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Turning Points in Wisconsin History

Explore the people, ideas, and events that shaped Wisconsin through essays, eyewitness accounts, photographs, and museum objects.

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Essays, eyewitness accounts, pictures, and museum objects

Early Native Peoples

Early Explorers, Traders, & Settlers

Territory to Statehood

Immigration & Settlement

Civil War Era

Mining, Lumber & Agriculture

Progressive Era

20th Century Wars & Conflicts

Prosperity, Depression, Industrialization & Urbanization

Response to 20th Century Change