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| Brief description of the various attempts to move the Wisconsin Capitol building to other locations. |
| Brief history of beekeeping and honey production in Wisconsin. |
| Brief history of the ice harvesting industry in Wisconsin. |
| Brief history of the various reformed churches brought to Wisconsin by German and Dutch immigrants. |
| Brief description of the burning of the steamer Niagara. Congressman John B. Macy of Empire, Fond du Lac County, was numbered among the victims. |
| Learn the brief history of commercial vegetable processing in Wisconsin. |
| Brief history of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal. |
| Brief description of Wisconsin's role in the Spanish American War. |
| See a list and brief description of significant fires in Wisconsin history. |
| Brief description of the sinking of the Lady Elgin which was carryinh about 300 Milwaukeeans. |
| Brief description of Wisconsin's Blizzard of 1881 also called the "Big Snow of '81." |
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