Fox-Wisconsin Portage Site

Fox-Wisconsin Portage Site
Location Portage, Wisconsin
Area 12.5 acres (5.1 ha)
NRHP reference # 73000074[1]
Added to NRHP March 14, 1973

The Fox-Wisconsin Portage Site is located in Portage, Wisconsin.[2]

History

The site is a two-mile crossing from the upper Fox river to the Wisconsin and Mississippi, used by native Americans, French fur traders, Marquette and Jolliet, and British soldiers, before there were roads or railroads through Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[3]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Fox-Wisconsin Portage Site". Travel Wisconsin. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  3. ↑ "OFF US HIGHWAY 16 AND 51". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
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