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| The Birth of the Badgers |
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| Discover the history of lead mining in Wisconsin, and the origin of Badgers. |
| Hard Times in Wisconsin |
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| Discover the role Wisconsin played in ending the Great Depression |
| How Wisconsin Became the Dairy State |
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| Brief history of the dairy industry in Wisconsin. |
| Steamships, Canals and the 19th Century Economy |
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| Discover what happened when 19th century Wisconsin settlers tried to construct a canal between the Mississippi and the Great Lakes. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Milwaukee Light Guard coat worn by Captain John C. Starkweather, 1858-1861. (Museum object #1957.282) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Case of soda pop bottles shipped by the Kurth Company of Columbus, Wisconsin during prohibition, 1920-1933. (Museum object #1994.77.1) |
| The History of Modern Immigration in Wisconsin |
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| Discover the economic and cultural changes that brought new immigrants to Wisconsin in the 20th century. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Tool chest used by carpenter Charles Colburn of Wonewoc, Wisconsin, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (Museum object #2004.137.1-248) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Landscape view of the Martin Luetscher II farmstead, Honey Creek Township, Wisconsin, c. 1875 (Museum object #2005.182.1) |
| Learn about the rise of Wisconsin Dells tourism, and read about the creation and collapse of the man-made river it was founded on. |
| 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. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Copper kettle used to make Swiss cheese at the Tuscobia Cheese Factory near Rice Lake, Wisconsin, c. 1910 to 1969. (Museum object #2004.64.1) |
| A History of Disease in Wisconsin |
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| Read this informative collection of all the outbreaks and epidemics in Wisconsin's history. |
| Learn how epidemics erupted in Wisconsin and the ways communities responded |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Ceremonial container made from a gourd, presented to Wisconsin Governor William R. Taylor, 1874. (Museum object #1993.53) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Dairyland Rat Poison container made for the Wisconsin Pharmacal Co. of Milwaukee, 1955-1965. (Museum object #1999.143.34) |
| Read about Black history in Wisconsin. There are many links to original documents, pictures, eyewitness accounts, and other primary sources. |
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