Brief history of Jesuit Missionaries and key figures |
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Names and brief bios of principal missionaries who served in or wrote about Wisconsin, or are mentioned in Jesuit Relations concerning Wisconsin. |
Magician and Showman |
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Brief biography of Harry Houdini (1874 - 1926). |
A Disappointment that Created a Community |
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Learn about the most successful Utopian community in Wisconsin, born of a failed doomsday prediction. |
A Good Mother, a Good Friend and a Good Woman |
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Discover Juliet Severance, the free-thinking Whitewater physician who was involved with the anti-slavery movement, temperance and women's rights. |
The Virgin Mary Appears to an Illiterate Peasant Girl |
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Learn about the first and only manifestation of the Virgin Mary in the United States near Green Bay, confirmed by the Vatican. |
Where Exactly did it Start? |
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When and where did The Gideons International really begin? There are more answers then you would think. Give this a read and decide for yourself. |
Spirits Lead a Woman to Fortune |
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Morris Pratt was a well known psychic medium whose legacy is his eponymous spiritualist institution in Whitewater, known locally as "Pratt's Folly." |
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