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The history of Wisconsin includes the story of the people who have lived in Wisconsin since it became a state of the U.S., but also that of the Native American tribes who made their homeland in Wisconsin, the French and British colonists who were the first Europeans to live there, and the American settlers who lived in Wisconsin when it was a territory.
In 1850, 10 years after the end of the Second Great Awakening (1790–1840), of the 341 churches with regular services in the Wisconsin, 110 were Methodist, 64 were Catholic, 49 were Baptist, 40 were Presbyterian, 37 were Congregationalist, 20 were Lutheran, 19 were Episcopal, and 2 were Dutch Reformed. [5]
The Republican Party was founded in Wisconsin in 1854; ... Later, between 1000 and ... Over two years, each legislator is allotted $66,008 to cover general office ...
Blame it on the founding fathers. And possibly a little neighborly competitiveness. The maps of the Milwaukee area and the rest of Wisconsin are covered in towns, villages and cities — some of ...
Edward Decker (May 2, 1827 – July 9, 1911) was an American businessman, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He is known as the founder of Kewaunee County, Wisconsin , and was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate during the 1860 and 1861 sessions.
Settle also won the National Book Award for her 1978 novel "Blood Tie," and she established the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction just two years later. She died in 2005. WISCONSIN: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Ten years later, here's what you may have forgotten (or maybe not) from the wild journey to Dallas. ... Wisconsin found itself stung by a Nebraska team still battling for a tourney spot in a 77-68 ...
Wisconsin Magazine of History 23 no. 2 (December 1939): 138-162. Still, Bayrd. Milwaukee: the History of a City. (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1948); a standard scholarly history. Wachman, Marvin. History of the Social-Democratic Party of Milwaukee, 1897-1910. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1945).