Fur Trader and Murderer |
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Biography of pioneer fur trader John Baptiste Dubay. |
Wisconsin's first Methodist Missionary |
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Biography of Methodist clergyman, lawyer, politician and author Alfred Brunson |
Trader, Scout and Interpreter |
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Biography of biracial Indian and European trader, scout and interpreter Pierre Paquette. |
Presbyterian Missionary |
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Biography of Presbyterian clergyman Cutting Marsh, who worked as a missionary with the Stockbridge Indians. |
Leader and warrior of the Sauk Indians |
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Biography of Black Hawk |
Catholic Priest, Missionary, Architect and Scientist |
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Biography of Catholic priest, missionary, architect and science teacher Samuel C. Mazzuchelli. |
Chief of the Menominee Indians |
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Biography of Menominee Indian chief Oshkosh. |
Fur Trader |
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Biography of pioneer fur trader Jacques Vieau. |
Interpreter |
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Biography of interpreter Benjamin Green Armstrong who helped reverse the Indian removal order of 1849. |
Land Speculator and Politician |
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Brief biography of surveyor, land speculator, railroad promoter and politician Byron Kilbourn, twice elected mayor of Milwaukee. |
Indian Sachem and Leader |
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Biography of Stockbridge Indian sachem John Quinney who helped secure full-value payment for their land and organized their removal to Wisconsin. |
Newspaperman, Politician and Inventor |
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Biography of newspaperman, a politician and typewriter inventor Christopher Latham Sholes. |
Lawyer and Senator |
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Biography of lawyer and U.S. Senator Matthew Hale Carpenter. |
Fur Trader |
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Biography of John Lawe, a fur trader for Astor's American Fur Company in Green Bay. |
Artist and Author |
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Biography of author and artist George Catlin, who painted Indians. |
Missionary and Clergyman |
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Biography of Richard Fish Cadle, Episcopal clergyman and missionary who established many Wisconsin parishes. |
Pioneer Settler and Indian Trader |
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Biography of pioneer settle and Indian trader Nathan Myrick, who had a sawmill on the Black River and sold firewood and lumber to Mississippi steamers. |
Brief biography of Philip Danforth Armour who established one of the world's largest meat packing firms. |
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Brief biography of Philip Danforth Armour who established one of the world's largest meat packing firms. |
Lumberman, Financier and Congressman |
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Biography of Isaac Stephenson who was a lumberman, financier and congressman. |
Lawyer, Judge, Politician and Land Speculator |
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Biography of lawyer, judge, politician and land speculator Morgan Lewis Martin. |
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