Shields [origin of place name] | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Shields [origin of place name]

Shields [origin of place name] | Wisconsin Historical Society
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Named for General Shields, an Irish statesman in the United States senate, who represented three different states: Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri.

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[Source: Waupun Leader-News, 19 May 1938.]