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| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | A rare photograph of U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Howard rowing a boat on the Fox River. Fort Howard, built in 1816, was the first in the chain of ... |
| Date: | 1831 |
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| Description: | Drawing of Fort Winnebago (near present-day Portage) that illustrated "Wau-Bun," Juliette Kinzie's memoir of her experiences on the early Wisconsin fronti... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | View of five soldiers rowing in a boat, beside a dock, with another soldier standing on the dock. The fort is in the background, complete with the fortifie... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | Several men rowing in a boat near Fort Howard that has an American Flag, barracks, and various related military buildings enclosed behind a wall. |
| Date: | 1814 |
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| Description: | Fort Shelby, built by the Americans during the War of 1812. In 1814 the fort surrendered to British forces led by Captain Andrew W. Bulger who renamed it F... |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | A view of Fort Crawford (the second site and buildings of 1829-?). |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Fox-Wisconsin portage and canal map, when the canal was not yet built. From a map in the office of the city clerk at Portage. "The old trail, the location ... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | A scene from a panoramic painting of Grant's assault on Vicksburg. |
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| Description: | The old fortifications at Fort Monroe, built to defend Hampton Roads and the mouth of the James River. Jefferson Davis was imprisoned here from 1865 to 186... |
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| Description: | A general view of two members of the U.S. Life-saving Crew in a boat, during capsize drill. Camp facilities are on the left riverbank in a wooded area. Cap... |
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| Description: | A view of West Point from Garrison, New York, across the river. The military academy was designed in l778, and was built on the bank of the Hudson River. C... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | This map is a photostat copy from the original 1829 map in the War Department. The map shows location of Fort Howard, lots, land claims of Jacques Porlier ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Outdoor view of a U.S. Army Engineer topographer wearing skis while using a tripod stand to write. The engineer is standing next to a barbed wire obstacle ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | This map of West Navarino shows plat of the town, lots by number, local streets, public square, The Fox River, and Fort Howard. The bottom of the map reads... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | This map shows a plat of the town, local streets, railroads, creeks, part of Fox River, and part of the bay of Green Bay. The location of the original fort... |
| Date: | 1800 |
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| Description: | This map shows the land claim owned by the Portage Canal Company and includes an index of landownership and landmarks. The Wisconsin and Portage River, the... |
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| Description: | This map is pen-and-ink on tracing paper with a mounted legend and shows the Kickapoo River, Indian mounds, the 1st Fort Crawford, an Indian Agency, the si... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | This photocopied map shows private claim owners, buildings, and land use in 1818. Insets show Fort Howard and the caption reads: "A view of the Fox River ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | This map shows a proposed route of for a road linking military forts. The map also includes communities, lakes, and rivers. The map is accompanied by a rep... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | This photostat map shows Fort Winnebago around 1931, land to be reserved for military purposes, roads to Fort Howard and Fort Crawford, "private property" ... |
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