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| Read the history of Pleasant Ridge, Wisconsin, a unique a community developed by formerly enslaved African American slaves in the mid-19th century. |
| Survivors of the Peshtigo Fire |
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| Learn about two settlers, a white man and Indian woman, who survived the Peshtigo Fire. |
| Brief biography of University of Wisconsin chemistry and natural history professor, Ezra Slocum Carr. |
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| Brief biography of University of Wisconsin chemistry and natural history professor, Ezra Slocum Carr. |
| Brief biography of newspaperman and eventual Governor (1891-1895) |
| Brief biography of Helen Farnsworth Mears, the sculptress whose nine-foot statue, "Genius of Wisconsin," now stands in the WI state capitol. |
| 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. |
| Brief biography of Reuben Gold Thwaites |
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| Brief biography of Reuben Gold Thwaites managing editor of the WI State Journal and historian who was "the best known non-political man in Wisconsin." |
| Brief history of the automobile industry in Wisconsin. |
| Brief account of the Peshtigo Fire that, in 1871, destroyed in two hours a swath of forest 10 miles wide and 40 miles long. |
| Brief history of the ice harvesting industry in Wisconsin. |
| Read about the trials and tribulations of commercial fruit production in Wisconsin from 1854 until the early 20th century. |
| brewer, businessman |
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| Brief biography of brewer and businessman Joseph Schlitz (1831-1875). |
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