Poet and Temperance Advocate |
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Biography of Wisconsin poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox. |
Fur Trader |
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Biography of pioneer fur trader Jacques Vieau. |
Land Speculator and Politician |
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Brief biography of surveyor, land speculator, railroad promoter and politician Byron Kilbourn, twice elected mayor of Milwaukee. |
Newspaperman, Politician and Inventor |
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Biography of newspaperman, a politician and typewriter inventor Christopher Latham Sholes. |
Brief biography of Philip Danforth Armour who established one of the world's largest meat packing firms. |
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Brief biography of Philip Danforth Armour who established one of the world's largest meat packing firms. |
Lumberman, Financier and Congressman |
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Biography of Isaac Stephenson who was a lumberman, financier and congressman. |
Lawyer, Judge, Politician and Land Speculator |
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Biography of lawyer, judge, politician and land speculator Morgan Lewis Martin. |
Temperance Lecturer, Abolitionist and Newspaper Editor |
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Biography of temperance lecturer, abolitionist and newspaper editor Sherman Miller Booth. |
Industrialist and Businessman |
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Biography of Milwaukee industrialist and businessman Louis Allis. |
Brewer |
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Biography of German brewer Jacob Best Sr., founder of the company that became Pabst Brewing. |
Journalist, Revolutionary and Union Army Officer |
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Biography of journalist, German revolutionary and Union army artillery officer Fritz Anneke. |
Lawyer, Politician and Judge |
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Biography of lawyer, politician and judge Edward George Ryan. |
Banker, Politician, Congressman and Railroad Promoter |
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Biography of banker, politician, Congressman and railroad promoter and executive Alexander Mitchell. |
Inventor |
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Biography of Ole Evinrude, a Norwegian-American inventor who created the first outboard motor. |
Fur Trader, Land Speculator, Politician and Founder of Milwaukee |
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Brief biography of Solomon Juneau, the fur trader, land speculator and politician who helped found Milwaukee. |
United States Supreme Court Justice |
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Biography of William H. Rehnquist, who was born in Milwaukee and went on to serve as an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. |
Librarian, Lecturer, Reformer and Author |
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Biography of Lutie Eugenia Stearns, librarian, lecturer, reformer and author who helped establish the Wisconsin Free Library Commission. |
Black Voting Rights Activist |
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Biography of Ezekiel Gillespie who was active in Milwaukee's small Black community, especially on voting rights issues. |
Fugitive Slave |
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Biography of Caroline Quarlls, the first fugitive slave conducted through Wisconsin's underground railroad network to freedom. |
Civil Rights Advocate and Legislator |
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Biography of Lloyd A. Barbee, Milwaukee civil rights advocate and legislator. |
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