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Route of the Green Bay and Chicago Road
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This map shows distances along the road between Fort Howard at the southern edge of Green Bay and Fort Dearborn in Chicago. It also shows rivers, villages, Indian trails, "Shantytown" south of Navarino (Green Bay), Milwaukee, Lake Winnebago with Calumet village on its shore, part of the road from Green Bay to Prairie du Chien, and reservations of the Brothertown and Stockbridge Indians. Oriented with north to the right, Lake Michigan is seen along the bottom of the map.
1835
Berrien, John MacPherson, 1781-1856 (cartographer)
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Map of the Town of Astor : (John Jacob Astor, Ramsay Crooks & Robert Stuart): Proprietors
1835
This plat map of Astor shows lot and block numbers, private claims, streets, a public square, a manual labour school, part of the Fox River, and Fort Howard. An inset plat map shows the region's pr...
Private Claims at Green Bay
1835
This is a photostat of a map probably originally created in 1835. It shows private claims, mills, roads and trails. Green Bay and the Fox River are labeled.
Map of Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin
circa 1839-1863
This map of the city of Green Bay shows plat of the town, lot and block numbers, streets, the Fort Howard military fort, space reserved for military purposes, part of the Fox River and part of Nava...
Navarino, at the Head of Green Bay, Ousconsin Territory
1834
This manuscript map of Navarino, which later became part of Green Bay, is pen, ink, and pencil on paper. The map shows plat of the town, local streets, saw mill and grist mill, Fort Howard and near...
Road from Green Bay, by Milwaukee and Racine, to the Northern Boundary Line of the State of Illinois
circa 1840
This map shows distances and land use along the road from Green Bay to Racine. A few places are labeled, including Devil River, Sheboygan River, Manitowoc River, Saukville, Milwaukee River, Milwauk...
Plat of Navarino, Green Bay, Wisconsin Territory
1836
This map of Navarino shows a plat of the village situated opposite Fort Howard, at the mouths of the Fox River and the East River. The names of proprietors are listed at lower left: Daniel Whitney,...
