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Menominee Training School Dance Card

Date: 06 23 1908
Description: Menominee Training School dance card.
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Menominee War Dance

Date: 1842
Description: Menominee war dance, as depicted by Francois, Comte de Castelnau, a French naturalist and diplomat who visited Green Bay, Wisconsin about 1838. This detail...
Shipwreck

Hustler (1893)

Location: 7 1/2 miles southeast of menominee. Mi
Ship Master: Captain Orin Angwall
Nearby City: Menominee, Marinette County
Body of water: Green Bay
Photograph

Spirit of the Northwest

Date: 1920
Description: "Spirit of the Northwest" monument by Sidney Bedore, on the grounds of the Brown County Court House. Represented, left to right: a Menominee, Claude Alloue...
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Village of Folle-Avoines

Date: 1842
Description: A Menominee village as depicted by Francois, Comte de Castelnau, a French naturalist and diplomat who visited the Green Bay area about 1838. The detailed, ...
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Chart of Menominee Harbor, Green Bay, Including the Cities of Marinette, Wis. and Menominee, Mich.

Date: 1906
Description: This map shows streets, railroads, land use, public buildings, commercial businesses, and the Menominee River. Depths are shown by gradient tints and sound...
Shipwreck

Sophia Lawrence (1882)

Ship Master: J. Adams
Nearby City: Egg Harbor, Door County
Body of water: Green Bay
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Fleetwing (1867)

Ship Master: Andrew McGraw
Nearby City: Gills Rock, Door County
Body of water: Green Bay
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Mariner (1854)

Location: Run aground on Green Island, Green Bay, Lake Michigan.
Nearby City: Marinette, Marinette County
Body of water: Green Bay
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Starlight (1897)

Ship Master: Eli Christianson
Body of water: Green Bay
Manuscript

Calendared Treaty of Green Bay

Date: 08 18 1821
Description: Green Bay Treaty, August 18, 1821. The treaty is signed by the chiefs of the six Indian nations for the possession of lands near the Fox River to the Winne...
Manuscript

Calendared Treaty of Green Bay

Date: 08 18 1821
Description: The reverse side of the Green Bay treaty, August 18, 1821. The treaty is signed by the chiefs of the six Indian nations for the possession of lands near th...
Historical Essay

Williams, Eleazer 1788-1858

Canadian Clergyman, Missionary and Con Artist
Biography of Eleazer Williams, a Canadian clergyman and missionary who claimed to be the French Lost Dauphin.
Historical Essay

Green Bay, Wisconsin - A Brief History

Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Indian schools in Wisconsin

Brief history of Indian schools in Wisconsin.
Historic Marker

Erie L. Hackley Maritime Trails Marker

Location: Egg Harbor Marina
Nearby City: Egg Harbor, Door County
Body of water: Green Bay
Historical Essay

Juneau, Solomon 1793-1856

Fur Trader, Land Speculator, Politician and Founder of Milwaukee
Brief biography of Solomon Juneau, the fur trader, land speculator and politician who helped found Milwaukee.
Historical Essay

Grignon, Augustin (1780-1860)

Fur Trader
Brief bio of Augustin Grignon, a fur trader who ran a gristmill and flour mill at Kaukauna.
Historical Essay

Early U.S. Settlement

Military Outposts in Wisconsin
Read how American forts were established and settlement increased in Wisconsin after the War of 1812.
Historical Essay

Lumbering in Wisconsin

Brief history of lumbering in Wisconsin.

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