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Filter: Year of 1800-1899
| Date: | 11 21 1847 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of the burning of the steamer Phoenix on Lake Michigan, 17 miles from Sheboygan. Survivors are floating on debris in the water, and a ... |
| Community: | Milwaukee |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
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| Reference Number: | 16351 |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | The screw passenger and freight vessel, Manistee. Faint typing on picture describes the loss of the Manistee on November 16, 1883. The ship <... |
| Community: | Union |
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| County: | Rock |
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| Reference Number: | 83457 |
| Community: | Rhine |
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| County: | Sheboygan |
| Historic Name: | George Horneck Cheese Factory; Rhine Center Cheese Fa |
| Reference Number: | 82066 |
| Interactive Resource, Historical Essay, Slide Show |
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| Learn about how the Lucerne sank in the Chequamegon Bay in 1886 |
| Brief description of the sinking of the Lady Elgin which was carryinh about 300 Milwaukeeans. |
| Civil War veteran and Trappist Monk |
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| Learn about the lay brother from Wisconsin who worked at Damien's colony of exiled native Hawaiian lepers. |
| Learn about the women of Wisconsin, and their lives during the Civil War. |
| Brief account of the Peshtigo Fire that, in 1871, destroyed in two hours a swath of forest 10 miles wide and 40 miles long. |
| Community: | Milwaukee |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| Historic Name: | Merchant Mills Block |
| Reference Number: | 16136 |
| Survivors of the Peshtigo Fire |
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| Learn about two settlers, a white man and Indian woman, who survived the Peshtigo Fire. |
| Community: | Black River Falls |
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| County: | Jackson |
| Historic Name: | Union High School |
| Reference Number: | 16195 |
| Community: | Watertown |
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| County: | Jefferson |
| Historic Name: | Globe Flour Mill |
| Reference Number: | 80231 |
| Nearby City: | Kewaunee, Kewaunee County |
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| Body of water: | Lake Michigan |
| Community: | Milwaukee |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| Historic Name: | Pabst Theater |
| Reference Number: | 27232 |
| Learn about the 1832 conflict between the Sauk and Fox Indians and American troops that ended with the surrender of Black Hawk |
| Learn about the Peshtigo fire of 1871 |
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