See a list of historical highlights from Wisconsin history |
Origin of Pike Creek, Wisconsin |
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Discover the history of Pike Creek, Wisconsin. |
Origin of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin |
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Discover the history of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. |
Civil War Philanthropist, Wisconsin First Lady, Nurse, and Teacher |
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A brief biography of Wisconsin’s Florence Nightingale, Cordelia Harvey who was a strong voice for innovatring Civil War Military hospitals. |
Wisconsin Civil War Officer, Wisconsin Governor |
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Brief biography of Gov. Louis P. Harvey, helped organize the Republican Party in 1854, state senator from 1854-1857 and in 1862 became governor. |
Newspaperman, Politician and Inventor |
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Biography of newspaperman, a politician and typewriter inventor Christopher Latham Sholes. |
Spiritualist, Social Reformer and Politician |
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Biography of spiritualist, social reformer and politician Warren Chase. |
Brief history of the automobile industry in Wisconsin. |
Brief description fo the events surrounding Milwaukee's Third Ward fire of 1892. |
See a list and brief description of significant fires in Wisconsin history. |
Brief history of the temperance movement in Wisconsin. |
Learn about the Slovenians who settled in cities in the southern and eastern parts of the state in large numbers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
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