Topics in Wisconsin History

Topics in Wisconsin History Articles

Topic List

By Category

Events
Industry/Transportation
Movements/Eras
People/Cultures
Places
A Short History of Wisconsin
Other

Events

• Black Hawk War
• Civil War Research
• Civil War: Home Front
• Civil War: Military Affairs
• Cold War
• Depression and Unemployment
• Iroquois Wars of the 17th Century
• Korean War
• Vietnam War
• War of 1812
• World War I
• World War II

Industry/Transportation

• Automobiles
• Canals
• Cities in the 19th Century
• Dairy Farming
• Depression and Unemployment
• Electrical Power
• Fur Trade, 1650-1850
• Lead Mining
• Lumbering and Forest Products
• Manufacturing in the 20th Century
• McCormick/International Harvester Collection
• Milwaukee Sewer Socialism
• Mining in Northern Wisconsin
• Mining in Southwestern Wisconsin
• Professional Sports
• Railroads
• Shipwrecks
• Steamships and Maritime History
• Travel and Tourism
• Wild Rice

Movements/Eras

• African-American Migration in the 20th Century
• Americanization
• Anti-Slavery Movement
• Colonial Era (18th Century)
• Conservation Movement
• Depression and Unemployment
• Desegregation and Civil Rights
• Environmental Movement
• Fur Trade, 1650-1850
• Immigration (19th Century)
• Labor Movement's Origins
• Milwaukee Sewer Socialism
• Progressive Era
• Social Action Collections
• Woman Suffrage Movement

People/Cultures

• African-American Migration in the 20th Century
• Allen, William E.
• Allis, Edward P.
• Anneke, Mathilde
• Archaeology
• Archibald, George
• Aztalan and Mississippian Culture
• Babcock, Stephen
• Baird, Elizabeth and Henry
• Bartlett, Tommy
• Bennett Law
• Berger, Meta
• Berger, Victor
• Black History
• Boldt, Oscar C.
• Bunyan, Paul
• Burial Sites
• Chapelle, Dickie
• Civil War Research
• Civil War: Home Front
• Civil War: Military Affairs
• Commons, John R.
• Davis, Richard L.
• Deer, Ada
• Doty, James Duane
• Draper, Lyman
• Desegregation and Civil Rights
• Doty, James Duane
• Effigy Mounds
• Explorers (17th Century)
• Film and Theater Collections
• First Peoples
• Frautschi, W. Jerome
• Gale, Zona
• Genealogy
• Gigot, Paul
• Goodell, Lavinia
• Harlan, Bob
• Ho-poe-kaw (Glory of the Morning)
• Hoard, William Dempster
• Immigration (19th Century)
• Indian Treaties
• Indians after the Treaty Era
• Johnson, Mark
• Joliet and Marquette
• Jones, Nellie Kedzie
• Kander, Lizzie Black
• Kern, Drs. Robert and Patricia
• Koss, John C.
• Kutzbock, August
• LaFollette, Belle Case
• LaFollette, Robert M.
• Lapham, Increase
• Leckrone, Michael
• Leopold, Aldo
• Lombardi, Vince
• Marcus, Stephen H.
• Marquette and Joliet
• Mass Communication Collections
• McCarthy, Sen. Joseph
• Meir, Golda
• Melges, Harry C. "Buddy"
• Muir, John
• Nelson, Gaylord
• Nolen, John
• Pabst, Frederick
• Paine, Byron
• Paul, Les
• Perrot, Nicolas
• Phillips, Vel
• Poberezny, Paul
• Pollard, George and Nan
• Professional Sports
• Proxmire, Sen. William
• Radisson, Pierre-Esprit
• Reformers and Utopians
• Republican Party
• Ringling Brothers
• Rowland Frautschi, Pleasant
• Sabin, Ellen Clara
• Spitzer, Robert R.
• Social Action Collections
• Souligny
• Stevens, Brooks
• Stratton Jr., Fredrick P.
• Tector, Alfred (Cy) J.
• Universities and Other Institutions
• Welles, Orson
• Wilder, Laura Ingalls
• Wilder, Thornton
• Winter, Elmer
• Witte, Edwin
• Women's History
• Wright, Frank Lloyd
• Youmans, Theodora Winton

Places

• Burial Sites
• Canals
• Cities in the 19th Century
• Early U.S. Settlement
• Effigy Mounds
• Geography of Wisconsin
• Historic Buildings
• Local History Office
• Local History Research
• Madison
• Map Collection
• Name, Wisconsin's
• Northwest Ordinance
• Universities and Other Institutions
• Wisconsin Territory

