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Chapter 4: The Fur Trade Era: Exploration and Exchange

Supplemental materials for the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story'
Chapter 4 description and supplemental materials for the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story'
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

Williams, Eleazer 1788-1858

Canadian Clergyman, Missionary and Con Artist
Biography of Eleazer Williams, a Canadian clergyman and missionary who claimed to be the French Lost Dauphin.
Historical Essay

Indian schools in Wisconsin

Brief history of Indian schools in Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

The History of Wisconsin Winter Weather

Learn about the first extreme winters in Wisconsin suffered by explorers and settlers in the 17th through 19th centuries, with links to other articles
Historical Essay

The Fur Trade Era: 1650s to 1850s

A Short History of Wisconsin
Map or Atlas

Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France: Et des Decouvertes qui y ont été Faites

Date: 1710
Description: A seminal and fairly accurate map of the Great Lakes Region up to Baffin's Bay in Northern Canada. This is possibly the first printed map to locate Detroit...
Map or Atlas

Le Cours de Missisipi, ou de St. Louis: Fameuse Riviere de L'Amerique Septentrionale aux Environs de Laquelle se Trouve le Païs Appelle Louisiane

Date: 1718
Description: This map shows the Mississippi River, with latitude and longitude coordinates, ad covers east to Lake Ontario and south to Illinois. The inset map (the top...

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