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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 Wisconsin became a state in 1848, Milwaukee was its only city. It consisted of five separate villages known as wards. Its mayor governed five sets of independent representatives from each area.
Oct 7, 2020 · The trouble came early in the twentieth century when the Wisconsin legislature rejected a petition asking the U.P. to secede from Michigan and join Wisconsin. Rabble rousers in the U.P. then petitioned to break away and form a new state with the Wisconsin Northwoods called Superior.
It is named after the strait between the Door Peninsula and Washington Island. The dangerous passage, known as Death's Door, contains shipwrecks and was known to Native Americans and early French explorers. The county was created in 1851 and organized in 1861. [4]
Reedsburg is a city in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States within the Baraboo micropolitan area. Its population in 2020 was 9,984. The city is surrounded by the Town of Reedsburg and is situated along the Baraboo River. Prior to the arrival of non-indigenous people in the 19th century, the region was home to groups of Ho-Chunk. Established as ...
The State of Wisconsin granted a city charter in 1872 with its first election the first Tuesday in April under the charter. The citizenry elected German-born August Kickbusch as its first mayor. In 1874, the arrival of the railroad made it easier for people to get to Wausau.
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In 1931, the city of Kilbourn officially changed its name to Wisconsin Dells. According to Native American legend it was a great serpent, wriggling down from the north and his home near the Big Lake, that formed the bed of the Wisconsin River.
