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Survey of the Neenah (or Fox) River: No. 2 Rapide de Croche
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This 1839 map, one of a series of eight made by Thomas Jefferson Cram of the U.S. Topographical Engineers from personal surveys, shows the Fox River in Wisconsin at Rapide de Croche in present-day Outagamie County. One of the farms on the riverbank is labeled "Provoncale." These maps were published with the Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of reports, plans and estimates for the improvement of the Neenah, Wiskonsin [sic] and Rock rivers, the improvement of the haven of Rock River, and the construction of a pier at the northern extremity of Winnebago Lake, issued in the United States Serial Set as Senate Doc. 318, 26th Congress, 1st session, 1840.
1840
Cram, Thomas Jefferson, 1807?-1883 (cartographer)
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