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Route of the Green Bay and Chicago Road
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This map shows distances along the road between Fort Howard at the southern edge of Green Bay and Fort Dearborn in Chicago. It also shows rivers, villages, Indian trails, "Shantytown" south of Navarino (Green Bay), Milwaukee, Lake Winnebago with Calumet village on its shore, part of the road from Green Bay to Prairie du Chien, and reservations of the Brothertown and Stockbridge Indians. Oriented with north to the right, Lake Michigan is seen along the bottom of the map.
1835
Berrien, John MacPherson, 1781-1856 (cartographer)
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Private Claims at Green Bay
1835
This is a photostat of a map probably originally created in 1835. It shows private claims, mills, roads and trails. Green Bay and the Fox River are labeled.
Map of the Town of Astor : (John Jacob Astor, Ramsay Crooks & Robert Stuart): Proprietors
1835
This plat map of Astor shows lot and block numbers, private claims, streets, a public square, a manual labour school, part of the Fox River, and Fort Howard. An inset plat map shows the region's pr...
Mendenhall's new road map: Milwaukee, Oshkosh and Green Bay district
1907
These early road maps show the roads and railroads in southeastern Wisconsin and northeastern Illinois in 1907. The first map shows the area from Milwaukee north to Green Bay and west to Columbus; ...
Road from Green Bay, by Milwaukee and Racine, to the Northern Boundary Line of the State of Illinois
circa 1840
This map shows distances and land use along the road from Green Bay to Racine. A few places are labeled, including Devil River, Sheboygan River, Manitowoc River, Saukville, Milwaukee River, Milwauk...
Map of Tank's, Schettler's & Allen's, Sundry Additions to Fort Howard, Wisconsin
circa 1860
This map of the village of Fort Howard shows the location of planned blocks and lot numbers, street names, sawmill, warehouse, and bridges and docks along the Fox River and canal.
Maps and Drawings of Green Bay, Wisconsin: Showing Land Ownership and Locations of Houses in the Early Days of Green Bay, sheet 1
circa 1910
This set of maps contains four sheets: "Landownership in the Vicinity of Military Reserve and Fort Howard," "Houses Along the River Road to Green Bay," "Ownership of Lots in Blocks 4 and 8, Corner ...
