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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2HW_site-of-fort-winnebago_Portage-WI.html
1828 — 1845 Surrender of Red Bird Noted Winnebago Chief 1827 Erected byWau-Bun ChapterDaughtersof theAmerican Revolution1924
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX7_ketchums-point_Portage-WI.html
Ketchum's Point, named for a local family, stands above the low, marshy Portage connecting the Fox River and Great Lakes with the Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers. This waterway served as a vital thoroughfare for supplies and furs during the fur t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW5_fort-winnebago_Portage-WI.html
In the autumn of 1828 a permanent fort was built on this site by the First Regiment of the United States Infantry under the command of Maj. David E. Twiggs, later a general in the Confederate Army. The fort was constructed primarily to control the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVO_jacques-marquette-and-louis-joliet_Portage-WI.html
This tablet marks the place near which Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet entered the Wisconsin River June 14, 1673
Erected by Wau-Bun Chapter D. A. R. 1905
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVN_marquette_Portage-WI.html
On June 14, 1673 Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet started the portage (1.28 miles) from here to the Wisconsin River, which led to their discovery of the Upper Mississippi June 17, 1673 at Prairie du Chien. The expedition, in two birch bark cano…