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Brando & Groppi

Date: 1975
Description: Actor Marlon Brando (center) and Father James Groppi of Milwaukee arrive at the Alexian Novitiate in Gresham. The building had been seized by members of th...
Map or Atlas

Sketch of the Public Surveys in Wisconsin Territory

Date: 1846
Description: A map of Wisconsin and a portion of Minnesota that show the township surveys in progress in portions of the Saint Croix River region and in central Wiscons...
Map or Atlas

Sketch of the Public Surveys in Wisconsin

Date: 1848
Description: Map of Wisconsin and a portion of Minnesota showing the township surveys in progress in portions of the Saint Croix River region and in central Wisconsin a...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Wisconsin's "Plymouth Rock" on site of fierce legendary Indian conflict

Date: 1921-05-22
County: Dane
City: Madison
Property Record

1ST ST S OF COUNTY HIGHWAY N, MIDWAY BETWEEN TWO UNNAMED STS, S OF MENOMINEE RIVER

Community: Aurora
County: Florence
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 22361
Historical Essay

Thomas Carron (1752 - 1817)

Menominee Chief
Discover the history of Thomas Carron
Photograph

Dells of the Wolf River

Date: 07 26 1931
Description: An elevated view of the Wolf River. The base of Smokey Falls is in the foreground. A large pine is growing on the rocky bank on the right. The printed capt...
Photograph

Abandoned Log Shack

Date: 09 17 1961
Description: A broken down, abandoned log shack on the Stockbridge Indian Reservation.
Photograph

Old Trading Post

Date: 1887
Description: View of the boom company office and the site of the old trading post.
Photograph

Ramsay & Jones Mill Yard

Date: 1887
Description: Mill workers in the yard at Ramsay & Jones Mill.
Historical Essay

American Indians in Modern Wisconsin

The Changing Status of the Native Americans
Read about Wisconsin's Indian tribes and their changing legal status throughout the 20th century.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Chief oshkosh pleads cause of the indian, says he has been denied his just rights

Date: 1923-08-29
County: Fond Du Lac
City: North Fond du Lac
Biographical Book Excerpt

Oshkosh

Date: 1795 - 1858
County: 
Photograph

Ernest Oshkosh

Date: 1925
Description: A portrait of a descendant of Chief Oshkosh, probably Ernest Oshkosh, with one foot in a traditional canoe. This image is part of an exhibit about Native A...
Photograph

Menomonie Indian Reservation

Date: 1920
Description: Sign for the toll road at Big Smoky Falls on the Wolf River. The sign reads: "Big Smoky Falls of the Wolf River. Many years ago before 1925 there was no ro...
Photograph

Standoff at Gresham

Date: 1975
Description: An unidentified member of the Wisconsin State Patrol points his revolver at several Native Americans at a vehicle checkpoint near Gresham. The State Patrol...
Map or Atlas

Land of the Winnebago

Date: 1979
Description: A map of Southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois showing the areas inhabited by the Ho-Chuck, formerly known as the Winnebago. Some of the location names ...
National or State Registers Record

Upper Twin Falls Road over the Menominee River

Community: Florence
County: Florence
Historic Name: Upper Twin Falls Bridge
Reference Number: 12001028
Photograph

Ramsay & Jones Mill

Date: 1887
Description: The Ramsay & Jones Mill with logs in the water in the foreground.
Map or Atlas

Chapman's Sectional Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1855
Description: This Wisconsin map depicts counties, creeks, rivers, lakes, railroads completed, railroads in progress, common roads and the Menomonee Reservation.

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