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Part of a Military Road from Fort Crawford to Fort Howard
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As early as 1829, Michigan territorial officials began to urge the building of a road connecting Fort Howard at Green Bay, Fort Winnebago at the Fox-Wisconsin portage, and Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien. The road was surveyed and built between 1832 and 1837 and was the first major road to be constructed in Wisconsin. This hand-drawn facsimile of an 1833 drawing by Lt. Alexander J. Center shows the area around Fort Winnebago and the portage. "Recorded on pages 668.669 Book B."
1833
Center, A. J. (Alexander J.) (surveyor)
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WHi 24945
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Map of the Route of the Military Road from Fort Crawford to Fort Howard Via Fort Winnebago
1936
This hand-drawn map is red and black ink on tracing cloth and is oriented with north to the upper left. It shows a central portion of the military road stretching from Prairie du Chien to Green Bay...
Fort Winnebago, Wisc.
1830
This is a reproduction of a plan of Fort Winnebago at the Fox-Wisconsin portage. It was drawn by Lieutenant Jefferson Davis, later President of the Confederate States of America, who was stationed ...
Map Showing the Military Road
1925?
This manuscript map shows route of the early military road in Wisconsin from Green Bay (Fort Howard) through Portage (Fort Winnebago) to Fort Blue Mounds and Prairie du Chien (Fort Crawford). Count...
Plat of the U. States Road from Fond du Lac, by Fox Lake, to the Wiskonsin River
circa 1840
This map shows a portion of the military road from Fond du Lac to the Wisconsin River near Fort Winnebago, with mile markers, adjacent land use, and bridges. A few prominent features are labeled su...
Military Reserve :The Following are the Boundaries of the Lands Which Have Been Occupied by the Troops of the U.S. at Fort Howard, Green Bay
1862
This map shows landownership on a military reserve, private claims, buildings (including Fort Howard and U.S. sawmill), swamps, public barns and fields, and a brick yard. This is a copy of a manusc...
Fort Winnebago Monument
1924
Fort Winnebago monument two miles east of Portage on Highway 33, erected by the Wau-bun Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1924. The monument contains three bronze plaques readi...
