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| Brief biography of University of Wisconsin chemistry and natural history professor, Ezra Slocum Carr. |
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| Brief biography of University of Wisconsin chemistry and natural history professor, Ezra Slocum Carr. |
| Brief biography of pioneer lawyer, politician and railroad man John Catlin. |
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| Brief biography of pioneer lawyer, politician and railroad man John Catlin. |
| 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 description of the Dow riots that took place in Madison during the Vietnam war and politicized thousands of previously apathetic students. |
| 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 history of the Barstow-Bashford Affair of 1856. |
| Brief explanation Thomas Jefferson's descendants in Wisconsin. |
| Brief history of Wisconsin's various capitol buildings built and destroyed over the decades. |
| Brief description of the various attempts to move the Wisconsin Capitol building to other locations. |
| Brief history of the ice harvesting industry in Wisconsin. |
| See a list and brief description of significant fires in Wisconsin history. |
| Learn about the meaning of "disasters in Wisconsin" and the various tragedies the state endured. |
| Brief history of the 1883 Capitol collapse disaster. |
| Brief hisory of troops from Wisconsin in the Civil War. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| The 12th Wisconsin Infantry was organized between October 18 and December 13, 1861, at Camp Randall in Madison. |
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