Friends of the Chicago Portage

The Chicago Portage has always been a Portal from one place and time to another.

To pass through this Portal, explore the image below with your mouse, or click on the navigation links below.

The Chicago Portage National Historic Site - Site History

Friends of the Chicago Portage

Teachers - Download a curricula that helps teachers and their students explore the early history of Chicago.
Explorers - Source documents & images

NEW! The Portage Ledger is now On-line!

Beginning in January of 2000 Phil Vierling began publishing his "Chicago Portage Ledger". Now Carnegie Mellon University has digitized the entire 11 volume collection of Phil's original research and documentation of the stories of the Chicago Portage National Historic Site. The collection is searchable and available on-line at: http://cpl.library.cmu.edu/

Tour Chicago’s Plymouth Rock”

Friends of the Chicago Portage announces its 2010 series of free public tours of the Chicago Portage National Historic Site beginning on Saturday, May 1st, and continuing on the first Saturday of each month until the last tour on November 6, 2010. Tours begin at 10am at the statue in Portage Woods Forest Preserve (4800 S. Harlem, Lyons, IL) and are about 1/2 mile and 1 1/2 hours in length. All tours run rain or shine. more

Last updated: September 5, 2010