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| Lumberman, Businessman, Politician, Educator and Philanthropist |
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| Read about lumberman, businessman, politician, educator and philanthropist James Huff Stout of Menominee, who founded the Stout Institute |
| Episcopal Missionary |
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| Discover the history of pioneer Protestant Episcopal churchman and missionary Jackson Kemper, who established Nashotah House and Racine College |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| The 15th Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Randall in Madison and mustered into service on February 2, 1862. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| Read about the 13th Wisconsin Light Artillery, which served at New Orleans and Baton Rouge during the Civil War. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| Read about the 8th Wisconsin Light Artillery, known as "Lyons' Pinery Battery," which was organized at Racine and served in the Civil War from 1862-1865. |
| Read about tornadoes in Wisconsin, including some of the worst to have struck the state. |
| Learn about the German Austrianswho emigrated to Wisconsin in the latter half of the 19th century, mainly settling in cities and towns. |
| Leart about Dutch immigration to Wisconsin, which peaked between 1840 and 1890 and was divided into Protestant and Catholic group. |
| Learn about the Slovenians who settled in cities in the southern and eastern parts of the state in large numbers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| Learn about the 3rd Wisconsin Light Artillery, or Badger Battery, which served in the Civil War from 1862 to 1865, losing 27 men. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| Learn about the 11th Wisconsin Infantry, which served in the Civil War from 1861 to 1865 and lost 373 men. |
| Learn about the Lithuanians who emigrated to Wisconsin in the early 20th century and again after World War II. |
| Learn about the Croatian immigrants who came to Wisconsin, primarily between 1890 and 1914. |
| Learn about the Disciples of Christ, who first became active in Wisconsin in the 1830s. |
| Learn about the Kreiter Piano Company, which produced pianos in Milwaukee and Marinette between 1880 and 1945. |
| Learn about the oldest cities and towns in Wisconsin which were established by 1836 and still exist today. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| Learn about the 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry, which served in the Civil War from 1861 to 1865 and lost 312 men. |
| Learn about the Baptist congregations which began organizing in Wisconsin in the 1830s. |
| Learn about charivari, or shivaree, the 19th-century custom of harrassing newlyweds, often on their wedding night. |
| Learn about the Hungarian immigrants who came to Wisconsin from the 19th century through the post-World War II era. |
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