Fox-Wisconsin Portage Site

	Fox-Wisconsin Portage Site
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Historical marker at the site
Location	Portage, Wisconsin
Area	12.5 acres (5.1 ha)
NRHP reference No.	73000074
Added to NRHP	March 14, 1973

Last updated January 15, 2026

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

↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
↑ "Fox-Wisconsin Portage Site". Travel Wisconsin. Archived from the original on April 23, 2018. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
↑ "OFF US HIGHWAY 16 AND 51". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved April 22, 2018.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[2] "Fox-Wisconsin Portage Site". Travel Wisconsin. Archived from the original on April 23, 2018. Retrieved April 22, 2018.

[3] "OFF US HIGHWAY 16 AND 51". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved April 22, 2018.

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