The first sizable Polish settlement in Wisconsin was Polonia in Portage County in the 1850s. In 1900, 80 percent of Wisconsin’s Poles came from Germany while nationally, German Poles constituted only 39 percent of the population. When did Polish immigrants come to Wisconsin? 1850sPolish immigration to Wisconsin and Milwaukee dates back to the late 1850s …
In 1804, the government forced the Sauk and Fox tribes to cede their land claims in southern Wisconsin in a treaty they had not agreed to. What tribes were removed from their land? After the passage of the Indian Removal Act in 1831, approximately 60,000 members of the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw …
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While some immigrants from Ireland trickled into what is now Wisconsin as early as the 1600s to take part in the fur trade, the biggest influx of Irish settlers in the state took place in the first half of the 19th century. When did the Irish come to Wisconsin? Nearly 4.5 million Irish settled in …
The earliest groups came for largely religious and political reasons. Those who migrated after mid-century were primarily farmers, artisans, and laborers. German settlement in Wisconsin was particularly heavy from 1846-1854 and from 1881-1884. Why did German immigrants come to Wisconsin? Economic reasons were the most common motivation for nineteenth-century German-speaking immigrants. Their dream was to …
But it turns out that the Minnesota state agency only counts a body of water as a lake if it is more than 10 acres in surface area. Wisconsin counts everything, from half-acre farm ponds to 137,708-acre Lake Winnebago. Sixty percent of the lakes in the state don’t even have official names. What is the …
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Wisconsin’s Public Trust Doctrine ensures that any water deep enough to float a skiff is open to the public. Do property lines extend into the lake in Wisconsin? Riparian Rights and Navigable Waterway Access Wisconsin law recognizes that an owner of land that borders lakes and rivers, known as a riparian owner – holds rights …
Devil’s Lake was so named because it is situated in a deep chasm with no visible inlet or outlet. Why is Devils Lake so popular? Situated along the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, Devil’s Lake State Park offers magnificent views from 500-foot quartzite bluffs overlooking a 360-acre lake. Visitors enjoy nearly 30 miles of hiking …
1634. The first European known to have landed in Wisconsin was Jean Nicolet. In 1634, Samuel de Champlain, governor of New France, sent Nicolet to contact the Ho-Chunk people, make peace between them and the Huron and expand the fur trade, and possibly to also find a water route to Asia. When did people first …
Of all the lakes in the Dairy State, the clearest is Black Oak Lake, which is located way, way, way up north, just a mile or so from the Upper Peninsula. This large lake up north is 564 acres. Where is the bluest water in Wisconsin? Big Bay State Park Has the Bluest Water in …
In the state of Wisconsin, all water bodies are deemed public. But, to determine what makes waterbodies private depends on public access. If there are no public boat launches or carry- in areas, these waters are private. Who owns the lakes in Wisconsin? They are public resources, owned by all of us. The Public Trust …
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Wisconsin had no oil or natural gas reserves as of May 2017; thus, no fracking occurred in the state. Does Wisconsin have fracking? Extracted sand is shipped out of state to be used at gas and oil fields for hydrofracking. There is NO hydrofracking for oil and gas …
Wisconsin is the best place to witness many of the landforms created by continental glaciation. Fittingly, the most recent period of the Ice Age, which ended about 10,000 years ago, is known as the Wisconsin Glaciation. Was Wisconsin covered by glaciers? The advance of glaciers into Wisconsin created all of our topography, except for the …
Wisconsin typically experiences four distinct seasons, although those seasons can be highly variable and year-to-year variations can be large. In the winter, the absence of significant mountain barriers to the north allows bitterly cold air masses from the Arctic to move southward into the region. Why does it get cold in Wisconsin? “There is an …
Decommissioned But Not Scrapped Theoretically, Wisconsin and the other Iowa-class warships could be reactivated for service if the need came – yet that is unlikely to happen. Can a museum ship be reactivated? The ships can be reactivated for U.S. or foreign naval service, stripped of useful parts and scrapped, or expended and sunk as …
Fittingly, the most recent period of the Ice Age, which ended about 10,000 years ago, is known as the Wisconsin Glaciation. Near the end of the Wisconsin Glaciation, a series of ridges formed between two immense lobes of glacial ice in what is now southeastern Wisconsin. How long did the Wisconsin ice age last? Each …