Wisconsin Story
150 People, Places, and Turning Points that Shaped the Badger State
Published on 16. October 2019
364 pages
978-0-87020-932-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Wisconsin Story: 150 People, Places, and Turning Points that Shaped the Badger State offers readers engaging vignettes about everything Wisconsin. From portraits of significant figures like Robert and Belle La Follette, Golda Meir, and Edna Ferber, to stories of important events like the Black Hawk War, 1960s campus protests, and oleo smuggling, The Wisconsin Story takes readers on a fun and informative ride all across the Badger State. Where was Calvin Coolidge's summer White House? What was the "e;anti-corset resolution?"e; And why was a cow named Ollie milked on an airplane? Award-winning newspaper columnist Dennis McCann's talent for distilling complex subjects into brief stories that pack a punch makes this collection the perfect answer to the question "e;what makes Wisconsin, Wisconsin?"e;
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150 People, Places, and Turning Points That Shaped the Badger State
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- Asaph Whittlesey, Ashland's Snowshoe Legislator
- H. H. Bennett and the Wisconsin Dells
- "Fighting Bob" Ushered in the Progressive Era
- The Christmas Tree Ship Disaster
- W. D. Hoard, the Dairy Cow's Friend
- One Last Toast Greeted Prohibition
- How Dry We Aren't-the End of the "Noble Experiment"
- Super Bowl I Went to Titletown
- The Siege at Gresham
- August Derleth and the Wisconsin River
- The Shooting of Teddy Roosevelt
- John Deitz and the Battle of Cameron Dam
- High on Milk-the Saga of Elm Farm Ollie
- Dr. Kate, the Angel on Snowshoes
- Jesse James Strang, Wisconsin's Own King
- The Hodag and the Hoaxer-Eugene Shepard
- Margarethe Schurz and the First Kindergarten
- Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Wisconsin Frontier
- First Snowmobile Born in Sayner
- Pearling in Wisconsin
- Louis Harvey, the Governor Lost in War
- The Utopian Experiment at Ceresco
- Aldo Leopold, Father of Conservation
- Daniel Hale Williams, First Heart Surgeon
- Legal Oleo Ended Wisconsin's Smuggling Era
- Putting the Fight in "On, Wisconsin!"
- Alex Raineri and Hurley's Last Gasp
- Spring Storm Unearthed a Mastodon
- Father Mazzuchelli, Church Builder
- The Capitol Fire of 1904
- Victor Berger, Socialist Champion
- Leading the Way in Unemployment Pay
- UW-Yes, UW-Won Basketball Crown
- Joshua Glover and Sherman Booth
- Belle Boyd, Confederate Spy
- The Death of the Death Penalty
- Golda Meir's Milwaukee Memories
- Mary Ann Van Hoof 's Vision of the Virgin
- Cream Citys Brought Baseball to Milwaukee
- Christopher Sholes and the Typewriter
- Old Abe, the Eagle that Went to War
- Hamlin Garland and the Middle Border
- When Lead Was King in Wisconsin
- The Klan, Briefly, Rose Again
- Wisconsin and the Columbian Exposition
- Gaylord Nelson, the Father of Earth Day
- Manitowoc's Submarines Went to War
- Ezekiel Gillespie's Fight to Vote
- The Evolution of the Horicon Marsh
- The Other Return of Douglas MacArthur
- John Dillinger and Little Bohemia
- The Ringling Brothers Put on a Show
- Senator Teasdale and Wisconsin Vice
- Hammerin' Hank's Eau Claire Days
- Edna Ferber Found Her Voice
- Billy Mitchell Earned His Wings
- Dust Bowl Days in the Central Sands
- Patriotism Grew in Victory Gardens
- When Communists Came to Mosinee
- The Menominee-Sovereign Nation and County
- Pleasant Life Found at Pleasant Ridge
- Comets Brought Awe, Tickets to Ride
- Long Fight Led to Women's Suffrage
- Good-Road Movement Paved the Way
- The Deadliest Tornado of All
- Clarence Darrow and the Oshkosh Strike
- Calvin Coolidge's Summer White House
- Mitchell Red Cloud's Medal of Honor
- Underground Railroad Went through Milton
- Battleship Wisconsin's Storied Past
- Sam Tripp, Notorious Horse Thief
- Lone Rock's Uranium Heyday
- Life in a Lumber Camp
- The Burning of the War Eagle
- Carry Nation and the Boys at the Bar
- John Muir's Environmental Roots
- John Till, Somerset's Plaster Doctor
- Wisconsin and the Plan for Peace
- Great Chief Buffalo Went to Washington
- When the White Pine Was Limitless
- Diamonds in Wisconsin's Rough
- Jens Jensen, Landscape Artist
- Karl Paul Link Found the Cure
- The War to Win a College
- Kohler, a Community Divided
- The Sovereign State of Winneconne
- Ripon Threw a Grand Old Party
- The Faithful Foundation of St. Nazianz
- Robert's Rules Ordered the Day
- Lucky Lindy-from Dropout to Hero
- Civil Rights Grew from Racial Wrongs
- Richard Bong, Ace of Aces
- The Slickster Who Sold Oil City
- Peck's Bad Boy Made It Good
- The CCC, America's Peacetime Army
- The Stockbridge Bible Came Home
- Galesville, Our Garden of Eden
- Curds and Whey Came to Wisconsin
- Civil War Cost Wisconsin Dearly
- First Cars Brought First Car Race
- All-American Girls Played Ball
- Henry Dagget's Corset Campaign
- Mexican Immigrants Found Hope in Wisconsin
- The Idea Behind the Wisconsin Idea
- The Sinking of the Lady Elgin
- Houdini Couldn't Escape Edna Ferber
- Washburn's Boom Times
- The Lights Went On in Appleton
- The Bilious Man's Friend Cures All
- When Abe Lincoln Slept Here
- Why It's Called Pabst Blue Ribbon
- James Groppi and the Assembly Sit-In
- George Poage Ran to Glory
- Father Marquette's Roughest Journey
- Braves Baseball Filled Streets with Joy
- When Murrow Took Down McCarthy
- John Savage, Dam Builder to the World
- Hasenfus Fell into Iran-Contra Mess
- Unfounded Panic on the Frontier
- When Fire Raged in Peshtigo
- Frances Willard, Temperance Crusader
- Belle La Follette Was a Fighter, Too
- Ground Observers Kept Eyes on Skies
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Spring Green Days
- Morgan and Elizabeth Martin, Green Bay Pioneers
- Anger in the Milk House
- Justice for the Workers
- History Was Key to Reuben Gold Thwaites
- Iron Brigade Was Story of Valor, Loss
- First Train Had Rocky Ride
- When Fond du Lac Snubbed the President
- World War I Met with Resistance
- Black Hawk's Tragic Last Stand
- State Slogan Grew from Civil War Gamble
- Carl Schurz Had Lincoln's Ear
- The "Merci" Train Came to Wisconsin
- "Bowie Knife" Duel Never Drew Blood
- Watertown's Delectable Stuffed Geese
- Janesville Tankers' Cruel Death March
- Increase Lapham, Weather Pioneer
- Goodell Won Women Right to Practice Law
- Dreamers Wanted Canals, Not Railroads
- Nelson Dewey, Wisconsin's First Governor
- The Gubernatorial Showdown of 1856
- "Julius the Just" Was Dairy Defender
- Peace in Europe Brought Joy to Streets
- Chester Thordarson's Icelandic Retreat
- When Protest Came to Campus
- Strange Bedfellows, and Hogs in the Basement
- When Ice Came in from the Cold
- Index
- About the Author
