Oshkosh in Winnebago County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Knaggs Ferry

Photographed by Keith L, October 28, 2007

1. Knaggs Ferry Marker

Inscription. James Knaggs, who lived across the river from this point, operated a ferry here for nineteen years. In 1831 John and Juliette Kinzie, traveling on horseback from Green Bay to their Indian Agency assignment at Portage, were ferried across. In the summer of 1836 Webster Stanley came by Durham boat and built a shanty. He was soon joined by Henry and John Gallup, who came on foot from Green Bay. The same year, Gov. Henry Dodge and his party crossed on their way to the Council at the Cedars, where the Menominee Indians ceded to the United States all their land between the Fox and Wolf rivers. Later Gallup and Stanley moved across the river and settled near its mouth. This located the business center of Oshkosh. The ferry era ended with the building of float bridges at Main Street (1847) and Algoma (1850).

Erected 1955 by the Winnebago County Historical Society. (Marker Number 27.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Wisconsin Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1831.

Location. 44° 2.346′ N, 88° 34.146′ W. Marker is in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in Winnebago County. It is on Veterans Trail east of Punhoqua Street, on the left

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when traveling east. Marker is in Rainbow (42nd Rainbow Division) Memorial Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Oshkosh WI 54902, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Wisconsin’s Fox River Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Rainbow Memorial Park (approx. 0.2 miles away); G.A.R. Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Elizabeth Batchelder Davis Children’s Home (approx. 0.4 miles away); Spanish–American War Monument (approx. 0.6 miles away); Soldier and Sailor Monument (approx. 0.6 miles away); Edgar Sawyer House (approx. 0.7 miles away); The 32d Red Arrow Division (approx. one mile away); The University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oshkosh.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Coles Bashford House (was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by Keith L, October 28, 2007

2. Knaggs Ferry Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 31, 2007, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 3,151 times since then and 79 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 31, 2007, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.