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| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Statue of the monk with a cross in his left hand and his right hand upraised. Behind the statue is a plaque with a carving of an Indian in a canoe near a s... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Northwestern Lithographing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, art lithographers, with a sidebar image of an American Indian woman with brai... |
| Read about the possible historic origins of the frequently used syllable "wau" in the geographic names of Wisconsin. |
| When the Beaver was King |
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| Discover how beavers transformed Wisconsin's economy in the 1650s for the next two centuries. |
| View the collection of images of Wisconsin women in a variety of activities: farm work, canning, suffragism, photography, war work and civil rights. |
| How the University was Began |
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| Discover how the lack of educational opportunities in Wisconsin helped create the University of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Map showing Indian mounds and graves as well as ground cover types at Township 8, Range 22. There is an inset diagram of an effigy mound labeled "The Cross... |
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| Description: | Map showing Indian mounds in Milwaukee's Second Ward from a sketch made by Increase Lapham in 1836. Streets shown on the map include 6th Street, 5th Street... |
| Speakers Bureau |
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| John Gurda is a WHS Press author and a member of the Wisconsin Historical Society Speakers Bureau. |
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| Nicholas Hoffman is a WHS Press author, Administrator of Museums and Historic Sites, and a member of the Wisconsin Historical Society Speakers Bureau. |
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| William Povletich is a WHS Press author and a member of the Wisconsin Historical Society Speakers Bureau. |
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