Brief description of the Carver Grant, a hypothetical tract of land that would have included much of northwestern Wisconsin. |
Editor, College President and Congregational Clergyman |
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Explore the history of Aaron Lucius Chapin |
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. |
Lawyer and Politician |
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Discover the history of Coles Bashford |
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. |
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