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| History of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
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| Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. |
| Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to La Crosse, Wisconsin. |
| Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. |
| A Wisconsin Civil War Story |
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| The Printer and the Priest |
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| Discover how Wisconsin got its first printing press, and the impact that a Catholic priest would have on Ho-Chunk literacy. |
| Oshkosh, Wisconsin Historical Details |
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| Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Oshkosh, Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Fragment of six-pound cannonball fired in battle between American and British forces on July 1814 at Prairie du Chien, Illinois Territory (now Wisconsin). |
| Beyond Beer and Brats |
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| Explore the history of Labor Day celebrations in Wisconsin. |
| One Man's Journey from Slavery to Madison Business Owner to State Assembly Staff Member |
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| Learn about a freed slave's intriguing story as a barber serving Wisconsin's prominent politicians, and as a well-known, beloved face in the capital city. |
| Learn how the Society became the permanent home for the McCormick-International Harvester Collection. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Shoe last (form) used to make boots for Frederick Shadick of Cottage Inn, Wisconsin, 1849-1854. (Museum object #1968.15.1) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Surveyor's tree blaze from the 1841 expedition to lay out the boundary between Wisconsin and Michigan, found at Trout Lake, Vilas County, Wisconsin. (Museu |
| Read about Black history in Wisconsin. There are many links to original documents, pictures, eyewitness accounts, and other primary sources. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Iron collar removed from a freedom seeker by Wisconsin soldiers in 1862. (Museum object #1961.73) |
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