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Nov 12, 2009 — A Capitol Fish Story
Nov 5, 2009 — Home-Grown
Nov 3, 2009 — Madison's First Presidential Visit
Oct 28, 2009 — Wisconsin Ghost Stories
Oct 23, 2009 — World's Largest Penny
Oct 11, 2009 — St. Damien's Wisconsin Assistant
Oct 1, 2009 — Wyocena: It Came To Him in a Dream
Sep 24, 2009 — Guiding Light Stays Bright in Madison
Sep 18, 2009 — Opera House Ghost
Sep 17, 2009 — Tippecanoe and Tallmadge too?
Sep 10, 2009 — Milton House Secrets
Aug 27, 2009 — Disposable Fashion
Aug 20, 2009 — Death to Capital Punishment
Aug 12, 2009 — "The men all so good for nothing..."
Aug 5, 2009 — Cartoon History of Wisconsin
Aug 2, 2009 — How Aztalan Got Its Name
Jul 27, 2009 — The Devil and Martin Rowney
Jul 14, 2009 — Beer and Sweet Corn
Jul 10, 2009 — The First Rhythm & Booms
Jun 30, 2009 — Mrs. Lincoln Grieves in Waukesha
Jun 22, 2009 — "He Would Have Made Them So"
Jun 18, 2009 — Towns Named for Murderer & Victim
Jun 8, 2009 — Roads Scholars
Jun 1, 2009 — "Don't Inflame Our Youth!"
May 25, 2009 — Debunking Nicolet
May 21, 2009 — The Story of Memorial Day
May 12, 2009 — Noise R Us
May 7, 2009 — Shooting the Rapids Astride $9,000
Apr 22, 2009 — Psychic Dogs and Naked Chickens
Apr 19, 2009 — Forgotten Flavors of Wisconsin
Apr 6, 2009 — The First Brewers
Mar 26, 2009 — A Sad Anniversary
Mar 18, 2009 — Cranes Aloft & Underfoot
Mar 9, 2009 — Mohawk Indian or French Prince?
Mar 5, 2009 — Fearless Woman Hunter
Feb 24, 2009 — Hattie Pierce, 1829-1944
Feb 18, 2009 — Aunt Mary Ann
Feb 8, 2009 — Wisconsin's Oddest Governor
Feb 1, 2009 — Black History Month
Jan 24, 2009 — The Deep Freeze of 1838
Jan 17, 2009 — Martin Luther King and Wisconsin
Jan 14, 2009 — Elderly Horse Thief
Jan 8, 2009 — Newhall House Hotel Fire
Dec 28, 2008 — Mondovi Man Scaled Windmills at Age 90
Dec 21, 2008 — So Cold Their Noses Fell Off
Dec 16, 2008 — Elves in the Attic
Dec 7, 2008 — Not This Again
Nov 30, 2008 — He Must Have Been Yaps
Nov 25, 2008 — Thanksgiving Sermon by a Railroad Worker
Nov 23, 2008 — The Budget Deficit of 1921
Nov 17, 2008 — Longfellow on Madison
Nov 10, 2008 — Snowplow Driver Appreciation Day
Nov 5, 2008 — Kristallnacht in Wisconsin
Oct 22, 2008 — Wisconsin's First Election
Oct 16, 2008 — Civil War Youngsters
Oct 11, 2008 — Columbus Day Again
Oct 5, 2008 — More Bank Failures (1857)
Sep 27, 2008 — Bank Failures of 1837
Sep 23, 2008 — Holy Grail?
Sep 18, 2008 — The Town That Wouldn't Give Up
Sep 11, 2008 — Happy Birthday, Billy Barstow
Sep 8, 2008 — James Doty of "Wiskonsan"
Sep 3, 2008 — Political Conventions, 1860-style
Aug 31, 2008 — "We Have Been Oxen Long Enough"
Aug 21, 2008 — Rattlesnake Eggs for Breakfast
Aug 14, 2008 — Tarzan of Rhinelander?
