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    Fort Winnebago is a town in Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 855 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Anacker...
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    Waterway that also included Fort Howard in Green Bay, Wisconsin and Fort Crawford in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Fort Winnebago was constructed in 1828 as...
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    serves as part of the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway. Lake Winnebago is part of a larger system of lakes in Wisconsin known as the Winnebago Pool. Cities on its shores...
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    string of forts built along the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway, which included Fort Winnebago in Portage, Wisconsin and Fort Howard in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The site...
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    Ho-Chunk (redirect from Winnebago (tribe))
    Hocąk, Hoocągra, or Winnebago are a Siouan-speaking Native American people whose historic territory includes parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and...
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    "The History of Fort Winnebago". Wisconsin Historical Collections. XIV: 73–74. Retrieved 2024-07-20. "Tribal Lands Map". Wisconsin First Nations. Retrieved...
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    the state of Wisconsin. Not quite a war, the hostilities were limited to a few attacks on American civilians by a portion of the Winnebago (or Ho-Chunk)...
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    the county seat of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States, located at the southern end of Lake Winnebago. The population was 44,678 at the 2020...
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    2008. Retrieved January 15, 2008. Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Winnebago Co. (PDF) (Map). Madison: Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Archived...
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    and the second decade of the 20th century. Fort Winnebago Surgeon's Quarters Historic Site Fox-Wisconsin Portage Site Henry Merrell House Old Indian...
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    which at the time was known as Little Bull Falls. After the closing of Fort Winnebago in 1845, a number of Métis families moved to Little Bull Falls, and...
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    There was a guard lock on the Wisconsin (Portage Lock) and a lifting lock to lower boats to the Fox (Fort Winnebago Lock). Each lock was 140 feet (43 m)...
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  • minor Winnebago War of 1827 and the larger Black Hawk War of 1832. The Winnebago War started when, in 1826, two Winnebago men were detained at Fort Crawford...
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    Henry Gratiot (category People from Lafayette County, Wisconsin)
    mill owner. During the Winnebago and Black Hawk Wars, he acted as both an intermediary and early U.S. Indian agent to the Winnebagos throughout the early...
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    Madison: Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 15, 2023. Wisconsin Department of Transportation (January 2021). Winnebago Co. (PDF)...
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    within the hunting grounds of the Hočąk, or Winnebago, Indian nation. About a decade after the Winnebago cession of 1832, there were only a small number...
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    Winnebago is the largest inland lake, totaling over 137,700 acres (557 km2), and 88 miles (142 km) of shoreline. Along the two Great Lakes, Wisconsin...
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  • politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the 7th mayor of Oshkosh (1861), and represented Winnebago County for one year in the Wisconsin Senate (1856)...
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    1794 – c. 1841) was a Native American army commander of the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) and Sauk tribes in 19th century Illinois, playing a key role in the Black...
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    Little Lake Butte des Morts (category Lakes of Winnebago County, Wisconsin)
    Green Bay. The lake is part of the Butte des Morts region in Winnebago County, Wisconsin. The southern half of the lake is located within the cities of...
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    Counties of Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago. Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1895. Martin, Deborah B. History of Brown Country Wisconsin: Past and Present. 2 vols. Chicago:...
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    Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin. September 17, 1853. p. 2. Retrieved June 1, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. "Democratic State Convention". River Times. Fort Winnebago...
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  • Wisconsin Territory as a young retail clerk in what was then called the "Fort Winnebago settlement" or "Winnebago settlement", now Portage, Wisconsin...
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  • following is a list showing the largest municipalities in the U.S. state of Wisconsin according to the 2000, 2010, and 2020 censuses. This list includes all...
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    as a contract supplier to the federal facilities at Fort Crawford, Fort Howard and Fort Winnebago. In 1827, Whitney hired 22 Stockbridge Indians with...
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  • Madison and Fort Winnebago, run by Colonel Abner Nichols. While working there, Taylor laid one of the first claims in Sauk County, Wisconsin near present-day...
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    Nicolet and others had learned from other First Nations of the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) people, who identified as "People of the Sea", and believed they must...
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    in 1835–36, connecting Fort Howard (Green Bay) Wisconsin with Fort Crawford (Prairie du Chien) via Fond du Lac, Fort Winnebago (Portage), and Dodgeville...
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    William A. Barstow (category Democratic Party governors of Wisconsin)
    Convention". River Times. Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin. September 17, 1853. p. 2. Retrieved August 15, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Wisconsin Legislative Reference...
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    county seat of Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,506 at the 2020 census. Often called Wisconsin's second-oldest city, Prairie...
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