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| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | This map is red and black ink on tracing cloth and is oriented with north to the upper left. This hand-drawn map shows a central portion of the military ro... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View down the canal, with buildings along the shoreline, and a boat coming down the canal. |
| Date: | 04 15 1950 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters from neighboring communities help put out at a nighttime fire in the downtown business district. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Sheriff John MacKenzie poses in front of the Portage jail with his staff. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the railroad yards and station. Caption reads: "R. R. Yards and Station, Portage, Wis." |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | The Wisconsin River looking downstream. The Wisconsin River end of the canal may be seen at the left. |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | A view of the Frederick Jackson Turner house, sold and much altered with portico added. The address of this home is 319 West Franklin Street. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | View from street of the Purdy house, Portage, Wisconsin. A stone wall runs along the sidewalk, topped with an iron fence. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Purdy house. View from street towards the house, with a stone wall along the sidewalk. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | The Pierre Pauquette monument, located on the bank of the Wisconsin River where he operated a ferry between the years 1828 and 1836. Erected by the Wau-bun... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A view of the Henry Merrell house, built about 1833. Snow is on the ground. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A view of the Marquette-Joliet historical marker. Erected by the Wau-bun Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. |
| Date: | 06 1938 |
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| Description: | The Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. This house was built in 1832 by the United States Government for the Indian Agent to the Ho-Chunk ... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A view of the Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. Built in 1832 for the Indian Agent to the Ho-Chunk Nation (Winnebago) John Harris Kinzie... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A view of the Indian Agency House, before restoration. Built in 1832. |
| Date: | 09 1945 |
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| Description: | The Indian Agency House, built in 1832 for John Harris Kinzie (the Indian Agent to the Ho-Chunk Nation) and his wife. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | The Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. The house was restored and furnished by the Colonial Dames in Wisconsin between 1929-1932 acting u... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | View across field towards the Indian Agency House, built in 1832. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A view of the Indian Agency House, built for John Harris Kinzie (the Indian Agent to the Ho-Chunk Nation) and his wife in 1832. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A view of the Indian Agency House in Portage, Wisconsin. Built in 1832 by the United States Government for the Indian Agent to the Ho-Chunk Nation, John Ha... |
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