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| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Casey FitzRandolph’s racing skin worn during the 2003-2004 World Cup speed skating events. (Museum object #2005.146.1) |
| The Gold Medal Victories of the U.S. Hockey Team and Wisconsin Speed Skater Eric Heiden |
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| This article recollects the gold medal victories of the U.S. Hockey team and a Wisconsin speed skater in the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics. |
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| Warner "Auto-Meter," Model K-2, made by the Warner Instrument Company of Beloit, Wisconsin, c. 1906-1910. (Museum object #1989.81.1) |
| Learn more about the entrepreneur and manufacturing innovator who established, Allis Company, Milwaukee's largest industrial employer in the late 1880s. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Electric mixer manufactured by Wisconsin Electric Co. of Racine, Wisconsin between 1921 and 1928. (Museum object #2004.18.1A-B) |
| A Wisconsin Civil War Story |
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| On May 9, 1864, Ojibwe Indians from the 7th Wisconsin Infantry help drive back enemy skirmishers with American Indian war tactics in Spotsylvania, Virginia |
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| Governor for hydraulic turbine engine, made by the Allis-Chalmers Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1905. (Museum object #2008.64.1) |
| Civil War Battle Summary |
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| Learn about the siege of Port Hudson by Union forces in the summer of 1863. |
| A Wisconsin Civil War Story |
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| How Industry Transformed the State |
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| Discover how skilled industries like ship building and paper milling transformed Wisconsin history. |
| A Fortification That may not Have Existed |
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| Learn the story surrounding the building of Fort Koshkonong by General Henry Atkinson. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Sleigh bells used for stage runs and recreational trips in Sauk County, Wisconsin during the 1870s. (Museum object #1967.341.1) |
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| Baseball card featuring Jose Canseco of the Madison Muskies, published by Larry Fritsch Cards, Inc, Stevens Point, WI, 1983. (Museum object #1984.156.13) |
| Read about the desperate 1832 battle near Madison, WI, of the starving Sauk, Fox and Kickapoo Native Americans against the British and the Ho-Chunk. |
| Learn how epidemics erupted in Wisconsin and the ways communities responded |
| Brief timeline of Wisconsin history from 1900 to 1999. |
| The History of the Movement |
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| Discover how Robert "Fighting Bob" La Follette, the Wisconsin Republican Party and the Progressive Movement reformed state and national government. |
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