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Fort Winnebago
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Drawing of Fort Winnebago (near present-day Portage) that illustrated "Wau-Bun," Juliette Kinzie's memoir of her experiences on the early Wisconsin frontier. Mrs. Kinzie arrived at Fort Winnebago in 1830 with her husband, Indian agent John Kinzie, and they lived there until 1833 when he resigned. Her drawing is meant to represent the fort after the construction of the Indian Agency House on the hill to the left of the Fox River. The house was planned in 1831 and completed in 1832. In the 1930's the house was restored. The project was begun by the Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs and after a year the project was taken over by the Colonial Dames of America Society of Wisconsin. "Wau-bun," published in 1857, is still regarded as a classic account of Wisconsin history.
1831
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Fort Winnebago
1831
Fort Winnebago, a print published in Mrs. John H. Kinzie's Wau-bun (1856).
Historic Indian Agency House
Fox River
The Historic Indian Agency House was built by the U.S. government for John Kinzie in 1832. Kinzie was the Indian Agent to the Ho-Chunk Nation (Winnebago), and he and his wife, Juliette Magill Kinzi...
Indian Agency House
1932
The Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. Interior view of the parlor. The house served as residence for John and Juliette Kinzie after 1829 when he was appointed as federal Indian a...
Fort Winnebago Monument
1924
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 monument contains three bronze plaques readi...
Indian Agency House
1932
View over fence towards the house that served as the residence for John and Juliette Kinzie after 1829 when he was appointed as federal Indian Agent. She authored the book, "Wau-bun," which gives a...
