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| Speakers Bureau |
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| Robert Silbernagel is a WHS Press author and a member of the Wisconsin Historical Society Speakers Bureau. |
| Supplemental materials for the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story' |
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| Chapter 4 description and supplemental materials for the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story' |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Field Trip |
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| Take a field trip to the Wisconsin Historical Museum in Madison! Students will learn about Wisconsin archaeology, the fur trade, and native people. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Nine men arrive at Fort William by canoe. Fort William, also called Kaministiguia, was the Hudson's Bay fur trading post. Men are standing along the opposi... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype studio portrait of Augustin Grignon. He is seated, holding a tomahawk. The tomahawk, which could also be used as a pipe, was made... |
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| Description: | A view showing a line of ox carts loaded with furs leaving the Hudson Bay Company's Post to make the 16 mile trip to avoid the rapids on Slave River. Housi... |
| Date: | 11 23 1936 |
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| Description: | Interior view of Savidusky's Inc. branch in new Madison Theatre Building, 115 Monona Avenue, (Martin Luther King Jr, Boulevard), Art Deco style. |
| Date: | 11 17 1936 |
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| Description: | Savidusky's Cleaners and Dyers, at new location at 115 Monona Avenue. (Martin Luther King Jr, Boulevard) next to Madison Theatre. Sign reads: "Ladies plain... |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | This house was located among the Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians. Here Hölzlhuber and his companions took shelter in an uncomfortable stable one night, after an ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | The home and fur-trading post of Col. Dominique DuCharme. The portion of the structure on the left was built by DuCharme in 1791. The right portion was add... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A drawing of the DuCharme/Grignon house and fur-trading post as it appeared shortly before being razed in about 1892. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | The home and fur-trading post of Col. Dominique DuCharme. The portion of the structure on the left was built by DuCharme in 1791. The right portion was add... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | The home and fur-trading post of Col. Dominique DuCharme. The portion of the structure on the left was built by DuCharme in 1791. The right portion was add... |
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| Description: | Ruins of the Ducharme/Grignon House in Kaukauna built during the French fur trade period of Wisconsin history. The left portion of the building was built a... |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait engraving of Solomon Laurent Juneau (1793-1856), Wisconsin fur trader and politician. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of two men riding on top of a horse-drawn wagon loaded with animal hides. They are driving on a street in a small town near two four-story f... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Woodcut illustration of three standing figures, possibly a missionary, a fur trader, and an American Indian, depicting Wisconsin history. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | A man holds a wood stretcher/fleshing beam near his game. |
| Pioneer Fur Trader |
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| Brief biography of pioneer fur trader Michael Cadotte. |
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