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Fort Howard

Date: 1851
Description: A rare photograph of U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Howard rowing a boat on the Fox River. Fort Howard, built in 1816, was the first in the chain of ...
Painting

Fort Howard dans La Grand Baie Verte (Ouisconsin)

Date: 1842
Description: This hand-colored lithograph of the second Fort Howard, with Indians canoeing on the Fox River, shows the hospital built 1834-1835 outside the stockade on ...
Postcard

View Looking North Showing Elmore and Kelly's Elevator

Date: 1876
Description: Elevated view showing Elmore and Kelly's Elevator with a boat, train, and the buildings at Fort Howard. Fort Howard was incorporated into Green Bay. Captio...
Photograph

Fort Howard and Soldiers in a Boat

Date: 1851
Description: View of five soldiers rowing in a boat, beside a dock, with another soldier standing on the dock. The fort is in the background, complete with the fortifie...
Drawing

Fort Howard Drawing

Date: 
Description: View of a fort with fortified walls and a flag flying from the fort. A river runs on the right of the image. A boat with sails floats on the river. Sold...
Photograph

Fort Howard Hospital Marker

Date: 1925
Description: Fort Howard Hospital Marker. "Hospital of old Fort Howard - 1816. This building formerly stood with the surgeons quarters and the powder magazine on the ri...
Drawing

Fort Howard Parade Ground

Date: 
Description: View of the parade grounds surrounded by possibly the barracks. An American flag on a pole dominates the image.
Photograph

Old Barracks at Fort Howard

Date: 
Description: Old Barracks at Fort Howard, exterior building.
Photograph

Old Barracks at Fort Howard

Date: 
Description: View of the barracks on at the edge of a snow-covered street.
Drawing

Fort Howard

Date: 1851
Description: Several men rowing in a boat near Fort Howard that has an American Flag, barracks, and various related military buildings enclosed behind a wall.
Photograph

Fort Howard from an Elevator

Date: 1865
Description: Elevated view of the fort, with snow on the ground.
Postcard

Annex of Old Fort Howard

Date: 1938
Description: Annex of Old Fort Howard. Caption reads: "Annex of Old Fort Howard, Green Bay, Wis."
Photograph

Annex of Old Fort Howard

Date: 1925
Description: View of the front of the annex, prior to restoration.
Photograph

Inside Fort Howard

Date: 1853
Description: Stereograph of the interior of Fort Howard after its decommissioning in 1853.
Map or Atlas

Plan of Fort of Green Bay : [Fort Howard]

Date: 1816
Description: This is a photostat copy of a manuscript map in the National Archives showing a plan of Fort Howard and a view of its north side. Originally surveyed by Wi...
Map or Atlas

Township no. 24 N., Range no. 20 East, 4th Mer. : Military Reservation for Fort Howard

Date: 1914
Description: This map is a photostat copy from the original 1829 map in the War Department. The map shows location of Fort Howard, lots, land claims of Jacques Porlier ...
Map or Atlas

Plat of Navarino, Green Bay, Wisconsin Territory

Date: 1836
Description: This map of Navarino shows a development plat of the village situated opposite Fort Howard at mouth of the Fox River. The names of proprietors are listed a...
Map or Atlas

Map of Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: This map of Green Bay shows plat of the town, lots by number, local streets, the military Fort Howard, part of Fox River and part of Navarino. The map feat...
Map or Atlas

Map of West Navarino, Brown County, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: This map of West Navarino shows plat of the town, lots by number, local streets, public square, The Fox River, and Fort Howard. The bottom of the map reads...
Map or Atlas

City of Green Bay, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: This map shows a plat of the town, local streets, railroads, creeks, part of Fox River, and part of the bay of Green Bay. The location of the original fort...

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