Aug 7, 2008 — Shipwreck Foreseen in a Dream
Jul 25, 2008 — On Mosquitoes
Jul 24, 2008 — Bailey's Doomed Canal
Jul 15, 2008 — On Wildness
Jul 8, 2008 — Black Fur Traders on Lake Superior
Jul 3, 2008 — An American Indian View of July 4th
Jun 26, 2008 — Good Housekeeping & Bad
Jun 19, 2008 — American Hegemony, 1820-Style
Jun 12, 2008 — Creating Lake Delton
Jun 6, 2008 — Buckskin Brown and the Marvelous Shingles
May 28, 2008 — An Overwhelming Invasion of Maniacs
May 22, 2008 — Ezra Pound's Wisconsin Roots
May 15, 2008 — The Spy Who Died in the Dells
May 8, 2008 — The Voyageur with the Hole in his Side
Apr 30, 2008 — "Shocked by the Foul, Evil Deed I had Done"
Apr 24, 2008 — Birds of a Feather
Apr 13, 2008 — "1929 Favorable for Milwaukee"
Apr 6, 2008 — Pegasus Express
Mar 25, 2008 — The First Book Printed in Wisconsin
Mar 20, 2008 — Happy Birthday, Gene Shepard!
Mar 15, 2008 — The Ides of Marsh
Mar 13, 2008 — Mud Season Begins
Mar 12, 2008 — Plenty of Brickbats
Mar 5, 2008 — Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
Mar 2, 2008 — Overdue Apology
Feb 28, 2008 — Americans Idle
Feb 24, 2008 — Polar Plunges
Feb 16, 2008 — Big Bad Wolf?
Feb 14, 2008 — More Winter Tales
Feb 13, 2008 — Valentine Potpourri
Feb 10, 2008 — Million Mile Chevy
Feb 2, 2008 — Supersize Me
Jan 28, 2008 — Earmarking, a Proud Tradition
Jan 21, 2008 — It Was So Cold That...
Jan 13, 2008 — Cast Her First Vote at Age 106
Jan 6, 2008 — Up in Smoke
Dec 27, 2007 — New Year's Reflections
Dec 24, 2007 — Christmas in a Logging Camp
Dec 20, 2007 — The Great La Crosse Toboggan Run of 1885
Dec 11, 2007 — Got a Chest Cough? Try Skunk Grease
Dec 2, 2007 — The Iceman Cometh
Nov 27, 2007 — All the Years Combine
Nov 25, 2007 — Travel Hassles This Weekend?
Nov 19, 2007 — American Indian Thanksgivings
Nov 15, 2007 — A Real Debate
Nov 11, 2007 — "Big Bay Blue" Lose to "Beloit Fairies"
Nov 8, 2007 — Hirsute Pursuit
Nov 1, 2007 — A Melancholy Marker
Oct 22, 2007 — John Muir, Out-of-Touch Father
Oct 14, 2007 — A Hill o' Beans
Sep 30, 2007 — Kitty Ryan Subdues the Bear
Sep 23, 2007 — No One Suspected That She Was a Woman
Sep 16, 2007 — Out of Town on a Rail
Sep 9, 2007 — Long Before eBay or Antiques Road Show
Sep 2, 2007 — Turtle Toes, The Capital's First Drunkard
Aug 29, 2007 — Ninety-nine Bottles of Beer on the Lam
Aug 27, 2007 — Amusing Grace
Aug 23, 2007 — Belittling the Beancounters
Aug 19, 2007 — A Little Bit of Family History History
Aug 12, 2007 — He's A Lumberjack
And He's OK
Aug 9, 2007 — Odd Vacation
Aug 2, 2007 — The Amazing Curative Power of Rattlesnakes
Jul 29, 2007 — The Peculiar Birth of Paul Bunyan
Jul 22, 2007 — Harry Potter and the Dusty Hollow
Jul 17, 2007 — (Un)Lucky Break
Jul 15, 2007 — The Other Utopians
Jul 10, 2007 — Odd Wisconsin Turns 500
Jul 8, 2007 — The (Non-)Politics of Pail & Shovel
Jul 3, 2007 — Eagle Symbolism in Wisconsin
Jun 30, 2007 — The Last Lonely Eagle
Jun 27, 2007 — Throwing the Book at Odd Wisconsin
Jun 20, 2007 — A Croak of Bull
Jun 17, 2007 — The Search for Wisconsin's First Priest
Jun 14, 2007 — Fortunes of War
Jun 8, 2007 — "Great Hail Stones the Size of a Man's Fist"
Jun 4, 2007 — Husband & Wife Political Teams in Wisconsin
May 31, 2007 — Wounded Knee -- A Wisconsin Connection
May 28, 2007 — Heading North Soon?
