Historic sites and monuments, Portage, Wis., undated.

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Historic sites and monuments, Portage, Wis., undated.

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Photographs of historic sites and monuments in the Portage, Wis., area. Includes individual images of John Muir's home, as well as the Old Agency Home and the old military cemetery at Fort Winnebago. Images of monuments include the Red Bird monument, a monument for the East End of the Wanona Trail, and a monument to Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet.

6 photographs.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6923530

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Muir, John, 1838-1914

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John Muir (born April 21, 1838, Dunbar, Scotland – died December 24, 1914, Los Angeles, California), Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which h...