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| Read about the Home for Women, a reformatory for women aged 18 -31, and the State Prison for Women, which became the Taycheedah Correctional Institution. |
| Read about the pottery industry in Wisconsin, which began when English potters emigrated in the 1840s and operated until the early 20th century. |
| Read about the Seventh-day Adventist Church and other Adventist goups in Wisconsin in the 19th century, including the Scandinavian adventist communities. |
| Lumberman, Businessman, Politician, Educator and Philanthropist |
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| Read about lumberman, businessman, politician, educator and philanthropist James Huff Stout of Menominee, who founded the Stout Institute |
| Read about tornadoes in Wisconsin, including some of the worst to have struck the state. |
| Learn about the Slovenians who settled in cities in the southern and eastern parts of the state in large numbers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
| Learn about the Lithuanians who emigrated to Wisconsin in the early 20th century and again after World War II. |
| Learn about the Croatian immigrants who came to Wisconsin, primarily between 1890 and 1914. |
| Learn about the Disciples of Christ, who first became active in Wisconsin in the 1830s. |
| Learn about the Greeks immigrants who came to Wisconsin in the early 20th century. |
| Learn about the Kreiter Piano Company, which produced pianos in Milwaukee and Marinette between 1880 and 1945. |
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| Learn about Warren Spahn, who pitched for the Milwaukee Braves from 1953 to 1964. |
| Learn about charivari, or shivaree, the 19th-century custom of harrassing newlyweds, often on their wedding night. |
| Learn about the Hungarian immigrants who came to Wisconsin from the 19th century through the post-World War II era. |
| Learn about the advent of Unitarianism in Wisconsin in the mid-19th century. |
| Author, Diplomat, Editor and Professor |
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| Discover the history of author, diplomat, editor and first professor of Scandinavian languages at the University of Wisconsin Rasmus Anderson. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Officer, Lawyer, Politican, "War Democrat", U.S. Congressman, U.S. Ambassador |
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| Read about General Edward Stuybesant Bragg from Fond du Lac, who served with the Iron Brigade in the Civil War. |
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