May 24, 2007 — Conquering "a Multitude of Hates"
May 20, 2007 — Horrible Monsters That Devour Men
May 14, 2007 — Cash in the Attic. Really.
May 9, 2007 — Drove Two Million Nails into Feet
May 5, 2007 — Pocahontas in Wisconsin
May 3, 2007 — No Snooze Button
Apr 29, 2007 — John Till and His Miracle Plaster
Apr 25, 2007 — Great Expectorations
Apr 22, 2007 — Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood
Apr 18, 2007 — Hold Fast To Dreams
Apr 15, 2007 — Let Us Go Then, You & I
Apr 8, 2007 — Big Boss Man ?
Apr 4, 2007 — Another Time's Forgotten Space
Apr 1, 2007 — If You Look At It Right
Mar 29, 2007 — In the Strangest of Places
Mar 24, 2007 — Once in a While You Get Shown the Light
Mar 22, 2007 — White, Black, and Green
Mar 18, 2007 — The Fish Were Really Biting
Mar 15, 2007 — Knight of the Pitcher
Mar 15, 2007 — The Ides of Marsh
Mar 7, 2007 — Reform of Military Hospitals
Mar 3, 2007 — Sins of the Fathers
Feb 28, 2007 — Add One Baby and Stir
Feb 19, 2007 — Accidental Polar Plunge
Feb 13, 2007 — Budget Blues
Feb 8, 2007 — Behind the Scenes
Feb 4, 2007 — Petersylvania, Wisconsin
Feb 1, 2007 — When the State Got into Underwear
Jan 29, 2007 — "Nothing has transpired."
Jan 25, 2007 — The Historical Society & Teddy Roosevelt
Jan 21, 2007 — New Congress Opposes Unpopular War... in 1847
Jan 14, 2007 — Open Source Dairying
Jan 10, 2007 — Our First Presidential Candidate
Jan 7, 2007 — Pay-As-You-Go Politics
Jan 3, 2007 — Debunking: Dewey or Don't We?
Dec 28, 2006 — Odd Vacation
Dec 16, 2006 — Of Partridges and Pear Trees
Dec 11, 2006 — If Nautical Nonsense Be Something You Wish...*
Dec 4, 2006 — American Icons through Indian Eyes, 1830
Dec 4, 2006 — Muskrat Pie for Christmas Dinner
Nov 27, 2006 — The Congressman's Gold Teeth
Nov 16, 2006 — "Glory, Glory, Hallelujah"
Nov 8, 2006 — A Plague of Frogs
Nov 5, 2006 — The Man with the Iron Hand
Oct 30, 2006 — The Curse of the Hille Farm
Oct 28, 2006 — The Schooner That Sank the Lady Elgin
Oct 17, 2006 — Predecessor of the Web
Oct 12, 2006 — The First Badger - Gopher Game in Madison
Oct 1, 2006 — Hail to the Chiefs
Sep 24, 2006 — The Miracles at Robinsonville
Sep 17, 2006 — Was Nicolet Really First?
Sep 12, 2006 — The Surrender & Captivity of Red Bird
Sep 8, 2006 — Rolling Libraries
Aug 28, 2006 — The Panther and the Terrapin
Aug 17, 2006 — Amaizing Grace
Aug 13, 2006 — Sundae Sermon
Aug 6, 2006 — "The Woods Are Full of Ghosts!"
Jul 27, 2006 — Lawless Legislators
Jul 24, 2006 — Frontier Culture
Jul 19, 2006 — Giants In the Earth
Jul 15, 2006 — Fort Koshkonong
Jul 13, 2006 — Just the Facts, Ma'am
Jul 8, 2006 — Had Enough
Jul 5, 2006 — Sheeps Heads, Petrified Frogs & Other Curios
Jul 5, 2006 — Summer Persecutions
Jul 1, 2006 — Why We Have Fireworks
Jun 25, 2006 — Father-Son Senators
Jun 22, 2006 — Out to the Ball Park
Jun 19, 2006 — Missionary Zeal
Jun 4, 2006 — Epidemic Anniversary
Jun 1, 2006 — Boscobel, Beaver Dam & Beginning The Gideons
May 28, 2006 — Hiking Across Wisconsin
May 24, 2006 — Wisconsin At War
May 24, 2006 — Chief Dandy and the White Settlers
May 20, 2006 — Official English Again
May 19, 2006 — Ho-Chunk Persistence
May 17, 2006 — What's the Michissipi, and Where Does It Go?
