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Historical Essay

Land Grant Scandal

Brief description of the Land Grant Scandal of the late 1850s.
Historical Essay

Meeme Poll House

Historical Essay

Menos, Gus G. 1920

Historical Essay

Railroads in Wisconsin

Brief history of railroads in Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

School Land Scandal

Brief description of the School Land Scandal.
Historical Essay

Carver Grant

Brief description of the Carver Grant, a hypothetical tract of land that would have included much of northwestern Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Chapin, Aaron Lucius (1817 - 1892)

Editor, College President and Congregational Clergyman
Explore the history of Aaron Lucius Chapin
Historical Essay

Strong, Moses McCure 1810-1894

Lawyer, Politician, Land Speculator, Promoter and Author
Biography of lawyer, politician, land speculator and promoter and author of a History of the Territory of Wisconsin, Moses Mccure Strong.
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Kilbourn, Byron (1801-1870)

Land Speculator and Politician
Brief biography of surveyor, land speculator, railroad promoter and politician Byron Kilbourn, twice elected mayor of Milwaukee.
Historical Essay

Coles Bashford (1816 - 1878)

Lawyer and Politician
Discover the history of Coles Bashford
Historical Essay

Milwaukee and Rock River Canal

Brief history of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal.
Historical Essay

Bashford, Coles (1816-1878)

Lawyer, Politician and Governor
Discover the history of Wisconsin governor Bashford Coles.
Historical Essay

Petersylvania, Wisconsin

A Bizarre Story of Land Prospecting Gone Awry
Read the amazing story of a man who watched his potential 10,000-square-mile northern Wisconsin empire disappear into thin air.
Historical Essay

Fox and Wisconsin River Improvement Company

Brief history of the Fox and Wisconsin River Improvement Company.

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