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Wisconsin
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Odd Wisconsin 
 "Lower a bucket into the depths of Wisconsin history and bring to light curious fragments of forgotten lives." The site showcases nuggets of interesting and bizarre happenings in Wisconsin's past. Browse the current items, or dig through the archives beginning in January 2004. The items are also organized into categories: animals, bizarre events, children, curiosities, odd lives, and strange deaths. From the Wisconsin Historical Society. http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/odd/ Topics: U.S. History By Place Last updated Mar 2, 2005 Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910
A collection of historical materials pertaining to the states of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin from the 1600s through the early 1900s. Includes first-person accounts, biographies, promotional literature, local histories, ethnographic and antiquarian texts, and colonial archival documents. Searchable; and browsable by author, subject, and title. From the American Memory Project, Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/umhtml/umhome.html Topics: U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Mar 30, 2004 Wisconsin Historical Society
This site is a great starting point for resources on the history of Wisconsin. Offerings include feature stories on subjects such as the Civil War and Howard Hughes, exhibits featuring historical images, and genealogy resources. Wisconsin attractions, such as Circus World and Pendarvis, are highlighted in essays. The History Explorer "uses the properties documented through the National Register of Historic Places program to tell stories about Wisconsin people and communities." http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/ Topics: U.S. History By Place Last updated May 19, 2008 Wisconsin Pioneer Experience
A "digital collection of diaries, letters, reminiscences, speeches and other writings of people who settled and built Wisconsin during the 19th century." From the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/WI/subcollections/wipionexpAbout.html Topics: Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Dec 2, 2008 |
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