Spirits Lead a Woman to Fortune |
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Morris Pratt was a well known psychic medium whose legacy is his eponymous spiritualist institution in Whitewater, known locally as "Pratt's Folly." |
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. |
How Plans to Make Madison's First Home Went up in Flames |
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Discover the Brief History and Tragic Ending of Madison's First Home |
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. |
From Bear Hunting on the Capitol Square to a Fully-incorporated City |
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Discover how Madison went from a small village in 1836 to being organized and governed as a city in 20 years time |
An Ordinary Woman has an Extraordinary Encounter |
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The story of Mary Hayes-Chynoweth, one of Wisconsin's most famous mystics who also predicted the future on a number of occasions. |
First Woman Notary Public |
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Discover the story of Wisconsin's first woman notary public Louise Williams who provided legal counsel for southern Wisconsin after the Civil War. |
The Remarkable History of the Telephone |
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Learn how Wisconsin resident Richard Valentine's invention would change the world |
The Story of Jonathan Walker, Abolitionist |
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Discover the story of Jonathan Walker, "Slave Stealer." |
The Clash of U.S Law and Indian Legal Tradition |
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Learn how the trial of Menominee Chief Oshkosh, one of the most famous in Wisconsin history, pitted Indian traditional justice against white man's law. |
Two Lawyers Spur Abolitionist Reform and Universal Voting Rights |
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Learn how Byron Paine and Halbert E. Paine used the power of law for radical abolitionist reform in mid-19th century Wisconsin. |
Wisconsin's Brigham Young |
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Discover the history of early Mormon leader James J. Strang, self-proclaimed successor to Joseph Smith. |
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