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'''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. | '''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]. This is a beginning of a large German immigration into Wisconsin. [[ | '''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. [[File:S.S. Christopher Columbus.jpg|thumb|left|350px]] '''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. | '''1851:''' [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-017/?action=more_essay First railroad opens], linking Milwaukee and Waukesha. | ||