May 12, 2006 — Pride Before the Fall
May 9, 2006 — The End of the Confederacy
May 8, 2006 — Concrete Cattle
May 5, 2006 — English Tudor Logging Camp
May 4, 2006 — Madison's Castle
May 1, 2006 — Janesville Boy Memorialized At Honolulu
Apr 28, 2006 — "The World for Its Motherland"
Apr 27, 2006 — Drunks, Gamblers, Thieves, and Other Pioneers
Apr 22, 2006 — Angels, Animals, or Agents of Change
Apr 19, 2006 — Ruminating About Germinating
Apr 16, 2006 — Place of the Spirit Tree
Apr 13, 2006 — Madison's First Child
Apr 11, 2006 — Mediums Rare
Apr 9, 2006 — Madison's Most Important Phone Call
Apr 8, 2006 — John Muir's Dorm Room
Apr 8, 2006 — Thomas Jefferson's Madison Descendants?
Apr 5, 2006 — Murder in the Capitol !
Apr 4, 2006 — Pigs Beneath the Legislature
Apr 3, 2006 — The Wolves of Madison
Apr 3, 2006 — Early Madison Fish Tales
Apr 2, 2006 — The Port of Madison?
Apr 2, 2006 — A Boy's-eye View of Madison in 1837
Mar 31, 2006 — The First Madison Lodgings
Mar 30, 2006 — First House Never Occupied
Mar 30, 2006 — A Midwinter Survey Party
Mar 29, 2006 — Origins of Madison Street Names
Mar 29, 2006 — Madison & Other Imaginary Cities
Mar 28, 2006 — How Madison Became the Capital
Mar 28, 2006 — Madison's Fur Traders
Mar 27, 2006 — Madison: "not fit for any civilized nation of people to inhabit."
Mar 27, 2006 — Black Hawk Retreats through Madison
Mar 26, 2006 — What 150th?: How Madison Became a City
Mar 25, 2006 — Mary Hayes-Chynoweth, psychic healer
Mar 21, 2006 — Juliet Severance, Radical Victorian
Mar 18, 2006 — Mysterious Woman of the Woods
Mar 15, 2006 — Happy 150th, La Crosse!
Mar 11, 2006 — Sarah Hardwick, hermit
Mar 8, 2006 — Louise Williams, First Woman Notary Public
Mar 5, 2006 — Lights, Camera, Action! Wisconsin Theaters 100 Years Ago
Feb 27, 2006 — "We Lose But We Win"
Feb 25, 2006 — Curlers in Her Air
Feb 21, 2006 — On Speaking The Unspeakable
Feb 15, 2006 — Name Games
Feb 12, 2006 — Valentine's Callers
Feb 9, 2006 — The Man with the Branded Hand
Feb 7, 2006 — Truly Super Bowls
Feb 4, 2006 — Mullahs and Moguls
Feb 3, 2006 — The Last Telegram
Feb 1, 2006 — Breaking Out All Over
Jan 29, 2006 — Scandals, Scandals, Scandals
Jan 26, 2006 — Wisconsin's Indiana Jones?
Jan 21, 2006 — Why We Speak English in Wisconsin
Jan 19, 2006 — Trial by Whom?
Jan 13, 2006 — Civil Rights in Wisconsin
Jan 11, 2006 — Terms of Endearment
Jan 8, 2006 — Wisconsin Ghost Town
Jan 4, 2006 — Family Affair
Jan 2, 2006 — '06 - - a very good year
Dec 30, 2005 — Happy Knew Year
Dec 28, 2005 — Milwaukee's Maverick Aviator
Dec 25, 2005 — Best of the Brewers
Dec 20, 2005 — Winter Finally Arrives
Dec 20, 2005 — Striking Out
Dec 18, 2005 — Ghosts of Christmas Past
Dec 16, 2005 — Lions, Witches & Wardrobes in Wisconsin
Dec 14, 2005 — Runner Beats Horse in Milwaukee
Dec 10, 2005 — Young Archaeologists
Dec 7, 2005 — Weird Wisconsin Names
Dec 3, 2005 — Uncivil Disobedience
Dec 1, 2005 — The Dodgeville Hermit
Nov 30, 2005 — Legislating Marriage
Nov 27, 2005 — A Typical City Involved in a Typical Daydream
Nov 24, 2005 — Turkey, Baloney, and History
Nov 21, 2005 — Bonne Fete, Sieur La Salle!*
Nov 20, 2005 — H.L. Mencken & the Goblet of Beer
Nov 18, 2005 — A Rosendale By Any Other Name
Nov 15, 2005 — Pike's Peek at Wisconsin
Nov 11, 2005 — Couples, couples, couples
Nov 9, 2005 — Holding Church Down at the Depot
Nov 8, 2005 — Prince of Wales & King of the Sandwich (Islands, that is)
Nov 4, 2005 — Protesting Trade Policy, 18th c.-style
Nov 2, 2005 — Java Man
Oct 22, 2005 — Ghosts of Halloween Past
Oct 19, 2005 — Warm Thoughts
Oct 16, 2005 — 2 Days in November
Oct 12, 2005 — Constitutional Labor Pains
Oct 9, 2005 — Frog Jumping & Other Pursuits
Oct 7, 2005 — Where Are They Today?
