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| Date: | 07 30 1865 |
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| Description: | An exterior view across water of Robert Stephenson & Company Mill, which was a steam mill. |
| Ship Master: | Andrew McGraw |
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| Nearby City: | Gills Rock, Door County |
| Body of water: | Green Bay |
| Menominee War Chief |
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| Learn about the leadership of this Menominee War Chief and his negotiations with the U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs. |
| Location: | Reported abandoned at the pier. Local divers reported diving on a small schooner on the bottom at Kenosha. |
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| Ship Master: | Capt. John Davis |
| Nearby City: | Kenosha, Kenosha County |
| Body of water: | Lake Michigan |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A survey map of Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, and northern Iowa, showing the status of surveys, rivers, and lakes. The map also shows the locations of... |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Drawn the second year of the Civil War, this 1862 map of Milwaukee shows post offices, light houses, beacon lights, county buildings, elevator warehouses, ... |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | "Colonel B.J. Sweet's 21st Wisconsin Volunteer Regiments." Lithograph of the 21st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, on Parade at Camp Bragg (now Menom... |
| Fur Trader |
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| Brief biography of Queen Marinette, well-known for her charity work with the impoverished and sick. Marinette city and county adopted her name in tribute. |
| A Brief History of one of Wisconsin's Earliest Crops |
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| Discover the history of wild rice in Wisconsin. |
| Civil War Battle Summary |
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| Discover the role that Wisconsin troops, including Menominee warriors and our only unit of Black soldiers, played in a dramatic Civil War battle. |
| The People who Shaped the Movement |
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| Discover how a 19th century Scottish farm boy and many other devoted citizens created the conservation movement in Wisconsin. |
| Supplemental teaching materials for 'Native People of Wisconsin' |
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| Interactive whiteboard resources designed for use with Patty Loew's "Native People of Wisconsin" for the 4th grade classroom. |
| Location: | 917 Park Ave |
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| Nearby City: | Oconto, Oconto County |
| Body of water: | Lake Michigan |
| Fur Trader |
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| Brief bio of Augustin Grignon, a fur trader who ran a gristmill and flour mill at Kaukauna. |
| The Industry That Changed the State |
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| Discover how the logging industry shaped Wisconsin's economy and culture from the 19th century to the present. |
| Community: | Fountain City |
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| County: | Buffalo |
| Historic Name: | Stoll and Co. Hardware |
| Reference Number: | 2566 |
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