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
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/
The Portage Ledger is now On-Line!
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Last updated: March 16, 2013