Oct 5, 2005 — The Theft That Wasn't
Oct 4, 2005 — Injudicious Appointment
Oct 1, 2005 — Concealed Weapons
Sep 29, 2005 — Lard Corner, or Crisco Systems, Inc.
Sep 25, 2005 — Intelligent Design
Sep 17, 2005 — "New" Civil War Photos
Sep 16, 2005 — Political Pendulums
Sep 13, 2005 — 1918: Mob Rule Crushes Conscience
Sep 11, 2005 — They're a Young Team, After All
Sep 8, 2005 — A Community of Refugees
Sep 6, 2005 — Remember Rennebohm’s Lunch Counters?
Sep 2, 2005 — Troops Called in To Preserve Order
Aug 30, 2005 — Wisconsin Floods
Aug 29, 2005 — The Fiddle That Squealed
Aug 21, 2005 — The Power of the Queen
Aug 16, 2005 — Forced Removal
Aug 15, 2005 — Smallest Railroad in the World
Aug 10, 2005 — August Doldrums
Aug 7, 2005 — "Let Them Eat Cake"
Aug 2, 2005 — Blitz for the Bugs
Jul 25, 2005 — Tall Tales of a Tall Guy
Jul 21, 2005 — Paines in the Neck for Powers-That- Be
Jul 17, 2005 — Our Atomic Heritage
Jul 8, 2005 — The Crowning of King James
Jul 8, 2005 — Why Are These Women Smiling?
Jul 6, 2005 — Poverty at the Supreme Court
Jul 4, 2005 — "Don't Hit Me Again!"
Jun 26, 2005 — When Beer Was (Almost) Illegal
Jun 24, 2005 — The "Midget Wedding" & Other Extravaganzas
Jun 21, 2005 — "Ladies and Gentlemen! Step Right Up..."
Jun 19, 2005 — Plaid Refrigerators? Folk singers in pickups?
Jun 16, 2005 — Eagle in a Mousetrap
Jun 14, 2005 — Chimney Toppers
Jun 13, 2005 — Why Is This Man Smiling?
Jun 9, 2005 — Milwaukee's First Settler Bites the Dust
Jun 7, 2005 — Mr. Wright's Second Slice of Pie
Jun 2, 2005 — Cooler Heads Prevail
May 31, 2005 — The Other Deep Throat
May 29, 2005 — To Help with Good Rocky's Revival
May 26, 2005 — Before Bratwurst
May 24, 2005 — Beer, Bier, and ... Schnitzeling on the Schnitzelbank?
May 20, 2005 — Smell It Like It Was
May 18, 2005 — President Visits Wisconsin
May 15, 2005 — Bad Badger Musicians
May 13, 2005 — Talk About Bad Luck!
May 12, 2005 — Terrapin Blues
May 8, 2005 — Bearly Believable
May 6, 2005 — Laud Wisconsin
May 5, 2005 — Trod Wisconsin
May 4, 2005 — Sawed Wisconsin
May 3, 2005 — Gnawed Wisconsin
Apr 22, 2005 — Earth Day's Inspiration in Wisconsin
Apr 21, 2005 — Badger Inventor Dumped on Floor
Apr 20, 2005 — Mystic Vision of the Virgin near Green Bay
Apr 18, 2005 — "The fish of the state belong to the people..."
