Southwestern Wisconsin Railroad photographs, ca. 1880-1976.

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Southwestern Wisconsin Railroad photographs, ca. 1880-1976.

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Photographs gathered by A. G. Hettman while working on a book on Wisconsin railroad history. Most images show the Chicago and North Western narrow gauge line which ran through Woodman and Fennimore; three show the Kickapoo Valley and Northern line which ran from Wauzeka to La Farge.

55 photographs.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6923879

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Chicago and North Western Railway Company.

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"The Chicago & North Western Railway, created during the late 1850s by the merger of several small railroads in Illinois and Wisconsin, was led during its early years by William B. Ogden, Chicago's first mayor. In 1864, the Chicago & North Western absorbed the Galena & Chicago Union, which in 1848 had been the city's first railroad. Between 1872 and 1910, under the leadership of Marvin Hughitt, the length of track in the road's rail network grew from about 1,400 miles to nearly 10,00...

Woodman Narrow Gauge Railroad.

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Hettman, A. G.,

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Kickapoo Valley and Northern Railway Company.

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