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| Read the history of Pleasant Ridge, Wisconsin, a unique a community developed by formerly enslaved African American slaves in the mid-19th century. |
| Brief biography of University of Wisconsin chemistry and natural history professor, Ezra Slocum Carr. |
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| Brief biography of University of Wisconsin chemistry and natural history professor, Ezra Slocum Carr. |
| Brief biography of pioneer lawyer, politician and railroad man John Catlin. |
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| Brief biography of pioneer lawyer, politician and railroad man John Catlin. |
| Brief biography of newspaperman and eventual Governor (1891-1895) |
| Brief biography of Philip Danforth Armour who established one of the world's largest meat packing firms. |
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| Brief biography of Philip Danforth Armour who established one of the world's largest meat packing firms. |
| Brief biography of Reuben Gold Thwaites |
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| Brief biography of Reuben Gold Thwaites managing editor of the WI State Journal and historian who was "the best known non-political man in Wisconsin." |
| Fur Trader |
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| Brief bio of Augustin Grignon, a fur trader who ran a gristmill and flour mill at Kaukauna. |
| Brief history of the Fox and Wisconsin River Improvement Company. |
| A brief history of the Barstow-Bashford Affair of 1856. |
| Brief history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wisconsin. |
| Brief history of the ice harvesting industry in Wisconsin. |
| Brief description of the burning of the steamer Niagara. Congressman John B. Macy of Empire, Fond du Lac County, was numbered among the victims. |
| Read about the trials and tribulations of commercial fruit production in Wisconsin from 1854 until the early 20th century. |
| Documented and Legendary Accounts of Lincoln's Visits to Wisconsin |
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| Abraham Lincoln's visits to Wisconsin, documented and legendary. |
| Brief history of the quarrying industry in Wisconsin. |
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