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The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
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Map of Winnebago Portage, Situated on the Portage Canal Between the Fox & Wisconsin Rivers : Wisconsin Territory
1836
This map of Portage shows lot and block numbers, streets, a proposed canal basin, Fort Winnebago, and the nearby Wisconsin and Fox Rivers. Relief is shown by hachures and north is oriented to the u...
Fort Winnebago
1831
Fort Winnebago, a print published in Mrs. John H. Kinzie's Wau-bun (1856).
Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien
1882
This manuscript map of Prairie du Chien is ink on cardboard. It shows the location of 3 military forts over the course of years. It also shows streets, shops, round house, military well, Dousman re...
Map of Jefferson, Waukesha, and Milwaukee Counties
circa 1830-1859
This manuscript map shows the part of Wisconsin that became Jefferson, Waukesha, and Milwaukee counties. The map is ink, pencil, and watercolor on paper.
