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PORTAGE , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Columbia county, See also:Wisconsin, U.S.A., on the Wisconsin See also:river, about 85 m . N.W. of See also:Milwaukee . Pop . (189o) 5143; (1900) 5459, of whom 1184 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 U.S. See also:census) S440 . It is served by the See also:Chicago, Milwaukee & St IJaul, and the Minneapolis, St See also:Paul & Sault Ste See also:Marie See also:railways . The city is situated at the See also:west end of the See also:government See also:ship See also:canal connecting the See also:Fox and Wisconsin See also:rivers, and river steamboats ply during the open See also:season between Portage and See also:Green See also:Bay and intermediate points in the Fox River Valley, Portage being the See also:head of See also:navigation on the Fox . Portage is in the midst of a fertile farming region, and has a See also:trade in See also:farm and See also:dairy products and See also:tobacco . Its manufactures include See also:brick, See also:tile, See also:lumber, See also:flour, pickles, knit goods, See also:steel tanks and marine engines and launches, and there are several tobacco warehouses and See also:grain See also:elevators . As the Fox and Wisconsin rivers are here only 2 m. apart, these rivers were the See also:early means of communication between See also:Lake See also:Michigan and the See also:Mississippi river . The first Europeans known to have visited the site of the city were Radisson and Groseilliers, who crossed the portage in 1655 . The portage was used by See also:Marquette and See also:Joliet on their way to the Mississippi in 1673, and a See also:PORTALIS red See also:granite See also:monument commemorates their passage . About 1712 the Fox See also:Indians disputed the passage of the portage, precipitating hostilities which continued intermittently until 1743 .
The first settler was See also:Lawrence See also:Barth, who engaged in the carrying trade here in 1793
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Jacques Vieau established a trading See also:post here in 1797, and by 182o it was a thriving See also:depot of the See also:fur trade
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During the Red See also:Bird uprising (1827) a temporary military post was established by See also:Major See also: |
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