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Wisconsin: Its Story and Biography, 1848-1913, Vol. 1
By Ellis Baker Usher; Publ. 1914
(Partial Transcription)
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Chapter 1
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The Genesis of Wisconsin. Wisconsin At The Meeting Of The Waters; The Thoroughfare Of
The Fur Trader And The Temple Of The Black Robed Priest; It Passes From French To British Hands To Become An American
Trophy Of The Revolution. |
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Chapter 2
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Emerging From The Wilderness Through Many Jurisdictions; The Name Wisconsin; The "badger"
nickname; A Firmament Dividing The Waters |
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Chapter 3
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Captain Carver Saw The Strategic Value Of The Mississippi In 1766 -Early Wisconsin Writers
Saw The Importance Of Interior Waterways-Professor Shaler's Opinion Setting The Forest Above The Plain-The Early
Routes Of The Fur Trade. |
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Chapter 4
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The Economic Advantages Of Water Transportation Always Have Held The Imaginations Of
Practical Men - Champlain And The Panama Canal And The Improved Waterways Of His New Prance Of North America. |
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Chapter 5
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The Early Settlements At Green Bay, Prairie Du Chien, And The "Lead Diggings"
- Other French Missions And Trading Posts.
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An Illustrated History of the State of Wisconsin: being a complete civil,
political and military history of the state from its first exploration down to 1875
By Charles Richard Tuttle; Publ. 1875
(Partial Transcription)
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Chapter 1
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Physical Features — Geology and Minerals — Climate, Soil, and Productions — Antiquities |
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Chapter 2
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Chronology of Wisconsin from 1639 to 1843 |
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Chapter 3
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Indian Tribes of Wisconsin |
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Chapter 4
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The French in America - The Fur Trade - Jesuit Missionaries - Jean Nicollet -Green Bay
- Its Early History - Labors of Father Allouez, Dablon, Andre, Marquette, and Others -La Salle, & c. |
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