A brief history of the Barstow-Bashford Affair of 1856. |
List of Wisconsin's territorial governors from 1836 to 1848 and a brief summation of the responsibilities of the position. |
Too Progressive for Wisconsin |
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Discover why Wisconsin's 1846 was re-written and passed in 1848 |
A Wisconsin Civil War Story |
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A Wisconsin Civil War Story |
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Brief history of the Democratic party in the state of Wisconsin. |
Brief biography of fomer WI governor William Augustus Barstow (1813 - 1865). |
A Wisconsin Civil War Story |
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Sergeant Major George Driggs of Company E, 8th Wisconsin Infantry, introduced readers of his 1864 memoir to the regiment's mascot and most famous member. |
A Wisconsin Civil War Story |
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Brief biography of pioneer lawyer, politician and railroad man John Catlin. |
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Brief biography of pioneer lawyer, politician and railroad man John Catlin. |
Read about Governor Tommy Thompson's efforts to revitalize Wisconsin's economy and reform the state's welfare programs in the 1980s and 1990s. |
Documented and Legendary Accounts of Lincoln's Visits to Wisconsin |
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Abraham Lincoln's visits to Wisconsin, documented and legendary. |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Spirito Del Carnevale (Spirit of the Carnival)sculpture by Vinnie Ream, 1870. (Museum Object #1965.270.2) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Eagle feather from Old Abe, the mascot of the 8th Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. (Museum object #1972.59) |
U.S. Senator, Frontiersman, Soldier |
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Brief biography of Henry Dodge (1782 - 1867). |
The History of the Movement |
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Discover how Robert "Fighting Bob" La Follette, the Wisconsin Republican Party and the Progressive Movement reformed state and national government. |
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