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| Date: | 11 23 1936 |
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| Description: | Interior view of Savidusky's Inc. branch in new Madison Theatre Building, 115 Monona Avenue, (Martin Luther King Jr, Boulevard), Art Deco style. |
| Date: | 11 17 1936 |
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| Description: | Savidusky's Cleaners and Dyers, at new location at 115 Monona Avenue. (Martin Luther King Jr, Boulevard) next to Madison Theatre. Sign reads: "Ladies plain... |
| Date: | 1923-01-11 |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across King Street towards the Arcade building. The right side of the Majestic theater building is on the far left, and then the storefronts are, from... |
| Date: | 1921-04-10 |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
| The First White Men in Madison |
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| The first white residents of Madison were fur traders Wallace Rowan, Olivier Ammel and Michel St. Cyr. |
| Fur Trader |
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| Brief bio of Augustin Grignon, a fur trader who ran a gristmill and flour mill at Kaukauna. |
| Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Watertown, Wisconsin. |
| Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Wausau, Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Field Trip |
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| Take a field trip to the Wisconsin Historical Museum in Madison! Students will learn about Wisconsin archaeology, the fur trade, and native people. |
| How the French Began the Fur Trade |
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| Discover how early French explorers mapped Wisconsin and began the state's fur trade. |
| Wisconsin's Involvement with the war on the French, British and Natives |
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| Learn how the British relinquished control of Wisconsin and Americans took over the region's fur trade during the war of 1812. |
| Learn about the first extreme winters in Wisconsin suffered by explorers and settlers in the 17th through 19th centuries, with links to other articles |
| When the Beaver was King |
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| Discover how beavers transformed Wisconsin's economy in the 1650s for the next two centuries. |
| Fur Trader and Explorer |
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| Brief biography of Médard Chouart des Groseilliers who was a fur trader and explorer. |
| Brief history of The American Revolution (in Wisconsin). |
| How Native Life was Transformed |
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| Discover how white contact disrupted and transformed Indian life in Wisconsin in the 17th and 18th centuries. |
| Fur Trader and Murderer |
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| Biography of pioneer fur trader John Baptiste Dubay. |
| Read about Black history in Wisconsin. There are many links to original documents, pictures, eyewitness accounts, and other primary sources. |
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