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Field Trip or Tour

'Explore the Era of Stagecoach Travel' Field Trip

Wade House - Historic Site
At Wade House historic site, students learn about early Wisconsin transportation, travel and everyday life in a mid-19th century town.
Historical Essay

Millersville

Origin of Millersville, Wisconsin
Discover the history of Millersville, Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Mohrsville

Origin of Mohrsville, Wisconsin
Discover the history of Mohrsville, Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Mosel

Origin of Mosel, Wisconsin
Discover the history of Mosel, Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Mullet River, Sheboygan Co.

Origin of the Mullet River
Discover the history of the Mullet River
Historical Essay

Parnell

Origin of Parnell, Wisconsin
Discover the history of Parnell, Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Pigeon River

Origin of Pigeon River, Wisconsin
Discover the history of Pigeon River, Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Random Lake

Origin of Random Lake, Wisconsin
Discover the history of Random Lake, Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Rathbun (Mitchell township)

Origin of Rathbun, Wisconsin
Discover the history of Rathbun, Wisconsin
Historical Essay

Russell (Sheboygan)

Origin of Russell, Wisconsin
Discover the history of Russell, Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Wilson

Origin of Wilson, Wisconsin
Discover the history of Wilson, Wisconsin
Historical Essay

Winooski

Origin of Winooski, Wisconsin
Discover the history of Winooski, Wisconsin
Historical Essay

Kilbourn, Byron (1801-1870)

Land Speculator and Politician
Brief biography of surveyor, land speculator, railroad promoter and politician Byron Kilbourn, twice elected mayor of Milwaukee.
Historical Essay

Kohler, Walter Jodok 1875-1940

Politician and Industrialist
Biography of Walter Jodok Koher, politician and founder of the Kohler Company.
Historical Essay

Hmong in Wisconsin

Bries explanation of Hmong communities in Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Third Ward fire (Milwaukee, 1892)

Brief description fo the events surrounding Milwaukee's Third Ward fire of 1892.
Historical Essay

Reformed Churches in Wisconsin

Brief history of the various reformed churches brought to Wisconsin by German and Dutch immigrants.
Historical Essay

Commercial Vegetable Processing

Learn the brief history of commercial vegetable processing in Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Belgians in Wisconsin

Brief history of Belgians in Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Utopians in Wisconsin

Brief history of Utopians in Wisconsin.

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