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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21S1_trinity-united-church-of-christ_Portage-WI.html
Trinity United
Church of Christ
Has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Trinitatus Evangelische
1871
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EUF_pierre-pauquette-ferry_Portage-WI.html
Landing place of the ferry built by Pierre Pauquette and operated by him from about 1828 until his death in 1836. This ferry was in use until the first bridge was built across the Wisconsin River in 1857.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSUO_historic-indian-agency-house_Portage-WI.html
The Indian Agency House was built in 1832 by the United States Government for John Harris Kinzie and his wife Juliette Magill Kinzie. John Kinzie was the Indian Agent to the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indians. He had been assigned by the Government to p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSUN_the-indian-agency-house_Portage-WI.html
Built by the United StatesFirst occupied byJohn Harris Kinzie Indian Agentand Juliette Magill his wifePurchased and restored bythe National Society of theColonial Dames of Americain the State of Wisconsin1832 1932
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSSJ_fort-winnebago-surgeons-quarters_Portage-WI.html
Home of Army Surgeons 1834 - 1845Occupied by Francis LeRoy before 1828Restored by Wisconsin Society,Daughters of the American Revolution1954
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSSE_revolutionary-war-veteran_Portage-WI.html
Patriots Cooper Pixley and Alexander Porter served the cause of gaining our nation's independence while dedicated members of the military. Both are buried in Section 33 of this National Soldiers Rest.
Cooper Pixley, born in Great Barrington, Be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD81_potters-emigration-society_Portage-WI.html
Near here in 1849 Thomas Twiggs began a settlement of unemployed potters from Staffordshire, England. To help farmers on both sides of the Fox River reach his store and blacksmith shop at Twiggs' Landing, he operated Emancipation Ferry, named to e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD71_society-hill-historic-district_Portage-WI.html
This 137 building district is bounded, in part, by Emmett, Cass, Wisconsin and MacFarlane streets. Most of the houses were constructed between 1870 and 1910 and are in the Italianate and Queen Anne architectural styles.
Society Hill reflects th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD6P_frederick-jackson-turner_Portage-WI.html
Considered the most important historian of the United States in the twentieth century, Frederick Jackson Turner brought a new understanding to the meaning of the American experience. He was born in Portage; his father was Andrew Jackson Turner, a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD67_zona-gale_Portage-WI.html
Zona Gale was born August 26, 1874, in Portage. She graduated in 1899 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Masters in Literature. Gale then spent six years as a journalist in Milwaukee and New York.
Her visits to Portage pro…