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| United States Supreme Court Justice |
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| Biography of William H. Rehnquist, who was born in Milwaukee and went on to serve as an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. |
| Brief entry on Paramount records, based out of Grafton, WI, which produced some of the nation's most important early blues recordings. |
| Brief description of the Dow riots that took place in Madison during the Vietnam war and politicized thousands of previously apathetic students. |
| Brief description of the group who won control of the UW-Madison student government in the spring of 1978 and conducted a series of classic pranks. |
| Brief history of the Alice In Dairyland program, which promotes Wisconsin's dairy industry nationwide. |
| Civil Rights Advocate and Legislator |
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| Biography of Lloyd A. Barbee, Milwaukee civil rights advocate and legislator. |
| The Civil Right's Leader Shows his Support |
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| Discover the connection Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King had with the 1960s protests in Milwaukee. |
| Witnesses Tell Their Stories |
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| Learn about the attack on Pearl Harbor through these firsthand accounts from Wisconsinites who were there when it happened. |
| How a New Progressive Governor Repaired the Economy |
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| Read about Governor John J. Blaine's plan to deal with the Budget Deficit of 1921. |
| How a Town was Rebuilt Better Than Ever |
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| Discover how the small lumber town of Elcho, Wisconsin was transformed into an English village. |
| The Conflict of Modern and Traditional Medicine |
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| Discover the history of smallpox in Wisconsin and the public's reaction against hospitalization |
| A Real-life Adventurer From the Dairy State |
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| Was Beloit's Roy Chapman Andrews the real life model for Indiana Jones? |
| An Insubordinate General Educates his Superiors |
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| Discover how Milwaukee's General William Mitchell was charged for insubordination when he warned the U.S. military of an impending new threat. |
| All-American Girls Baseball League Thrives During World War II |
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| The story of the All-American Girls Baseball League that thrilled fans for 12 seasons in cities and towns including Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee. |
| Discover the origin of America's income tax and how Wisconsin's 1911 legislation became a national model. |
| Learn about the 7th Wisconsin Historical Society director who developed civil rights documentation, local history preservation and Old World Wisconsin. |
| Potrayed 'Wizard of Oz' Munchkin |
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| Read about the life and death of Wisconsin's 94-year-old star who played the Munchkin coroner in "The Wizard of Oz." Includes link to his obituary. |
| Learn about the rise of Wisconsin Dells tourism, and read about the creation and collapse of the man-made river it was founded on. |
| Wisconsin Works, BadgerCare, Pathways to Independence |
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| Learn about Tommy Thompson's welfare legislation that became a national model for state-supported aid to low-income families and disabled people. |
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