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Building a Tourism Industry in Northern Wisconsin

Equipment manufacturers played a major role in developing fishing as a part of the tourism industry in northern Wisconsin. Each year nearly two million people fish in Wisconsin’s waterways. They catch about 72 million fish of various species.Fishing lures expanded in popularity…

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May 24, 2018

Green Bay / Pre-1787 / Brown County / Related Stories / Le Maire Sundial / Global Connections / Nature & Environment / Region 5 - Center East / Transportation & Tourism

French Cartography in the Great Lakes

French mariners and explorers using the Le Maire Sundial Compass depended on both their own specialized navigational expertise and maps produced by French cartographers. Many such maps were created based on explorer accounts of the navigable waterways between the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi…

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May 21, 2018

Maritime Industry / Milwaukee / Manitowoc / Racine / Kenosha / Kenosha County / Milwaukee County / Port Washington / Two Rivers / Sheboygan / Ozaukee County / Related Stories / Door County / Racine County / 1848-1877 / Manitowoc County / Nature & Environment / Sheboygan County / Politics & Government / Transportation & Tourism / Region 5 - Center East / Region 8 - South East / Lifesaving Medal

Early Lifesaving Stations in Wisconsin

A Slow BeginningAs maritime commerce grew in the early 19th century, the loss of vessels and crews to shipwreck increased. In 1848, the federal government, through the United States Revenue Marine, established its first lifesaving stations along the New Jersey coast. The system…

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May 21, 2018

Maritime Industry / Industry / Milwaukee / Milwaukee County / Related Stories / 1848-1877 / Manufacturing & Trade / Nature & Environment / Transportation & Tourism / Region 8 - South East / Lifesaving Medal

The Wreck of the Tanner

The Wrecked VesselThe Tanner was a barque, or three-masted ship, whose foremast was square-rigged and whose main-and mizzenmasts were fore-and-aft rigged. It measured 156.38 feet long by 31.75 feet in breadth. The ship was built in 1863 by the Milwaukee shipbuilding firm Ellsworth & Davidson and…

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May 21, 2018

Education / Williams Bay / Related Stories / 1787-1848 / 1848-1877 / Walworth County / 1877-1900 / Nature & Environment / Yerkes Telescope / Science & Medicine / Region 7 - South Center

Williams Bay, Wisconsin

Captain Israel Williams founded Williams Bay, Wisconsin, in 1835. Williams and his two sons originally traveled to Wisconsin from their Massachusetts home to look for good farmland. Williams Bay was later named in honor of Captain Williams.Until 1890, only a few families…

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May 9, 2018

Science & Technology / Education / Williams Bay / Related Stories / Walworth County / Yerkes Telescope / Nature & Environment / 1900-1918 / 1918-1945 / Science & Medicine / Region 8 - South East

Astronomy in the 1900s

In the 1800s, astronomers valued telescope magnification to investigate planets and stars. In the 1900s, astronomers started to ask questions about the structure of our galaxy, the Milky Way, which lead to greater emphasis on light-gathering power. By 1951, William Morgan at…

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May 9, 2018