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| Brief description of the Carver Grant, a hypothetical tract of land that would have included much of northwestern Wisconsin. |
| Lawyer, Politician, Land Speculator, Promoter and Author |
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| Biography of lawyer, politician, land speculator and promoter and author of a History of the Territory of Wisconsin, Moses Mccure Strong. |
| Land Speculator and Politician |
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| Brief biography of surveyor, land speculator, railroad promoter and politician Byron Kilbourn, twice elected mayor of Milwaukee. |
| Brief history of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal. |
| Lawyer, Politician and Governor |
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| Discover the history of Wisconsin governor Bashford Coles. |
| 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. |
| Brief history of the Fox and Wisconsin River Improvement Company. |
| Brief biography of fomer WI governor William Augustus Barstow (1813 - 1865). |
| A Dishonest Democrat and a Radical Republican |
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| Learn about the election that was so close that Wisconsin briefly had two governors until one was exposed for tampering with ballots. |
| A Short History of Wisconsin |
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| Read about immigration and economic growth in 19th-century Wisconsin. |
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