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Map of the Route of the Military Road from Fort Crawford to Fort Howard Via Fort Winnebago
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This hand-drawn map is red and black ink on tracing cloth and is oriented with north to the upper left. It shows a central portion of the military road stretching from Prairie du Chien to Green Bay, including the region of Fort Winnebago near Portage. It also shows nearby trails, villages, saw mills, lime kilns, stone quarries, topography, and settlements. Places named along the route include Fort Howard, Little Kaukauna, various "Winnebago" (Ho-Chunk) villages, "New York Indians Settlement", Kaukauna, Little Butte des Morts, "Black Wolfs" village, Calumet Village, Gleasons, Portage, Hastings, Blue Mounds, and Este's Grove. It is copied from an original map in the National Archives, drawn circa 1833 from field notes of 1832.
1936
Center, A. J. (Alexander J.) (cartographer)
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