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Canal at Portage

Date: 1910
Description: View down the canal, with buildings along the shoreline, and a boat coming down the canal.
Postcard

Lodi

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view from hill looking over a river towards Lodi, Wisconsin. Hills are in the distance.
Photograph

Indians at Demon's Anvil

Date: 1920
Description: A group of Indians, probably Ho-Chunk, in traditional costume, posing on and around Demon's Anvil.
Photograph

Pauqette Monument

Date: 1925
Description: The Pierre Pauquette monument located at the easterm terminus of the Wauona Trail. Erected by the Wau-bun Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revoluti...
Photograph

Pauqette Monument

Date: 1925
Description: A view of the Pierre Pauquette monument located at the eastern terminus of the Wauona Trail. Erected by the Wau-bun Chapter of the Daughters of the America...
Postcard

Covered Bridge

Date: 1900
Description: Covered bridge over river. Caption reads: "The Old Bridge, Portage, Wis."
Photograph

Covered Bridge

Date: 1930
Description: Covered bridge over river.
Photograph

Portage Canal

Date: 1915
Description: The Portage canal looking east from the Canal Bridge. Boats are lines up along the shoreline on the left near a long building.
Photograph

Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the Portage Canal. In the immediate foreground is the Fox River, then the lower locks and the canal itself. The Indian Agency House may be seen t...
Photograph

Portage Canal

Date: 1945
Description: An aerial view of the Portage Canal, Fox and Wisconsin Rivers.
Photograph

Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the canal locks of the Portage Canal. Men are standing at the edge of the locks on the right.
Photograph

Aerial View of Town

Date: 1945
Description: An elevated view of Portage and it's vicinity.
Photograph

Mill During Flood

Date: 10 13 1911
Description: Elevated view of a mill during a flood, with a man standing on the left between a bridge and the mill. A house is on the side of a tree-covered hill on the...
Photograph

Tony Wise on a Boat

Date: 03 16 1965
Description: Anthony Wise in a necktie and hat standing next to a Native American wearing a feather headress, on a boat adjacent to a dock.
Postcard

Dells Near Cambria

Date: 05 03 1909
Description: Colorized postcard of the Dells near Cambria. Text in upper left corner reads "'Dells,' Cambria, Wis."
Postcard

Bird's-Eye View of Columbus

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of an elevated view looking across the downtown area. The Crawfish River is on the left. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye View, Columbus, W...
Map or Atlas

Townships 12 and 13 N, Ranges 9 and 10 East : Portion of Columbia County, Wisconsin

Date: 1914
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" ...
Map or Atlas

Part of Townships 12 & 13, Range 9 East, 4th Mer

Date: 1900
Description: This manuscript map shows outline of Fort Winnebago reserve land, Fort Winnebago, claim of A. Grignon, and Indian boundaries. The Fox River and Swan Lake a...
Photograph

Marquette Historic Marker

Date: 06 30 1957
Description: View across lawn towards a crowd, with costumed participants dressed as Native Americans, fur traders, and Jacques Marquette, at the dedication of the Marq...
Photograph

John Trumble with Camera

Date: 1958
Description: Wisconsin Dells commercial photographer, John Trumble, with his Hasselblad. He is standing in front of Hurlbut Creek, probably in spring. Jack Grey, head o...

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