November 2006 Highlights
Paul Seifert Painting Returns to Wisconsin
In 2005 Peggy Luetscher Romenesko of Columbia, Maryland, and her parents, Wilbur and Nyla Luetscher of Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, contacted the Wisconsin Historical Society regarding a colorful painting of their rural Sauk County family farm. They knew that the...
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Posted November 29, 2006
Festive Tributes to Christmases Past
Two Wisconsin historic sites will ring in the holidays with a series of festive special events that celebrate Christmas as Wisconsinites did in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Villa Louis and Old World Wisconsin, each with their own...
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Posted November 27, 2006
Wisconsin's First Thanksgiving
Like the Pilgrims of Plymouth, French traders Pierre Esprit Radisson and his brother-in-law, Médard Chouart Sieur des Groseilliers, nearly starved to death their first winter in Wisconsin in 1659. Wandering the frozen grounds of the Northwoods, Radisson and Groseilliers struggled...
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Posted November 22, 2006
Photographic History of Winther Motors
Martin P. Winther formed the Winther Motor and Truck Company in Kenosha in 1916. From 1916 to 1927, the company manufactured everything from four-wheel drive trucks to sporty automobiles, snow plows, rail cars and mechanical posthole diggers. With just an...
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Posted November 20, 2006
Giving the Gift of History for the Holidays
Whether you're looking for the perfect gift for a history connoisseur or dilettante, the Wisconsin Historical Society has a variety of options to assist you with your holiday shopping. Avoid fighting mall traffic and find something unique for that special...
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Posted November 17, 2006
Fort Crawford — 150 Years Later
It has been 150 years since Fort Crawford in Prairie du Chien closed its doors in 1856. Named for Secretary of War William H. Crawford, the first Fort Crawford (two forts bore this name) was built by the Americans in...
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Posted November 15, 2006
Frederick Jackson Turner's Personal Library
"Up to our own day American history has been in a large degree the history of the colonization of the Great West. The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement westward,...
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Posted November 13, 2006
Stories from the "Forgotten War" — Korea
To many Americans, place names like Normandy, Iwo Jima and Hiroshima are burned into our consciousness and loaded with meaning. But what do the Chosin Reservoir, the Yalu River and Taejon mean? For many people, not much — that is...
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Posted November 10, 2006
"A Christmas Carol" at Old World Wisconsin
A unique, walk-along performance of the 1843 Charles Dickens holiday classic, "A Christmas Carol," will be performed as part of a series of dinner theater presentations at Old World Wisconsin Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 24, 25 and 26. Creative...
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Posted November 8, 2006
Wisconsin Governors Past and Present
The Tuesday, November 7, race to elect Wisconsin's governor is a time to reflect on the history of the state's chief executives. In the century and a half since Wisconsin became a state, 45 men have attained the state's highest...
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Posted November 6, 2006
Madison 150 Time Capsule Contents on Display
Until November 15, 2006, the Wisconsin Historical Museum is the place to see some of the objects selected for the Madison 150 time capsule. The time capsule project, organized by the city of Madison, WISC-TV, Channel3000, Madison Magazine, and the...
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Posted November 3, 2006
Wisconsin and the Death Penalty
Wisconsin has been without the death penalty for 153 years. Efforts to re-establish the death penalty have been introduced several times in the last century but most failed to gather enough support to make it out of legislative committee. But...
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Posted November 1, 2006
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