Wisconsin History Highlights: Delving into the Past Book

	Preface for Teachers	viii
	Acknowledgments	ix
	Introduction for Students	x
Chapter 1	Discovering the Past	2
	Finding the Mammoth Hunters: Kenosha Public Museum	4
	Discovering Aztalan: Samuel Barrett and the Milwaukee Public Museum	6
	Increase Lapham: Wisconsin's First Scientist	8
	Otter Spring: Protecting Wisconsin's Sacred Sites	10
	Henry R. Schoolcraft: The 1820 Expedition to the Western Michigan Territory	12
	Juliette M. Kinzie: Pioneer Encounters on the Wisconsin Frontier	14
	Skunk Hill: Where the Dream Dance Came to Wisconsin	16
	Treaty Councils: From Prairie du Chien to Madeline Island	18
	Chief Buffalo and His Mission to Washington	20
	The Lucerne: Preserving Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks	22
	Black Hawk's Return: "The Land Cannot Be Sold"	24
	Chapter One Resources	26
Chapter 2	Immigration in Wisconsin History	30
	From Factory to Farm and Back: The British Temperance Emigration Society and Savings Fund	32
	Finnish Co-ops: Fair Trade in the Northwoods	34
	Colonel Hans Christian Heg: A Norwegian Regiment in the Civil War	36
	The Niagara: Great Lakes Palace Steamer Fire Kills Hundreds	38
	Poles in Portage County	40
	Iron Mining and Italian Community Building in Hurley	42
	From Logging to Farming: Selling Northern Wisconsin to Immigrants	44
	Attracting Newcomers to a New State	46
	German Music in a German State	48
	Freedom Ride!: Grant County's African American Pioneers	50
	Escape from Laos: The Harrowing Journey of the Hmong to Wisconsin	52
	Chapter Two Resources	54
Chapter 3	Environmental History	58
	The Great Peshtigo Fire: Logging Practices Create Deadly Firestorm	60
	Menominee Tribal Enterprises and Sustained-Yield Forestry	62
	Fish Story: Stopping the Lamprey on the Great Lakes	64
	Fish and Game: Aldo Leopold and the Conservation Movement	66
	Water Policy in Wisconsin: Preserving the St. Croix Riverway	68
	Project ELF: The Northwoods' Cold War Secret	70
	The Man from Clear Lake: Gaylord Nelson and Earth Day	72
	Recreation and Employment: The New Deal and Wisconsin Parks	74
	Wisconsin's First State Park: Interstate Park at the St. Croix Dalles	76
	Pesticide on Trial: Wisconsin's Role in Banning DDT	78
	Let the Waters Flow: Dam Removal Projects	80
	Cleaning the Fox River: The Battle over PCB Removal	82
	Chapter Three Resources	84
Chapter 4	Tourism	88
	Lucky 13: Automobile Tourism to Northern Wisconsin	90
	Back to Nature: Wilderness Tourism in the Northwoods	92
	Electrifying Tourism: The Bayfield Electric Cooperative	94
	Calvin Coolidge Vacations on the Brule River	96
	Bringing Main Streets to Life: Saving Wisconsin's Downtowns	98
	The Yellowstone Trail: Wisconsin's First National Tourist Highway	100
	Governor Warren Knowles: Promoting Tourism and Protecting Water	102
	H.H. Bennett: Inventing the Wisconsin Dells	104
	Chapter Four Resources	106
Chapter 5	Industry	110
	Cold Hard Profit: Ice Harvesting in Wisconsin	112
	Hogs on Wheels: The Evolution of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company	114
	Superior Shipbuilding: Quintuplets and the War!	116
	Boom to Bust: The Brownstone Industry of Chequamegon Bay	118
	From Lead to Zinc: The Mining Heyday in Southwest Wisconsin	120
	Allis-Chalmers: Manufacturing for Manufacturers	122
	D.C. Everest: Building Wisconsin's Paper Industries	124
	Silent Service: Manitowoc's Submarine Industry in World War II	126
	Soldiers without Guns: Milwaukee Women during World War II	128
