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Cedar River

Unidentified People by the Cedar River

photo of Unidentified People by the Cedar River
Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cedar River, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, When is this?

Unidentified Men Rowing on the Cedar River

photo of Unidentified Men Rowing on the Cedar River
Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cedar River, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, When is this?, Who am I?

Cedar River

photo of Cedar River
Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cedar River, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, When is this?

Cedar River

photo of Cedar River
Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cedar River, Glass Negative, Home Life, Mount Vernon, When is this?, Where is this?

Palisades House

photo of Palisades House
Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cedar River, Glass Negative, Home Life, Mount Vernon, Palisades-Kepler State Park, When is this?

Cedar River

photo of Cedar River
Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cedar River, Glass Negative, When is this?, Where is this?

Bridge

photo of Bridge

Assume this is an early bridge over the Red Cedar River south of Mt Vernon … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cedar River, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Where is this?

Cedar River

photo of A photo of the Cedar River.

A photo of the Cedar River.

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Cedar River, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, When is this?

Sutliff Bridge

photo of Sutliff Bridge

Perhaps the first iron bridge across the River? Near Ivanhoe? Date @1915

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cedar River, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon

Man by Cedar River

photo of Man by Cedar River

Note: canoe and rock writing Date @1915

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cedar River, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Palisades-Kepler State Park, Pastimes, Who am I?

Palisades

photo of Palisades

Palisades

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cedar River, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Palisades-Kepler State Park

Palisades

photo of Palisades

Palisades Kepler. Note the cabin on the bluff owned by Howard Hall.Courtesy of Cornell College … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cedar River, Glass Negative, Palisades-Kepler State Park
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