Indian Sachem and Leader |
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Biography of Stockbridge Indian sachem John Quinney who helped secure full-value payment for their land and organized their removal to Wisconsin. |
Explorer and Author |
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Biography of explorer and author Jonathan Carver |
Newspaperman, Politician and Inventor |
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Biography of newspaperman, a politician and typewriter inventor Christopher Latham Sholes. |
Lawyer and Senator |
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Biography of lawyer and U.S. Senator Matthew Hale Carpenter. |
Fur Trader |
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Biography of John Lawe, a fur trader for Astor's American Fur Company in Green Bay. |
Artist and Author |
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Biography of author and artist George Catlin, who painted Indians. |
Missionary and Clergyman |
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Biography of Richard Fish Cadle, Episcopal clergyman and missionary who established many Wisconsin parishes. |
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. |
Lawyer, Judge, Politician and Land Speculator |
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Biography of lawyer, judge, politician and land speculator Morgan Lewis Martin. |
Ojibwe Chief |
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Biography of Ojibwe chief Joe Gishkitawag "Cut Ear" White, who was murdered by white game wardens. |
Author and Editor |
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Biography of author and editor Ray Stannard Baker, also known as David Grayson. |
Land Speculator and Businessman |
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Biography of fur trader, lumberman, land speculator and businessman Hercules Louis Dousman. |
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. |
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. |
Wisconsin Civil War Officer, Lumberman |
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Brief biography of Col. Joseph Bailey, the lumberman famous for his creative application of dams during the failed Civil War Red River Campaign of 1864. |
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