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Historical Essay

Peck, George Wilbur (1840-1916)

Brief biography of newspaperman and eventual Governor (1891-1895)
Historical Essay

Cadle, Richard Fish (1796-1857)

Missionary and Clergyman
Biography of Richard Fish Cadle, Episcopal clergyman and missionary who established many Wisconsin parishes.
Historical Essay

Chamberlin, Thomas Chrowder (1843-1928)

Professor, University President, Geologist and Author
Discover the history of professor, university president, geologist and author, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, who establishing the university extension.
Historical Essay

Juliet Severance, Radical Victorian

A Good Mother, a Good Friend and a Good Woman
Discover Juliet Severance, the free-thinking Whitewater physician who was involved with the anti-slavery movement, temperance and women's rights.
Historical Essay

Psychics and Mystics in 1850s Wisconsin

Spirits Lead a Woman to Fortune
Morris Pratt was a well known psychic medium whose legacy is his eponymous spiritualist institution in Whitewater, known locally as "Pratt's Folly."
Property Record

101 S CONCORD AVE

Community: Whitewater
County: Jefferson
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 75358
Property Record

119 S CONCORD AVE

Community: Whitewater
County: Jefferson
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 75360
Property Record

303-7 FREEMONT RD

Community: Whitewater
County: Jefferson
Historic Name: Nelson Fryer
Reference Number: 80261
Property Record

303-7 FREEMONT RD

Community: Whitewater
County: Jefferson
Historic Name: W.G. Marshall
Reference Number: 80263

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