Portage
Detail of a map of New France, showing the Fox-Wisconsin portage
"Here we leave the waters flowing to Quebeq, four of five hundred miles distant, to float on those that will take us through unknown lands."
Father Jacques Marquette - 1673
Father Jacques Marquette - 1673
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Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) living in the Portage area in the 1860s.
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A romanticized portrait of Red Bird's surrender at the Portage in 1827.
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Fort Winnebago
1839 survey showing the Portage, Fort Winnebago and a wilderness trail.
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Fox River flowing past the Indian Agency House (on the hill to the left) and Fort Winnebago (on the hill to the right) in 1831.
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Map showing Fort Winnebago and the Indian Agency House in 1835
Renegade Band
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Chief Waukaunzeekah (Yellow Thunder)
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Fort Winnebago, Portage Canal, and Indian Agency House, circa 1853
Indian Agency House and Fort Winnebago Locks
Portage in 1856
Portage in 1868
Lumber raft on the Wisconsin River, floating past Portage.
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Steamboat on the Portage canal
Steamboat on the Wisconsin River
A profile survey of the Fox-Wisconsin waterway, showing Portage at the high point, the Wisconsin River descending gradually to the west, and the Fox River falling over dams and past locks to the east.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul locomotive at Portage
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Briking circa 1900, on the bridge over the Wisconsin River at Portage
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"Where the North begins," from a 1930 tourist brochure.
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