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| Read the history of Pleasant Ridge, Wisconsin, a unique a community developed by formerly enslaved African American slaves in the mid-19th century. |
| Read about "allotment," which was the Indian policy of the U.S. government from 1887-1934; also called the Dawes Act. |
| Brief biography of newspaperman and eventual Governor (1891-1895) |
| Brief biography of Helen Farnsworth Mears, the sculptress whose nine-foot statue, "Genius of Wisconsin," now stands in the WI state capitol. |
| Brief biography of Reuben Gold Thwaites |
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| Brief biography of Reuben Gold Thwaites managing editor of the WI State Journal and historian who was "the best known non-political man in Wisconsin." |
| Brief history of the ice harvesting industry in Wisconsin. |
| Read about the trials and tribulations of commercial fruit production in Wisconsin from 1854 until the early 20th century. |
| Brief timeline of Wisconsin history from 1900 to 1999. |
| Read about the Home for Women, a reformatory for women aged 18 -31, and the State Prison for Women, which became the Taycheedah Correctional Institution. |
| Read about the pottery industry in Wisconsin, which began when English potters emigrated in the 1840s and operated until the early 20th century. |
| Read about tornadoes in Wisconsin, including some of the worst to have struck the state. |
| Learn about the Lithuanians who emigrated to Wisconsin in the early 20th century and again after World War II. |
| Learn about the Croatian immigrants who came to Wisconsin, primarily between 1890 and 1914. |
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