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Roughly bounded by W. Wisconsin, Cass and W. Emmett Sts. and MacFarlane Rd.

Community: Portage
County: Columbia
Historic Name: Society Hill Historic District
Reference Number: 92000112
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505 E. Cook St.

Community: Portage
County: Columbia
Historic Name: Merrell, Henry, House
Reference Number: 93000545
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Address Restricted

Community: Portage
County: Columbia
Historic Name: Fox-Wisconsin Portage Site
Reference Number: 73000074
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Jct. of E. Mullet and Dodge Sts.

Community: Portage
County: Columbia
Historic Name: Portage Industrial Waterfront Historic District
Reference Number: 95000257
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Roughly, Cook from Wisconsin to Main, Wisconsin from Cook to Edgewater and DeWitt from Conant to Edgewater

Community: Portage
County: Columbia
Historic Name: Portage Retail Historic District
Reference Number: 95000510
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Roughly bounded by Adams, Pleasant, Lock, and Franklin Sts.

Community: Portage
County: Columbia
Historic Name: Church Hill Historic District
Reference Number: 96001628
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1490 Agency House Road

Community: Portage
County: Columbia
Historic Name: Old Indian Agency House
Reference Number: 72000045
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0.1 mi. E of corporate city limits on STH 33

Community: Portage
County: Columbia
Historic Name: Fort Winnebago Surgeon's Quarters
Reference Number: 70000029
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506 W. Edgewater St.

Community: Portage
County: Columbia
Historic Name: Gale, Zona, House
Reference Number: 80000113
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Between Fox and Wisconsin Rivers

Community: Portage
County: Columbia
Historic Name: Portage Canal
Reference Number: 77000030
Map or Atlas

Map of the Route of the Military Road from Fort Crawford to Fort Howard Via Fort Winnebago

Date: 1936
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...
Photograph

Fisherman with Equipment and Catch

Date: 1875
Description: Studio portrait of a fisherman with his lure, spear, and catch.
Photograph

Canal at Portage

Date: 1910
Description: View down the canal, with buildings along the shoreline, and a boat coming down the canal.
Photograph

Yellow Thunder

Date: 1880
Description: Studio portrait of Yellow thunder, a Winnebago Chief.
Photograph

Old Fort Winnebago

Date: 1834
Description: Reproduction of an oil painting of Fort Winnebago, which was built in 1827 by Major William Whistler and a detachment of the First Infantry. Caption reads:...
Photograph

E.S. Purdy's Drugstore

Date: 
Description: Interior view of the E.S. Purdy Drugstore, including four employees.
Print

Fort Winnebago

Date: 1831
Description: Drawing of Fort Winnebago (near present-day Portage) that illustrated "Wau-Bun," Juliette Kinzie's memoir of her experiences on the early Wisconsin fronti...
Photograph

Fire Fighters Douse Flames Downtown

Date: 04 15 1950
Description: Fire fighters from neighboring communities help put out at a nighttime fire in the downtown business district.
Photograph

Trees, Pool, and River

Date: 09 22 1962
Description: Elevated view of trees and pool of water near the Wisconsin River in Pauquette Park.
Photograph

Guppey Guard

Date: 06 1877
Description: The Guppey Guard, a Wisconsin state militia unit, in formation on a street in Portage.

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