Wisconsin timeline
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Davis Takes First Assignment on the Banks of the Red Cedar River
Davis was assigned to the 1st Infantry Regiment and was stationed at Fort Crawford, Wisconsin. His first assignment, in 1829, was to supervise the... Read more
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Fire Aboard the Steamship Phoenix
This terrible accident occurred about four o'clock on the morning of the 21st of November, 1847, on Lake Michigan, within seventeen miles of... Read more
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Wisconsin is the 30th State Admitted to the Union
On May 29, 1848, Wisconsin became the thirtieth state admitted to the Union. The "Badger State" was the last state formed in its entirety from the... Read more
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P. T. Barnum Establishes Traveling Circus
Barnum did not enter the circus business until late in his career (he was 61). In Delavan, Wisconsin in 1871 with William Cameron Coup, he... Read more
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Weiss Family Moves to Appleton, Wisconsin
At first, the Weiss family lived in Appleton, Wisconsin, where Ehrich's father served as Rabbi of the Zion Reform Jewish Congregation. In 1880, the... Read more
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Hillside Home School Completed
The Lloyd Jones family are Wright's maternal ancestors. Aunts, Ellen (1845-1919) and Jane (1847/8-1917) received formal college training. Ellen... Read more
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Taliesin Constructed
Taliesin, near Spring Green, Wisconsin, was the summer home of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright began the home in 1911 after leaving... Read more
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Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Founded
In 1940, Frank Lloyd Wright and his third wife, Olgivanna (December 27, 1898 - March 1, 1985), formed the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, which... Read more
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Thousands of Protesters Descend on Madison, WI to Oppose Anti-Union Bill
Thousands of teachers, prison guards, and students descended on the Wisconsin Capitol for a second day today to fight a move to take union rights... Read more
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14 Democratic Wisconsin Legislators Leave State to Prevent Vote
A group of Democratic lawmakers blocked passage of a sweeping anti-union bill Thursday, refusing to show up for a vote and then abruptly leaving... Read more
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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Duped by Prank Caller
Scott Walker won’t take a call from the Democratic minority leader, but he’ll gladly make time for uber-fundraiser David Koch—or at least, someone... Read more
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Wisconsin Assembly Approves Controversial Anti-Union Bill
Wisconsin's assembly approved a controversial bill stripping public sector workers of collective bargaining rights early Friday morning after a... Read more
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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Reveals Deep Spending Cuts With New Budget
Gov. Scott Walker unveiled a budget plan Tuesday that balances the Wisconsin's budget by cutting more than $1 billion in state aid to schools and... Read more
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Wisconsin Senate Orders Arrest of Absent Democrats
This is way more serious than yanking their photocopying privileges. Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate today declared the missing Democrats in... Read more
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Protesters Leave Madison
The final group of pro-union protesters left Wisconsin's Capitol peacefully late Thursday night, after a judge ordered their removal. The judge... Read more
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Wisconsin Governor Walker Begins Layoff Process for State Workers
Some 1,500 Wisconsin residents may not have slept so well last night. Gov. Scott Walker yesterday set the ball in motion to lay off a horde of... Read more
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Documentarist Michael Moore Speaks at Protests in Front of Wisconsin's State Capitol
"America is not broke ... Wisconsin is not broke," said liberal filmmaker Michael Moore to more than 30,000 cheering protesters in Wisconsin... Read more
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Wisconsin Senate Passes Anti-Union Bill
Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate voted today to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from public workers after discovering a way to... Read more
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Wisconsin Democratic Senators Return Home, Join Protests
The 14 Democratic state senators who fled Wisconsin nearly a month ago returned from Illinois today, reports the Wisconsin State Journal. They were... Read more
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Wisconsin Holds State Recall Elections
Never before in American politics have voters recalled more than two state legislators in a single year. That record could be broken on Tuesday,... Read more
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Wisconsin Labor Activists and Democrats Begin Campaign to Recall Governor Walker
At midnight Monday night, Wisconsin Democrats and labor activists kicked off their campaign to recall Gov. Scott Walker (R). Petitions were also... Read more