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| Interpreter |
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| Biography of interpreter Benjamin Green Armstrong who helped reverse the Indian removal order of 1849. |
| Pioneer Settler and Indian Trader |
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| Biography of pioneer settle and Indian trader Nathan Myrick, who had a sawmill on the Black River and sold firewood and lumber to Mississippi steamers. |
| 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. |
| Temperance Lecturer, Abolitionist and Newspaper Editor |
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| Biography of temperance lecturer, abolitionist and newspaper editor Sherman Miller Booth. |
| Suffragist and Minister |
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| Biography of suffragist and Universalist minister Olympia Brown, the first female minister in America. |
| Lawyer and Politician |
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| Biography of John Coit Spooner who was a lawyer and politician, known as a leading Stalwart Republican. |
| Educator, University President and Author |
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| Brief biography of John Bascom, president of the University of Wisconsin from 1874 to 1887. |
| Lumberman and Timber Mogul |
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| Biography of Frederick Weyerhaeuser, the lumberman and timber mogul who founded the Weyerhaeuser Company and became the 8th richest American ever. |
| 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. |
| Civil Rights Advocate and Legislator |
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| Biography of Lloyd A. Barbee, Milwaukee civil rights advocate and legislator. |
| Fort Atkinson Poet |
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| Biography of Lorine Niedecker, a poet raised in Fort Atkinson. |
| Spiritualist and Psychic Healer |
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| Biography of spiritualist and psychic healer Mary Hayes Chynoweth. |
| Novelist, Biographer, Scholar and Teacher |
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| Biography of novelist, biographer, scholar and teacher Mark Schorer. |
| Author and Publisher |
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| Biography of author and publisher August Derleth, 1909-1971. |
| Lawyer, Politician, Senator, Cabinet Officer and Philanthropist |
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| Biography of William Freeman Vilas, 1840-1908. |
| Pitcher |
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| Learn about Warren Spahn, who pitched for the Milwaukee Braves from 1953 to 1964. |
| WWII Air Ace |
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| Discover the history of WWII air ace Richard Bong. |
| Conservationist, Preservationist and Writer |
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| Discover the history of conservationist, preservationist and writer Walter E. Scott. |
| 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. |
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