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Read more about the article Pleasant Ridge: Southwest Wisconsin’s Integrated Pioneer Community
Beetown / Grant County / Ethnicity & Identity / Related Stories / Iowa County / Pleasant Ridge / 1848-1877 / 1877-1900 / 1900-1918 / 1918-1945 / Society & Religion / Region 6 - South West / Ingersoll-Sergeant Pneumatic Rock Drill

Pleasant Ridge: Southwest Wisconsin’s Integrated Pioneer Community

Pleasant Ridge was a rural agricultural community located near present-day Beetown in central Grant County that was founded in 1850 by formerly enslaved African Americans. Pleasant Ridge is unique in that it was one of the first fully racially integrated communities in…

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December 21, 2022
Read more about the article OBJECT HISTORY: Christening Bottle
Military History / Manitowoc / Maritime Industry / Industry / Object Histories / Manitowoc County / Manufacturing & Trade / 1918-1945 / Politics & Government / Region 5 - Center East / Manitowoc's WWII Era Christening Bottle

OBJECT HISTORY: Christening Bottle

Shards of a broken champagne bottle; wrapped in a decorative casing of red, white, and blue fabric; packed with red, white, and blue ribbons inside a 15½” x 5” x 5½” wooden box. This broken bottle was used to christen the USS…

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June 21, 2022
Read more about the article Beyond the Dirt Track: Harley-Davidson Expands to New Markets
Industry / Milwaukee / Milwaukee County / Related Stories / 1900-1918 / Manufacturing & Trade / 1918-1945 / Transportation & Tourism / Region 8 - South East / The Harley-Davidson V-Twin Engine

Beyond the Dirt Track: Harley-Davidson Expands to New Markets

Harley-Davidson motorcycles may have had their first exposure on the dirt-track racing circuits of the early 1900s, but their legacy did not end with extreme sports. 1908 marked the Milwaukee Police Department’s creation of its novel “motorcycle unit.” Consisting of just five…

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June 18, 2022
Read more about the article UW–Eau Claire History
Broad History / Eau Claire / Education / Related Stories / Eau Claire County / 1900-1918 / 1918-1945 / 1945-1965 / Region 3 - Center West / 1965-1987 / Council Oak Tree

UW–Eau Claire History

Today, The University of Wisconsin System consists of 11 four-year campuses that educate over 165,000 students. But this extensive institution grew from very modest beginnings. Most of the universities that formed the UW System began as one-building teacher’s colleges, and for the…

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October 5, 2021
Read more about the article From the Fox River Valley to the Windy City: The Roaring Twenties and the Neenah Foundry
Industry / Neenah / Related Stories / Manufacturing & Trade / 1918-1945 / Winnebago County / Region 5 - Center East / Neenah Foundry Manhole Cover

From the Fox River Valley to the Windy City: The Roaring Twenties and the Neenah Foundry

The 1920s began with significant economic prosperity and an emphasis on social and culturally rich energy with an influx of jazz, Art-Deco, telephones, film, and radio in cities like Chicago, IL. With the City of Chicago flourishing, The Neenah Foundry of the…

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September 29, 2021

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