	Sawdust Cities: How Lumber Mills Created Towns	130
	Badger Ordnance: How Wisconsin Helped Win World War II	132
	Fairlawn: From Millionaire's Mansion to Orphan's Home	134
	Chapter Five Resources	136
Chapter 6	Agriculture	140
	J.I. Case: Industry for Agriculture	142
	From Wheat to Dairy: How a Little Bug Made America's Dairyland	144
	The University of Wisconsin Extension: Education for the People	146
	A New Cash Crop: The Hops Craze of Southern Wisconsin	148
	Native Fruits: Wisconsin's Cranberry Industry	150
	The Milk Strikes: Dairy Farmers Respond to Low Prices	152
	Milk and Cheese Paradise: Wisconsin's Dairy Industry	154
	German POWs: Easing Wisconsin's Agricultural Labor Shortages	156
	The Ho-Chunk Bison Ranch: Restoration of Native Community	158
	Chapter Six Resources	160
Chapter 7	Social Issues	164
	Pursuing Freedom: Wisconsin Defies the Fugitive Slave Law	166
	Breaking the Color Line: Milwaukee Housing Segregation	168
	Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb: Rural Healthcare on Snowshoes	170
	Cordelia Harvey: Northern Hospitals Close to Home	172
	Temperance in Wisconsin: Frances E. Willard, Carry A. Nation, and the WCTU	174
	We Won't Fight: German Immigrants Protest the Civil War Draft	176
	Don't Pick on Us!: Hispanic Farmworkers March to Madison	178
	Lloyd Barbee: Fighting Segregation in Milwaukee Schools	180
	America's Longest Strike: The Kohler Company Strike of 1934-1941	182
	Olympia Brown and the Women's Suffrage Movement	184
	Helping Hands: Wisconsin's Schools for the Deaf and Blind	186
	Senator Joseph McCarthy: The Rise and Fall of an Anti-Communist	188
	The Posse Comitatus: Rural Terrorism at Tigerton Dells	190
	The Bombing of Sterling Hall: Homegrown Terrorism on the UW Campus	192
	In the English Language: The Bennett Law Controversy	194
	School Vouchers: The Milwaukee Experiment	196
	Vitamin Research and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation	198
	Chapter Seven Resources	200
Chapter 8	Arts, Entertainment, and Sports	206
	Ed "Strangler" Lewis: Wisconsin's World Champion Wrestler	208
	Lunt and Fontanne: First Couple of the American Stage	210
	Of Woods and Prairies: Children's Author Laura Ingalls Wilder	212
	Packers as Packers: Meatpackers and Wisconsin's Favorite Team	214
	Three Ring Circus: How Wisconsin Became America's Circus Capital	216
	Vinnie Ream Hoxie: The Woman Who Carved Lincoln	218
	Frank Lloyd Wright: Legendary Architect	220
	Wheel Speed: Wisconsin's Link to Auto Racing	222
	Chapter Eight Resources	224
Chapter 9	Government	228
	Pursuing Reform: The Life and Work of Robert M. La Follette	230
	Wisconsin's War Effort: Liberty Loans and the Four-Minute Men	232
	Protecting Workers: John Commons and Workmen's Compensation	234
	Edwin Witte and Social Security: A New Deal for American Workers	236
	Mr. Berger Goes to Washington: Milwaukee Demands Representation	238
	Ending Vietnam: The Legacy of Melvin Laird, Secretary of Defense	240
	Help for the Unemployed: Wisconsin's Unemployment Compensation Law	242
	Changing the Welfare State: Governor Tommy Thompson and the W-2 Program	244
	Lee Sherman Dreyfus: Political Maverick in a Red Vest	246
	The Battle for Fair Representation: Wisconsin's Redistricting Struggles	248
	From Milwaukee to the Promised Land: The Story of Golda Meir	250
	The Right to Fish, Hunt, and Gather: Ojibwe Treaty Rights	252
	Chapter Nine Resources	254
	Linking Historic Research to the Wisconsin Model Academic Standards	259
	Where Highlights in Wisconsin History Happened	262