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Wisconsin Death Trip is a 1973 historical nonfiction book by Michael Lesy, originally published by Pantheon Books. It charts numerous sordid, tragic, and bizarre incidents that took place in and around Jackson County, Wisconsin between 1885 and 1900, primarily in the town of Black River Falls. The events are outlined through actual written ...
The history of Wisconsin encompasses the story not only 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.
Samuel D. McMillan. Jessie McMillan. Alexander McMillan (October 23, 1825 – October 25, 1901) was a Canadian American immigrant, businessman, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the 13th mayor of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and represented La Crosse County in the Wisconsin State Assembly.
1562757 [2] Website. Village of Cascade. Cascade is a village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 709 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. Wisconsin Highway 28 passes through Cascade.
Pioneer Women in Wisconsin. Life was often hard for the women among the settlers arriving in Wisconsin between 1850 and 1880. They were engaged in farming, gardening, food gathering and household tasks. Their dwellings were small and uncomfortable, and ill-health was common among them.
University of Wisconsin–Madison. University of Wisconsin Law School. Profession. Lawyer. Bronson Cutting La Follette (February 2, 1936 – March 15, 2018) was an American Democratic lawyer and politician. He was the 36th and 39th Attorney General of the state of Wisconsin, and was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Wisconsin in 1968.
John L. Merkt was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was a graduate of Marquette University High School. He attended Marquette University from 1964 to 1968 and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in secondary education, from the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse in 1971. He married his first wife, Kimberly Winters, in 1975; they ...
Ole Evinrude (1877–1924), inventor and entrepreneur (Cambridge, Madison, Milwaukee) Judith Faulkner (born 1943), formerly of New Jersey; billionaire; CEO and founder of Epic Systems, a healthcare software company located in Wisconsin. Bob Galvin (1922–2011), chief executive officer of Motorola (Marshfield)