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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: | Elevated view of the Portage canal and lock, with the Indian Agency House in the center background. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox-Wisconsin ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Red Bird monument, erected on the site of Ft. Winnebago and Red Bird's surrender. There is a cannon on the lawn behind the monument. A road is along th... |
| 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: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Pierre Pauquette monument located at the easterm terminus of the Wauona Trail. Erected by the Wau-bun Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revoluti... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A view of the Pierre Pauquette monument located at the eastern terminus of the Wauona Trail. Erected by the Wau-bun Chapter of the Daughters of the America... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A view of the Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet marker. "This tablet marks the place near which Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet entered the Wisconsin R... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. View of Portage Canal in foreground. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A view of the Indian Agency house after restoration. A person is standing on the porch. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | A view of a house beside the canal, from the south side. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | 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 mo... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Covered bridge over river. Caption reads: "The Old Bridge, Portage, Wis." |
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