A. Ruger's birdseye map of Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin in 1870.
| Birdseye view of Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin | |
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| Date: | 1870 |
| Author: | A. Ruger |
| Dwnld: | Full Size (5.5mb) |
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This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Wisconsin maps that you might want to check out.
Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin [gmap] was named by the French for the Sauk American Indians who lived in the are.
Ruger's print shows details the Wisconsin River and several loving-ly rendered islands. He's also conspicuously added two flatboats of a type not usually seen on images of this type. I welcome anyone's guess (or better yet: “definitive answer”) as to what these are, and why, in this image, they are featured.
For more maps and images from this period in the region's history, visit the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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