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With the Civil War, many of the New York Welshmen began moving west, especially to Michigan and Wisconsin. They operated small farms and clung to their historic traditions. The church was the centre of Welsh community life, and a vigorous Welsh-speaking press kept ethnic consciousness strong.
This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1700–1709 to Wales and its people. Events. 1700
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.
Bristol, Wisconsin, USA Renaissance: n/a Renaissance fair: Caldicot September Caldicot, Wales: Middle Ages: n/a Renaissance fair / battle Colonial Faire July Oak Glen, San Bernardino County, California: 18th Century, American Colonial Riley's Farm [4] Boston Massacre Colonial Life Living History Education / Faire / Reenactment Cosmeston ...
Humphries, Robert. "Free Speech, Free Press A Byth Free Men: The Welsh Language and Politics in Wisconsin." North American Journal of Welsh Studies 8 (2013): 14–29. [51] Jones, William D. Wales in America: Scranton and the Welsh, 1860-1920 (University of Wales Press, 1997). Jones, Aled, and William D. Jones.
8 March – William Morgan the elder, of Tredegar, politician (died 1731) [9]; May – Sir George Wynne, 1st Baronet, of Leeswood Hall, Flintshire, landowner and politician (died 1756) [10]
The Wisconsin Historical Society (officially the State Historical Society of Wisconsin) is simultaneously a state agency and a private membership organization whose purpose is to maintain, promote and spread knowledge relating to the history of North America, with an emphasis on the state of Wisconsin and the trans-Allegheny West. [3]
Wales is located at (43.003882, -88.377558 It is about 28 miles (45 km) west of Milwaukee.The city is also a few miles south of Lapham Peak State Forest, notable for its many popular hiking trails and for being home to the highest point in Waukesha County, at 1,233 ft (376 m) above sea level.