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Why Bob La Follette?
What's the big deal, anyway? Why is Robert M. La Follette Wisconsin's best known political figure? Who cares that it's his 150th birthday?
His importance is explained, and his career is summarized, at Turning Points in Wisconsin History, where you'll find original articles, books, speeches, and pictures relating to him. You can look at his campaign literature, or poke around in his autobiography. See dozens of contemporary newspaper stories about him in our online collection of Wisconsin Local History & Biography Articles.
For more documents about La Follette's life and times, see our page on the Progressive Movement, and to explore other original materials on our state's heritage, visit our portal page to Topics in Wisconsin History.
:: Posted June 14, 2005
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