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| The Power of the Pumpkin |
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| Read the story of the first Thanksgiving celebrated in Madison. |
| The Brief Stay of Rutherford B. Hayes |
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| Discover the visits US presidents have paid to Wisconsin |
| Celebrations of Memorial Day Throughout History |
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| Discover the history of Memorial Day celebrations in Wisconsin. |
| The Story of Lost Bird |
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| Discover this harrowing story that brings together a feminist pioneer and the infant her husband found in the aftermath of Wounded Knee. |
| From Under a Tree to Madison's Most Popular Lodge |
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| Discover the story surrounding the planning and construction of the first building erected in Madison. |
| The Constitutional Convention's Influence on the City |
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| Find out where some of the most traveled streets of Madison got their names. |
| Speculating on a Dream |
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| Join cantankerous British geologist George Featherstonehaugh as he travels to Madison in 1837 and finds things not as he expected them to be. |
| Argument and an Unpopular Choice |
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| Discover how Madison became the capitol city during the first Wisconsin territorial convention |
| The First White Men in Madison |
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| The first white residents of Madison were fur traders Wallace Rowan, Olivier Ammel and Michel St. Cyr. |
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