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Portage Fairgrounds

Date: 1870
Description: Fairgrounds. In the foreground is a fence and dwellings.
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Portage View

Date: 1856
Description: View of Portage, including St. Mary's Church.
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Portage Canal and Lock

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the Portage canal and lock, with the Indian Agency House in the center background. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox-Wisconsin ...
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Turner-Rusch House

Date: 1890
Description: The Turner-Rusch house. Frederick Jackson Turner's family lived here until 1882 when it was purchased by the Rusch Family. Julia Rusch was later (1950) pri...
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Frederick Jackson Turner House

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Description: The residence of Frederick Jackson Turner.
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Frederick Jackson Turner House

Date: 1963
Description: A view of the Frederick Jackson Turner house, sold and much altered with portico added. The address of this home is 319 West Franklin Street.
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Purdy House

Date: 1959
Description: View from street of the Purdy house, Portage, Wisconsin. A stone wall runs along the sidewalk, topped with an iron fence.
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Purdy House

Date: 1910
Description: Stereograph of the Purdy house. View from street towards the house, with a stone wall along the sidewalk.
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Purdy House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of the Purdy house. Angled view from street towards the right side of the house, with a horse-drawn buggy.
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Henry Merrell House

Date: 1940
Description: A view of the Henry Merrell house, built about 1833. Snow is on the ground.
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Indian Agency House

Date: 06 1938
Description: The Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. This house was built in 1832 by the United States Government for the Indian Agent to the Ho-Chunk ...
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Indian Agency House

Date: 1938
Description: A view of the Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. Built in 1832 for the Indian Agent to the Ho-Chunk Nation (Winnebago) John Harris Kinzie...
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Indian Agency House

Date: 1910
Description: A view of the Indian Agency House, before restoration. Built in 1832.
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Indian Agency House

Date: 09 1945
Description: The Indian Agency House, built in 1832 for John Harris Kinzie (the Indian Agent to the Ho-Chunk Nation) and his wife.
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Indian Agency House

Date: 1932
Description: The Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. The house was restored and furnished by the Colonial Dames in Wisconsin between 1929-1932 acting u...
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Indian Agency House

Date: 1934
Description: View across field towards the Indian Agency House, built in 1832.
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Indian Agency House

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the Indian Agency House, built for John Harris Kinzie (the Indian Agent to the Ho-Chunk Nation) and his wife in 1832.
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Indian Agency House

Date: 1936
Description: A view of the Indian Agency House in Portage, Wisconsin. Built in 1832 by the United States Government for the Indian Agent to the Ho-Chunk Nation, John Ha...
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Indian Agency House

Date: 1910
Description: The Indian Agency House, before restoration. This house built in 1832 by the United States Government. Restored by Colonial Dames between 1929-1932.
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Indian Agency House

Date: 1932
Description: A view of the Indian Agency House, built in 1832 near the site of Fort Winnebago.

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