History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
Read about the Battle of Fallen Timbers and the subsequent Treety of Greenville which compelled the Indians to treat with the United States |
Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Sheboygan, Wisconsin. |
Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to La Crosse, Wisconsin. |
Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Wausau, Wisconsin. |
Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Eau Claire, Wisconsin. |
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Evidence of First Feasts |
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Take a look at some first hand accounts of the ways Native Americans of Wisconsin celebrated their own Thanksgiving ceremonies. |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Improvised wild rice threshing machine used on the Lac du Flambeau Reservation, Wisconsin, c. 1990. (Museum object #1999.61.5) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Concrete walleye decoy purchased at PARR Rally in Minocqua, Wisconsin, April 15, 1989. (Museum object #1990.178.1) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Sturgeon decoy carved and painted by Ojibwe artist John V. Snow. (Museum Object #1996.118.106A-B) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Deer hide jacket of Ruel Garnich Baldwin, c. 1915. (Museum object #2005.147.1) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Eagle feather from Old Abe, the mascot of the 8th Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. (Museum object #1972.59) |
Buffalo and O-Sho-Ga Protest Forced Removal |
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Discover how two Ojibwe chiefs traveled to Washington DC and negotiated with President Millard Fillmore to keep rights to their land. |
A History of Disease in Wisconsin |
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Read this informative collection of all the outbreaks and epidemics in Wisconsin's history. |
A Wisconsin Civil War Story |
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On March 26, 1914, Chief Big Sky of the Flambeau Band of the Ojibwe Indians described how he captured an eaglet from its nest in the spring of 1861 |
A Wisconsin Civil War Story |
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On May 9, 1864, Ojibwe Indians from the 7th Wisconsin Infantry help drive back enemy skirmishers with American Indian war tactics in Spotsylvania, Virginia |
Learn about the origin, and the many spellings and multiple meanings of "Wisconsin." |
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