Other

• Bennett Law
• Constitutions of 1846 and 1848
• Disease and Epidemics
• Early U.S. Settlement
• Genealogy
• Local History Office
• Local History Research
• Map Collection
• Mass Communication Collections
• Military History Research
• Northwest Ordinance
• Shipwrecks
• Social Security
• Underground Railroad in Wisconsin

Alphabetical

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n p r s t u v w y

• African-American Migration in the 20th Century
• Allis, Edward P.
• Allen, William E.
• Americanization
• Anneke, Mathilde
• Anti-Slavery Movement
• Archaeology
• Archibald, George
• Automobiles
• Aztalan and Mississippian Culture
• Babcock, Stephen
• Baird, Elizabeth and Henry
• Bartlett, Tommy
• Bennett Law
• Berger, Meta
• Berger, Victor
• Black Hawk War
• Black History
• Boldt, Oscar C.
• Bunyan, Paul
• Burial Sites
• Canals
• Chapelle, Dickie
• Cities in the 19th Century
• Civil War Research
• Civil War: Home Front
• Civil War: Military Affairs
• Cold War
• Colonial Era (18th Century)
• Commons, John R.
• Conservation Movement
• Constitutions of 1846 and 1848
• Dairy Farming
• Davis, Richard L.
• Deer, Ada
• Depression and Unemployment
• Desegregation and Civil Rights
• Disease and Epidemics
• Doty, James Duane
• Draper, Lyman
• Early U.S. Settlement
• Effigy Mounds
• Electrical Power
• Environmental Movement
• Explorers (17th Century)
• Film and Theater Collections
• First Peoples
• Frautschi, W. Jerome
• Fur Trade, 1650-1850
• Gale, Zona
• Genealogy
• Geography of Wisconsin
• Gigot, Paul
• Goodell, Lavinia
• Harlan, Bob
• Historic Buildings
• Hoard, William Dempster
• Ho-poe-kaw (Glory of the Morning)
• Immigration (19th Century)
• Indian Treaties
• Indians After the Treaty Era
• Iroquois Wars of the 17th Century
• Johnson, Mark
• Joliet and Marquette
• Jones, Nellie Kedzie
• Kander, Lizzie Black
• Kern, Drs. Robert and Patricia
• Korean War
• Koss, John C.
• Kutzbock, August
• Labor Movement's Origins
• Lapham, Increase
• LaFollette, Belle Case
• LaFollette, Robert M.
• Lead Mining
• Leckrone, Michael
• Leopold, Aldo
• Local History Office
• Local History Research
• Lombardi, Vince
• Lumbering and Forest Products
• Madison
• Manufacturing in the 20th Century
• Map Collection
• Marcus, Stephen H.
• Marquette and Joliet
• Mass Communication Collections
• McCarthy, Sen. Joseph
• McCormick/International Harvester Collection
• Meir, Golda
• Melges, Harry C. "Buddy"
• Military History Research
• Milwaukee Sewer Socialism
• Mining in Northern Wisconsin
• Mining in Southwestern Wisconsin
• Muir, John
• Name, Wisconsin's
• Nelson, Gaylord
• Nolen, John
• Northwest Ordinance
• Pabst, Frederick
• Paine, Byron
• Paul, Les
• Perrot, Nicolas
• Phillips, Vel
• Poberezny, Paul
• Pollard, George and Nan
• Professional Sports
• Progressive Era
• Proxmire, Sen. William
• Radisson, Pierre-Esprit
• Railroads
• Reformers and Utopians
• Republican Party
• Ringling Brothers
• Rowland Frautschi, Pleasant
• Sabin, Ellen Clara
• Shipwrecks
• Social Action Collections
• Social Security
• Souligny
• Spitzer, Robert R.
• Steamships and Maritime History
• Stevens, Brooks
• Stratton Jr., Fredrick P.
• Tector, Alfred (Cy) J.
• Travel and Tourism
• Underground Railroad in Wisconsin
• Universities and Other Institutions
• Vietnam War
• War of 1812
• Welles, Orson
• Wild Rice
• Wilder, Laura Ingalls
• Wilder, Thornton
• Winter, Elmer
• Wisconsin, Short History of
• Wisconsin Territory
• Witte, Edwin
• Woman Suffrage Movement
• Women's History
• World War I
• World War II
• Wright, Frank Lloyd
• Youmans, Theodora Winton

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