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General Information
Wisconsin Local History and Biographical Articles (WLHBA) Collection
The Wisconsin Local History and Biographical Articles (WLHBA) Collection contains 16,000 digitized historical newspaper articles and clippings on notable Wisconsin people and communities. Most articles were published between 1860-1940.
Attribution
For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
Water route lost to Madison by failure of early canal plan
Dec 28, 1919
Wisconsin State Journal
Capitol nearly lost to city through lack of accommodations
Dec 07, 1919
Wisconsin State Journal
Genesis of Wisconsin's capital city
Sep 07, 1919
Wisconsin State Journal
Legislature of 1837 made land grant to establish university
Nov 30, 1919
Wisconsin State Journal
Relates story of establishment and growth of Madison
Unknown date
