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Fort Winnebago, Wisc.
Map
This is a reproduction of a plan of Fort Winnebago at the Fox-Wisconsin portage. It was drawn by Lieutenant Jefferson Davis, later President of the Confederate States of America, who was stationed in Wisconsin between 1829 and 1833. Davis assisted in the building of the fort.
1830
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 (cartographer)
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Part of a Military Road from Fort Crawford to Fort Howard
1833
As early as 1829, Michigan territorial officials began to urge the building of a road connecting Fort Howard at Green Bay, Fort Winnebago at the Fox-Wisconsin portage, and Fort Crawford at Prairie ...
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...
Tracing of the Original Map Showing the Grignon Claim at Portage
circa 1835
This map of the Portage area shows section lines, marshes, the Wisconsin River, Indian trails, and Indian boundary lines. The upper left corner reads: "Let sections 2, 3, 4, 9 in township no. 12 N....
Part of Townships 12 & 13, Range 9 East, 4th Mer
1866
This manuscript map of the early Portage region shows an outline of Fort Winnebago reserve land, Fort Winnebago, claim number 21 of A. Grignon, property lines, and Indian boundaries. The Fox River,...
Survey of the Wiskonsin and Neenah (or Fox) Rivers
1839
This map, oriented with north to the upper right, shows the portage route between the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers, as well as a line of proposed construction for defense against inundation and Fort Wi...
City of Portage
1855
This map shows landownership, lot and block numbers, streets, a canal, Silver Lake, Deer Lake, Fort Winnebago, the Wisconsin River, and the Fox River. Relief is shown by hachures; bridges and a few...
