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| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A view of the Indian Agency House before restoration. |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Fox-Wisconsin portage and canal map, when the canal was not yet built. From a map in the office of the city clerk at Portage. "The old trail, the location ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | The sign on the gate reads: "Old Fort Winnebago Cemetery". Overgrown plants surround the fence and gate. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Old Fort Winnebago Military Cemetery". View through the open gates of the cemetery. Trees surround a monument just inside the gates. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | View through the closed gate, which has a sign that reads: Old Fort Winnebago Cemetery. Overgrown plants surround the gate, and trees surround a monument j... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Covered bridge over river. Caption reads: "The Old Bridge, Portage, Wis." |
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| Description: | View looking down Cook Street looking east. Caption reads: "Cook St. East, Portage, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View toward intersection. Caption reads: "Main Street looking West, PORTAGE, Wisc." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the Columbia County Court House. Caption reads: "Columbia Co. Court House, Portage, Wis." |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the Columbia County Court House and Post Office. Caption reads: "Court House and Post Office at Portage, Wis." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the Columbia County Court House. Caption reads: Court House, Portage, Wisc." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The Portage Canal, dug by hand in 1849 and completed in 1851. It was renovated by the Army Corps of Engineers after the Civil War. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The government canal locks. Caption reads: "Government Canal Locks, Portage, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The Portage Canal at the Wisconsin River, showing the upper lock. Caption reads: "Upper Lock and Wisconsin River Portage Wis. No. 10". A group of people ar... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | The Portage canal looking east from the Canal Bridge. Boats are lines up along the shoreline on the left near a long building. |
| Date: | 02 05 1928 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of the Portage Canal, looking east from the canal bridge. A man is standing on a large platform on the left side of the canal near a... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A view of the Portage Canal. In the immediate foreground is the Fox River, then the lower locks and the canal itself. The Indian Agency House may be seen t... |
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