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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
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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, ...
Shipwreck

Sophia Lawrence (1882)

Ship Master: J. Adams
Nearby City: Egg Harbor, Door County
Body of water: Green Bay
Shipwreck

Fleetwing (1867)

Ship Master: Andrew McGraw
Nearby City: Gills Rock, Door County
Body of water: Green Bay
Shipwreck

Mariner (1854)

Location: Run aground on Green Island, Green Bay, Lake Michigan.
Nearby City: Marinette, Marinette County
Body of water: Green Bay
Shipwreck

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

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

Baird, Elizabeth, 1810-1890, and Baird, Henry, 1800-1875

Influential Early Wisconsin Settlers

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