Wisconsin. State Highway Commission: Development of Transportation in Wisconsin Drawings, circa 1948

Contents List

Container Title
PH 1586 (3)
Folder   1
Indian trails and waterways - Wisconsin's first arteries of transportation
Note: Artist: Emma Glenz.
Folder   2
Arrival of pioneer settlers in Wisconsin during the 1830s
Note: Artist: Emma Glenz.
Folder   3
Hauling lead to Cassville in the 1830s
Note: Artist: L.E. Blair.
Folder   4
Building a plank road in 1846. New Lisbon - Milwaukee plank road was the first built in the United States
Note: Artist: L.E. Blair.
Folder   5
Madison to Prairie du Chien stagecoach in 1848
Note: Artist: Emma Glenz.
Folder   6
With the advent of the railroads in the 1850s, the plank road and the stagecoach soon vanished from the scene
Note: Artist: L.E. Blair.
Folder   7
A grain caravan bound for Milwaukee resting overnight in Dodgeville in 1855
Note: Artist: L.E. Blair.
Folder   8
Building a corduroy road in the 1860s
Note: Artist: L.E. Blair.
Folder   9
A log and stone causeway in the days before bridges
Note: Artist: Emma Glenz.
Folder   10
Ferries over Wisconsin's many streams formed an important link in early highway transportation
Note: Artist: Emma Glenz.
Folder   11
The original “steam wagon”
Note: Artist: Schwenker.
Folder   12
The first highway vehicle road race in the United States - from Green Bay to Madison, 1878
Note: Artist: Emma Glenz.
Folder   13
Citizens working out their statutory poll tax in 1880
Note: Artist: F.A.M.
Folder   14
From horses to horsepower in 1908
Note: Artist: L.E. Blair.
Folder   15
[Horse drawn wagons fording a river]
Note: Artist: L.E. Blair.
Folder   16
[Bicyclists on country road]
Note: Artist: Emma Glenz.