Portage, Wisconsin, 1868 – Vintage Map Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Portage, Wisconsin, 1868, preserved in this antique map. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of the city of Portage, Columbia Co., Wisconsin 1868
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Portage, Wisconsin, 1868
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Portage, Wisconsin, in 1868 was a small river town built on the narrow land carry between the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, a route that Native peoples, French traders, and voyageurs had used for generations before American settlers arrived. By the late 1860s its economy rested on the water: sawmills and lumber, grain and flour shipped downstream, and canal improvements that helped boats get past the portage. Fort Winnebago, established in the 1820s on the same ground, had long since given way to a civilian town of merchants, mill hands, and farmers from the surrounding countryside. The decade after the Civil War brought steady growth and new rail links to the region, and residents would have known Portage above all as the place where the two rivers nearly met.
| Created / published | 1868 |
|---|---|
| Creator | ruger, a., chicago lithographing co |
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Wisconsin |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,912 × 6,864 px · prints to 30 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of the city of Portage, Columbia Co., Wisconsin 1868 |
| Reference | WI-Portage-1868 |
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