region from that direction.
a larger version of this picture in greater detail is available through American Memories--click here
Camp Douglas-- "Monadock"
This image may seem strangely familiar to many residents of the area as well as Interstate passer-bys. It is circa late 1800's-early 1900's.
American Environmental Photographs Collection, [AEP Image Number,e.g., AEP-MIN73], Department of Special Collections, University of Chicago Library
Wisconsin Dells
Jaws of the Dells-- H.H. Bennett--1894
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division [reproduction number, e.g., LC-USZ62-110212]
Sliding Rock--H.H. Bennett-1896
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division [reproduction number,e.g.,LC-USZ62-110212]
Scene from Odanah, WI--between 1872 and 1890 (?)
Western History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library
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