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| Community: | Madison |
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| County: | Dane |
| Historic Name: | Camp Randall Stadium |
| Reference Number: | 109646 |
| A Bizarre Story of Land Prospecting Gone Awry |
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| Read the amazing story of a man who watched his potential 10,000-square-mile northern Wisconsin empire disappear into thin air. |
| Use a letter written home by a Norwegian immigrant to take a closer look at the immigrant experience in 1840s Wisconsin |
| French Fur Trader |
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| Learn about one of the first French fur traders to visit Wisconsin. Read about his experiences with Indian tribes and his exploration of the countryside. |
| Explore the stories of women overlooked by history. We hope it inspires you to take a deeper dive into the lives of the women who shaped our state. |
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| Explore the stories of women overlooked by history. We hope it inspires you to take a deeper dive into the lives of the women who shaped our state. |
| Interactive Resource, Historical Essay, Slide Show |
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| Learn about how the Lucerne sank in the Chequamegon Bay in 1886 |
| Carrie Chapman Catt: A Life of Service |
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| View Carrie Chapman Catt's glass lantern slides from her travels as an activist for women's rights and world peace. |
| Learn more about the support of bold, visionary, engaged people who believe in our state, who understand the value of investing in transformational projects, like those who built the Society’s still-grand headquarters in 1900. |
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| Learn more about the support of bold, visionary, engaged people, who understand the value of investing in transformational projects. |
| Community: | Genesee |
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| County: | Waukesha |
| Historic Name: | Pleasant Valley Farm |
| Reference Number: | 243394 |
| Learn how to start researching your family history using our physical and online family history resources. |
| Avid Amateur Photographer |
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| Learn about the career of photographer Harry Dankoler, who captured images of his experiences throughout life and experimented with photo manipulation. |
| Community: | Milwaukee |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| Historic Name: | Frederic Palmer Rugee House |
| Reference Number: | 30223 |
| Community: | Hartland |
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| County: | Waukesha |
| Historic Name: | Dr. Henry G. B. Nixon House |
| Reference Number: | 7916 |
| 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. |
| Photographs, shot by Eduard Frankl, of war related activities in Europe and the Middle East during World War I. |
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