PORTAGE  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of See also:

• COLUMBIA

Columbia county, See also:

• WISCONSIN (known as " the Badger' state ")
• WISCONSIN, UNIVERSITY OF

Wisconsin, U.S.A., on the Wisconsin See also:

• RIVER

river, about 85 m . N.W. of See also:

• MILWAUKEE

Milwaukee . Pop . (189o) 5143; (1900) 5459, of whom 1184 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1910 U.S. See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) S440 . It is served by the See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago, Milwaukee & St IJaul, and the Minneapolis, St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul & Sault Ste See also:

• MARIE

Marie See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . The city is situated at the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west end of the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government See also:

• SHIP

ship See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal connecting the See also:

• FOX
• FOX, C
• FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749-1806)
• FOX, EDWARD (c. 1496-1538)
• FOX, GEORGE (1624-1691)
• FOX, RICHARD (c. 1448-1528)
• FOX, ROBERT WERE (1789—1877)
• FOX, SIR STEPHEN (1627–1716)
• FOX, SIR WILLIAM (1812-1893)

Fox and Wisconsin See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, and river steamboats ply during the open See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season between Portage and See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

Green See also:

• BAY

Bay and intermediate points in the Fox River Valley, Portage being the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation on the Fox . Portage is in the midst of a fertile farming region, and has a See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in See also:

• FARM

farm and See also:

• DAIRY

dairy products and See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco . Its manufactures include See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick, See also:

• TILE (0. Eng. tigel, Fr. tuile, connected with Lat. tegula)

tile, See also:

• LUMBER

lumber, See also:

• FLOUR

flour, pickles, knit goods, See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel tanks and marine engines and launches, and there are several tobacco warehouses and See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain See also:

• ELEVATORS, LIFTS

elevators . As the Fox and Wisconsin rivers are here only 2 m. apart, these rivers were the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early means of communication between See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake See also:

• MICHIGAN
• MICHIGAN, LAKE
• MICHIGAN, UNIVERSITY OF

Michigan and the See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

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
• MARQUETTE, JACQUES (1637–1675)

Marquette and See also:

• JOLIET

Joliet on their way to the Mississippi in 1673, and a See also:

• PORTALIS, JEAN ETIENNE MARIE (1746-1807)

PORTALIS red See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument commemorates their passage . About 1712 the Fox See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians disputed the passage of the portage, precipitating hostilities which continued intermittently until 1743 .

The first settler was See also:

• LAWRENCE
• LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
• LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
• LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
• LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
• LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
• LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
• LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
• LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)

Lawrence See also:

• BARTH
• BARTH, HEINRICH (1821–1865)
• BARTH, KASPAR VON (1587-1658)

Barth, who engaged in the carrying trade here in 1793 . Jacques Vieau established a trading See also:

• POST

post here in 1797, and by 182o it was a thriving See also:

• DEPOT (from the Fr. depot, Lat. depositum, laid down; the French accent marks are usually dispensed with in English)

depot of the See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur trade . During the Red See also:

• BIRD

Bird uprising (1827) a temporary military post was established by See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• WHISTLER, JAMES ABBOTT

Whistler of the U.S. See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . Fort See also:

• WINNEBAGO

Winnebago was begun in the following See also:

• YEAR

year, was remodelled and completed by Lieut . See also:

• JEFFERSON
• JEFFERSON, JOSEPH (1829-1905)
• JEFFERSON, THOMAS (1743-1826)

Jefferson See also:

• DAVIS (or DAVYS), JOHN (1550 ?-16o5)
• DAVIS, ANDREW JACKSON (1826—1910)
• DAVIS, CHARLES HOWARD (1857- )
• DAVIS, CUSHMAN KELLOGG (1838-1900)
• DAVIS, HENRY WILLIAM BANKS (1833- )
• DAVIS, HENRY WINTER (1817-1865)
• DAVIS, JEFFERSON (1808–1889)
• DAVIS, THOMAS OSBORNE (1814–1845)

Davis in 1832, and was subsequently abandoned . It was from there in the same year that the final and successful See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign against See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• HAWK (O. Eng. hafoc or heafoc, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch havik, Ger. Habicht; the root is hab-, haf-, to hold, cf. Lat. accipiter, from capere)

Hawk was begun . After several failures the Fox-Wisconsin canal was completed in 1856, and in See also:

• JUNE

June of that year the " See also:

• AQUILA
• AQUILA ('AxdXas), (1)
• AQUILA, CASPAR [KASPAR ADLER] (1488-1560)
• AQUILA, SERAFINO

Aquila," a stern-See also:

• WHEELER, JOSEPH (1836-1906)
• WHEELER, WILLIAM ALMON (1819-1887)

wheeler, passed through the canal on its way from See also:

• PITTSBURG
• PITTSBURG, or PITTSBURGH

Pittsburg to Green Bay . The shifting channel of the Wisconsin has retarded navigation, and the canal has never been as important commercially as was expected .