A Bizarre Story of Land Prospecting Gone Awry |
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Read the amazing story of a man who watched his potential 10,000-square-mile northern Wisconsin empire disappear into thin air. |
A Warrior Prepared to Die is Disappointed |
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Discover the story of a Ho-Chunk warrior who surrenders and is grieved at receiving a fair trial. |
A History of Disease in Wisconsin |
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Read this informative collection of all the outbreaks and epidemics in Wisconsin's history. |
When the Beaver was King |
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Discover how beavers transformed Wisconsin's economy in the 1650s for the next two centuries. |
Wisconsin's Involvement with the war on the French, British and Natives |
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Learn how the British relinquished control of Wisconsin and Americans took over the region's fur trade during the war of 1812. |
A Plot of Land Becomes a City |
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Discover how Wisconsin went from a small part of a territory to a capital city. |
Military Outposts in Wisconsin |
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Read how American forts were established and settlement increased in Wisconsin after the War of 1812. |
How the Natives Lost Their Land |
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Learn about the many treaties between the United States government and native tribes. |
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