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| Brief explanation of the history of beer and breweries in Wisconsin. |
| Brief description of the Dow riots that took place in Madison during the Vietnam war and politicized thousands of previously apathetic students. |
| The Milwaukee Handicraft Project was a program of the Work Projects Administration (WPA) that employed women to make handmade products. |
| A brief description of the history of dining out as a cultural tradition in Wisconsin. |
| Brief history of the labor movement in Wisconsin. |
| Brief history of theaters and theatrical productions in Wisconsin. |
| Brief history of the Civil Rights Movement in Wisconsin. |
| Brief description of the group who won control of the UW-Madison student government in the spring of 1978 and conducted a series of classic pranks. |
| A brief description of the history of mining operations in Southwestern Wisconsin. |
| A collection of links to other places on our site related to architecture in Wisconsin. |
| Brief history of the Fox and Wisconsin River Improvement Company. |
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| Biography of Ezekiel Gillespie who was active in Milwaukee's small Black community, especially on voting rights issues. |
| A brief history of the Barstow-Bashford Affair of 1856. |
| Brief history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wisconsin. |
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