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| See a list of historical highlights from Wisconsin history |
| Brief biography of newspaperman and eventual Governor (1891-1895) |
| Missionary and Clergyman |
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| Biography of Richard Fish Cadle, Episcopal clergyman and missionary who established many Wisconsin parishes. |
| Inventor |
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| Biography of Ole Evinrude, a Norwegian-American inventor who created the first outboard motor. |
| Fort Atkinson Poet |
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| Biography of Lorine Niedecker, a poet raised in Fort Atkinson. |
| Spiritualist and Psychic Healer |
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| Biography of spiritualist and psychic healer Mary Hayes Chynoweth. |
| Brief description of Wisconsin's Blizzard of 1881 also called the "Big Snow of '81." |
| Read about the Seventh-day Adventist Church and other Adventist goups in Wisconsin in the 19th century, including the Scandinavian adventist communities. |
| Read about tornadoes in Wisconsin, including some of the worst to have struck the state. |
| Professor, University President, Geologist and Author |
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| Discover the history of professor, university president, geologist and author, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, who establishing the university extension. |
| Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Watertown, Wisconsin. |
| Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Historian and Author |
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| Read about the man who wrote the most cited book on Wisconsin's involvement in the Civil War. This article includes several links to his work. |
| A Good Mother, a Good Friend and a Good Woman |
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| Discover Juliet Severance, the free-thinking Whitewater physician who was involved with the anti-slavery movement, temperance and women's rights. |
| The Surprise and Aftermath of a Miraculous Birth |
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| Discover the sad story of the naturally-conceived set of quintuplets born in Watertown, believed to be the first set of quintuplets in the U.S. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Half gallon milk bottle used by Hoard's Dairyman Farm of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, c. 1934-1944. (Museum Object 1977.354.84) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Model 2500 bonded carbon/aluminum racing bicycle, made by the Trek Bicycle Corporation, Waterloo, Wisconsin in 1988. (Museum object # 2005.135.1) |
| A Fortification That may not Have Existed |
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| Learn the story surrounding the building of Fort Koshkonong by General Henry Atkinson. |
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