Apr 16, 2005 — Revisionist History in Wisconsin
Apr 15, 2005 — Call of the Open Road
Apr 14, 2005 — Lee Harvey Oswald of April 1865
Apr 13, 2005 — Fearless Sifting and Winnowing
Apr 12, 2005 — The Start of the Civil War
Apr 11, 2005 — The End of the Civil War
Apr 7, 2005 — No Email from the Front in 1862
Apr 6, 2005 — Who was Black Hawk?
Apr 5, 2005 — Play Ball!
Apr 4, 2005 — Truly Radical Feminist
Apr 1, 2005 — Looking Down on the Competition
Mar 31, 2005 — Airborne Paperboy
Mar 30, 2005 — Dawn of the Internet
Mar 29, 2005 — Who Needs Titanium Alloy?
Mar 28, 2005 — "Conquest of America" Tonight
Mar 25, 2005 — Little House on the TV
Mar 24, 2005 — Early Ice Boating
Mar 23, 2005 — Wisconsin's Chief Feminist
Mar 22, 2005 — Treasonous Women Attorneys!
Mar 21, 2005 — Rites of Spring
Mar 17, 2005 — Gaelic Centenarians
Mar 16, 2005 — “The Power Knowledge Gives”
Mar 15, 2005 — Retail Giant
Mar 11, 2005 — Indian Affairs
Mar 10, 2005 — Break Down the Doors!
Mar 9, 2005 — Wis. Brain Trust Tackles Social Insecurity
Mar 8, 2005 — "All property, real and personal, of the wife, ...shall be her separate property."
Mar 7, 2005 — The First Weather Guy
Mar 3, 2005 — Glory-of-the-Morning
Mar 2, 2005 — Radical Republican
Mar 1, 2005 — Indian Women & French Men
Feb 27, 2005 — Reading, Writing, and Failing
Feb 24, 2005 — Free Speech in Wisconsin
Feb 23, 2005 — Happy Birthday, August Derleth
Feb 23, 2005 — Gitmo Anniversary
Feb 22, 2005 — Jefferson Davis’ Wisconsin Connections
Feb 21, 2005 — And There Was Light! (in Appleton)
Feb 16, 2005 — Jefferson's Black Descendants in Wisconsin?
Feb 15, 2005 — Not So Grim Reaper
Feb 14, 2005 — Be Mine! (or maybe don’t)
Feb 11, 2005 — Lawmaker Guns Down Opponent in Madison!
Feb 10, 2005 — Was Abraham Lincoln Gay?
Feb 9, 2005 — Black Fur Traders in 18th-c. Wisconsin
Feb 8, 2005 — "I Struck Out Right and Left," Confesses Lawmaker
Feb 7, 2005 — Laura Ingalls Wilder
Feb 4, 2005 — A Black Civil War Soldier from Wisconsin Tells His Story
Feb 3, 2005 — The President and the Media
Feb 2, 2005 — Groundhogs, Badgers, and Suckers
Feb 1, 2005 — Women with Clubs
Jan 28, 2005 — On the Dole for the First Time
Jan 27, 2005 — Slaves, Graves, and Knaves
Jan 26, 2005 — The Two General Macarthurs
Jan 25, 2005 — La Follette at the Fire
Jan 24, 2005 — Even-Handed Corruption of the 1850s
Jan 21, 2005 — Is Madison Just Naturally Weird?
Jan 20, 2005 — Security for the Inauguration (Lincoln's, that is)
Jan 19, 2005 — Governors, governors, governors
Jan 8, 2005 — The State of the State
Jan 6, 2005 — Winter of the Big Snow
Jan 3, 2005 — Wisconsin & the Birth of Automobiles
Dec 21, 2004 — New Year’s Celebration in Madison, 1850
Dec 21, 2004 — LaCrosse Toboggan Club, 1885
Dec 20, 2004 — Christmas Dinner in Wisconsin, 1836
Dec 17, 2004 — Toads & Flu Season
Dec 10, 2004 — The Kaukauna Gold Rush of 1900
Dec 8, 2004 — The Wisconsin Merchant Prince who Revolutionized Shopping
Dec 1, 2004 — Sex, drugs & rock-n-roll, ca. 1700
Nov 26, 2004 — The Real Christmas Tree Ship
Nov 26, 2004 — Ghosts of Shoppers Past
Nov 24, 2004 — A Pioneer Thanksgiving
Nov 19, 2004 — Kennedy in the Badger State
Nov 19, 2004 — The Political Dustbin
Nov 12, 2004 — Historical Museum, Handcuffs, & Executions
Nov 1, 2004 — Close Shave for the President
Oct 29, 2004 — Ghosts of Halloweens Past
Oct 26, 2004 — Famous Footwear
Oct 21, 2004 — Election Night, 1948
Oct 18, 2004 — O My Gourd!
