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'''1837: '''Land ceded by the [http://www.picturehistory.com/product/id/1402 Chippewa and Sioux] | '''1837: '''Land ceded by the [http://www.picturehistory.com/product/id/1402 Chippewa and Sioux] | ||
'''1840s:''' Many families arrived from Germany and New York. | '''1840s:''' Many families arrived from Germany and New York. [http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume25/vol25_9.htm Norwegians begin settling] in large numbers in Koshkonong area. | ||
'''1848:''' Wisconsin, with its present boundaries, [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/subtopic.asp?tid=3 became a state]. | '''1848:''' Wisconsin, with its present boundaries, [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/subtopic.asp?tid=3 became a state]. This is a beginning of a large German immigration into Wisconsin. | ||
[[Image:Christopher Columbus whaleback Milw Broadway bridgedock.jpg|thumb|left|300px|The S.S. Christopher Columbus was built in Superior, Wisconsin 1892-1893]] | [[Image:Christopher Columbus whaleback Milw Broadway bridgedock.jpg|thumb|left|300px|The S.S. Christopher Columbus was built in Superior, Wisconsin 1892-1893]] | ||
'''1861– 1865:''' 96,000 men from Wisconsin served in the Union armed forces during the Civil War, 12,216 die in the conflict. [http://museum.dva.state.wi.us/Res_CWhistories.asp Civil War Histories] are kept by the [http://museum.dva.state.wi.us/Res_CWhistories.asp Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs]. | '''1861– 1865:''' 96,000 men from Wisconsin served in the Union armed forces during the Civil War, 12,216 die in the conflict. [http://museum.dva.state.wi.us/Res_CWhistories.asp Civil War Histories] are kept by the [http://museum.dva.state.wi.us/Res_CWhistories.asp Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs]. | ||
'''1851:''' [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-017/?action=more_essay First railroad opens], linking Milwaukee and Waukesha. | |||
'''1857:''' Railroad completed from [http://www.madison.com/communities/brodheadhs/pages/brodheadrailhist.php?php_page_set=0 Milwaukee to Prairie du Chien]. | |||
'''1898:''' The [http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/ Spanish-American War] was fought mainly in Cuba and the Philippines. Technically, Wisconsin troops in the Spanish-American War were part of the state's [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/military/national_guard/ National Guard]. Official service record information is found within certain Adjutant General's records held by the [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/military/spanish_american_war/index.asp Archives]. There is an alphabetical index, which is useful in determining if a given individual served in a Wisconsin unit during the Spanish American War. <ref> [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/military/spanish_american_war/index.asp Wisconsin Historical Society] </ref> | '''1898:''' The [http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/ Spanish-American War] was fought mainly in Cuba and the Philippines. Technically, Wisconsin troops in the Spanish-American War were part of the state's [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/military/national_guard/ National Guard]. Official service record information is found within certain Adjutant General's records held by the [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/military/spanish_american_war/index.asp Archives]. There is an alphabetical index, which is useful in determining if a given individual served in a Wisconsin unit during the Spanish American War. <ref> [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/military/spanish_american_war/index.asp Wisconsin Historical Society] </ref> | ||