A Literature and Records Search on the Cultural Resources of the Portage, Wisconsin Area
A Literature and Records Search on the Cultural Resources of the Portage, Wisconsin Area

Author: Philip H. Salkin

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Published: 1980

Total Pages: 614

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In Fall, 1979, the author conducted a literature and records search on the cultural resources of the Portage, Wisconsin area. Despite the relative dearth of professional archaeological investigations in the area, the author complied a list of 131 prehistoric or historic American Indian sites, suggesting that the project area has some considerable archaeological potential. The author also complied a list of 137 sites or structions of historical and/or architectural interest. The survey determined that the historic resources indicate the importance of the area in the early history of Wisconsin from the days of the French explorers into the period of the early development of the state.

An Historical and Standing Structure Study of the Flood Control Project at Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin
An Historical and Standing Structure Study of the Flood Control Project at Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin

Author: Joyce McKay

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Published: 1981

Total Pages: 206

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Completed during October, 1981, the historical and standing structure study of the flood control project in Portage, Wisconsin, surveyed structures and sites in the First Ward and below the 800 foot contour level between Cook and the Portage Canal on the northwest; the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad on the north; and MacFarland Road on the west. The level of investigation was a phase I or reconnaissance survey, intended to identify those structures and sites which might be potentially eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. At this stage of the investigation, a fairly detailed literature search provided a local and regional context with which to judge site significance. Because the overall flood control project would affect sites favorably, i, e., protect them from flood damage it was concluded that any of the three project alternatives: the rebuilding of a levee, the construction of ring levees, or waterproofing individual structures; whichever gave more protection; should be selected. Each alternative could require some site mitigation. And, in fact, mitigation projects recommended in the report might, in the end, enhance the site involved.