Oct 12, 2004 — Presidential Debates: Nixon & Kennedy
Oct 8, 2004 — Presidential Debates: Lincoln & Douglass Recalled
Sep 16, 2004 — Wisconsin Storms
Sep 2, 2004 — Living it up as summer winds down
Aug 16, 2004 — Wisconsin's First Poet
Aug 6, 2004 — Sweet Greeting for Nixon
Aug 2, 2004 — Black Hawk Upstages the President
Jul 16, 2004 — Fishy Presidents in Goofy Hats
Jul 12, 2004 — Voltaire in the Wisconsin Wilderness
Jul 1, 2004 — The First Wisconsin 4th of July
Jun 25, 2004 — Log-Rolling Then and Now
Jun 23, 2004 — Indian Hospitality, 1673
Jun 21, 2004 — Milwaukee Summers Long Ago
Jun 17, 2004 — Floods in Wisconsin
Jun 14, 2004 — What's in a Name?
Jun 7, 2004 — Wisconsin's Daniel Boone
Jun 4, 2004 — Presidents, Popes & Miracles
Jun 2, 2004 — Just Your 19th Nervous Breakdown
May 28, 2004 — Women of World War Two
May 20, 2004 — Up Up and Away... Maybe
May 18, 2004 — The Cranberry Queen
May 10, 2004 — Lewis & Clark in Wisconsin
May 10, 2004 — Jefferson Davis Captured by Wisconsin Troops
May 6, 2004 — Wisconsin Cartoons
Apr 27, 2004 — When Wisconsin Was a Corner of New France
Apr 23, 2004 — A True Bird of Prey
Apr 22, 2004 — Earth Day
Apr 20, 2004 — Shooting in the Capitol!
Apr 14, 2004 — Lincoln's Assassination
Apr 13, 2004 — Mark Twain Learns Croquet from Milwaukee Girl
Apr 7, 2004 — That's A Lot of Quarters
Apr 5, 2004 — Easter with Father Marquette
Mar 29, 2004 — President Visits Wisconsin
Mar 25, 2004 — Wisconsin's Rip Van Winkle
Mar 17, 2004 — Original State Constitution Also Missing!
Mar 15, 2004 — Why Wisconsin Basketball Players Are So Tough
Mar 12, 2004 — "We Were Almost Drowned Out By The Squealing"
Mar 10, 2004 — You Should Have Seen the One That Got Away
Mar 5, 2004 — Before the NRA
Mar 3, 2004 — Free Love and Spiritualism in Ripon
Feb 27, 2004 — Wisconsin's Own Oscars
Feb 23, 2004 — Rock-a-bye Kitty
Feb 17, 2004 — Republican Party Born in Wisconsin
Feb 17, 2004 — Wisconsin Democrat Switches Vote
Feb 13, 2004 — Democrats on Wheels
Feb 12, 2004 — Democrats Hustle for Wisconsin Votes
Feb 11, 2004 — Waited 106 Years to Vote
Feb 10, 2004 — Dangerous Radicals
Feb 9, 2004 — Topsy-Turvy World
Feb 6, 2004 — He weighed 450 lbs., too
Feb 3, 2004 — Dam Fanaticism
Jan 28, 2004 — Galloping Gallopavo
Jan 26, 2004 — A Paranoid Was After Him
Jan 23, 2004 — Was That "Sumo" or "Sushi"?
Jan 22, 2004 — "How Should We Know?"
Jan 20, 2004 — Gimme shelter
Jan 16, 2004 — Carpe ... hmm ...
Jan 13, 2004 — A Harvest of Rattlesnakes, Ginseng and Solitude
Jan 13, 2004 — Never Made It as an Olympic Sport?
Jan 12, 2004 — More Than One Way to Skin a Cat
Jan 12, 2004 — Moo'd Music
Jan 12, 2004 — Family Values
Jan 12, 2004 — And You Think You're Under-employed?
Jan 12, 2004 — Spurned Inventor Creates Suicide Machine

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