Author: Hannah Swart
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Category : Jefferson County (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 600

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Author: Milton J. Bates
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870206044
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 305

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The Bark River valley in southeastern Wisconsin is a microcosm of the state's - indeed, of the Great Lakes region's - natural and human history. "The Bark River Chronicles" reports one couple's journey by canoe from the river's headwaters to its confluence with the Rock River and several miles farther downstream to Lake Koshkonong. Along the way, it tells the stories of Ice Age glaciation, the effigy mound builders, the Black Hawk War, early settlement and the development of waterpower sites, and recent efforts to remove old dams and mitigate the damage done by water pollution and invasive species. Along with these big stories, the book recounts dozens of little stories associated with sites along the river. The winter ice harvest, grain milling technology, a key supreme court decision regarding toxic waste disposal, a small-town circus, a scheme to link the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River by canal, the murder of a Chicago mobster, controversies over race and social class in Waukesha County's lake country, community efforts to clean up the river and restore a marsh, visits to places associated with the work of important Wisconsin writers - these and many other stories belong to the Bark River chronicles. For the two voyageurs who paddle the length of the Bark, it is a journey of rediscovery and exploration. As they glide through marshes, woods, farmland, and cities, they acquire not only historical and environmental knowledge but also a renewed sense of the place in which they live. Maps and historical photographs help the reader share their experience.

Author: Jeffrey A. Hess
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Category : Concrete bridges
Languages : en
Pages : 156

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Author: Hugh Highsmith
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 286

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Author: Loren H. Osman
Publisher: Hoard's Dairyman Books
ISBN: 9780932147004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 480

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Author: William F. Jannke, III
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738523927
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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The story of how a village became a center for industry, shopping, and recreation while focusing on the people who lived the Watertown story. Readers will discover how riots broke out when politics took center stage just before the Civil War due to strong anti-Republican sentiments. The bond scandal only decades later is highlighted as the event that plunged Watertown into her darkest days.

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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 634

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Author: Thomas J. McCrory
Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN: 9781931599283
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428

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Lists posts, badges and officers of Wisconsin Civil War veterans organizations.

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Category : Wisconsin
Languages : en
Pages : 496

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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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