Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Asaph Whittlesey, Ashland's Snowshoe Legislator 5
H. H. Bennett and the Wisconsin Dells 7
"Fighting Bob" Ushered in the Progressive Era 10
The Christmas Tree Ship Disaster 12
W. D. Hoard, the Dairy Cow's Friend 14
One Last Toast Greeted Prohibition 16
How Dry We Aren't-the End of the "Noble Experiment" 19
Super Bowl I Went to Titletown 22
The Siege at Gresham 24
August Derleth and the Wisconsin River 27
The Shooting of Teddy Roosevelt 30
John Deitz and the Battle of Cameron Dam 33
High on Milk-the Saga of Elm Farm Ollie 36
Dr. Kate, the Angel on Snowshoes 38
Jesse James Strang, Wisconsin's Own King 40
The Hodag and the Hoaxer-Eugene Shepard 42
Margarethe Schurz and the First Kindergarten 45
Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Wisconsin Frontier 47
First Snowmobile Born in Sayner 50
Pearling in Wisconsin 52
Louis Harvey, the Governor Lost in War 54
The Utopian Experiment at Ceresco 56
Aldo Leopold, Father of Conservation 58
Daniel Hale Williams, First Heart Surgeon 61
Legal Oleo Ended Wisconsin's Smuggling Era 63
Putting the Fight in "On, Wisconsin!" 65
Alex Raineri and Hurley's Last Gasp 67
Spring Storm Unearthed a Mastodon 69
Father Mazzuchelli, Church Builder 71
The Capitol Fire of 1904 73
Victor Berger, Socialist Champion 76
Leading the Way in Unemployment Pay 78
UW-Yes, UW-Won Basketball Crown 80
Joshua Glover and Sherman Booth 83
Belle Boyd, Confederate Spy 85
The Death of the Death Penalty 87
Golda Meir's Milwaukee Memories 89
Mary Ann Van Hoof's Vision of the Virgin 91
Cream Citys Brought Baseball to Milwaukee 94
Christopher Sholes and the Typewriter 97
Old Abe, the Eagle that Went to War 100
Hamlin Garland and the Middle Border 103
When Lead Was King in Wisconsin 105
The Klan, Briefly, Rose Again 108
Wisconsin and the Columbian Exposition 110
Gaylord Nelson, the Father of Earth Day 113
Manitowoc's Submarines Went to War 115
Ezekiel Gillespie's Fight to Vote 118
The Evolution of the Horicon Marsh 120
The Other Return of Douglas MacArthur 122
John Dillinger and Little Bohemia 125
The Ringling Brothers Put on a Show 127
Senator Teasdale and Wisconsin Vice 129
Hammerin' Hank's Eau Claire Days 131
Edna Ferber Found Her Voice 133
Billy Mitchell Earned His Wings 135
Dust Bowl Days in the Central Sands 138
Patriotism Grew in Victory Gardens 140
When Communists Came to Mosinee 143
The Menominee-Sovereign Nation and County 145
Pleasant Life Found at Pleasant Ridge 148
Comets Brought Awe, Tickets to Ride 151
Long Fight Led to Women's Suffrage 153
Good-Road Movement Paved the Way 155
The Deadliest Tornado of All 157
Clarence Darrow and the Oshkosh Strike 160
Calvin Coolidge's Summer White House 162
Mitchell Red Cloud's Medal of Honor 165
Underground Railroad Went through Milton 167
Battleship Wisconsin's Storied Past 169
Sam Tripp, Notorious Horse Thief 172
Lone Rock's Uranium Heyday 174
Life in a Lumber Camp 177
The Burning of the War Eagle 180
Carry Nation and the Boys at the Bar 183
John Muir's Environmental Roots 185
John Till, Somerset's Plaster Doctor 187
Wisconsin and the Plan for Peace 189
Great Chief Buffalo Went to Washington 191
When the White Pine Was Limitless 193
Diamonds in Wisconsin's Rough 196
Jens Jensen, Landscape Artist 198
Karl Paul Link Found the Cure 201
The War to Win a College 203
Kohler, a Community Divided 206
The Sovereign State of Winneconne 209
Ripon Threw a Grand Old Party 211
The Faithful Foundation of St. Nazianz 214
Robert's Rules Ordered the Day 216
Lucky Lindy-from Dropout to Hero 218
Civil Rights Grew from Racial Wrongs 220
Richard Bong, Ace of Aces 222
The Slickster Who Sold Oil City 225
Pecks Bad Boy Made It Good 227
The CCC, America's Peacetime Army 229
The Stockbridge Bible Came Home 232
Galesville, Our Garden of Eden 234
Curds and Whey Came to Wisconsin 236
Civil War Cost Wisconsin Dearly 238
First Cars Brought First Car Race 240
All-American Girls Played Ball 243
Henry Dagget's Corset Campaign 246
Mexican Immigrants Found Hope in Wisconsin 248
The Idea Behind the Wisconsin Idea 250
The Sinking of the Lady Elgin 252
Houdini Couldn't Escape Edna Ferber 255
Washburn's Boom Times 257
The Lights Went On in Appleton 259
The Bilious Mans Friend Cures All 261
When Abe Lincoln Slept Here 263
Why It's Called Pabst Blue Ribbon 265
James Groppi and the Assembly Sit-in 267
George Poage Ran to Glory 270
Father Marquette's Roughest Journey 272
Braves Baseball Filled Streets with Joy 275
When Murrow Took Down McCarthy 278
John Savage, Dam Builder to the World 280
Hasenfus Fell into Iran-Contra Mess 282
Unfounded Panic on the Frontier 284
When Fire Raged in Peshtigo 286
Frances Willard, Temperance Crusader 289
Belle La Follette Was a Fighter, Too 291
Ground Observers Kept Eyes on Skies 293
Frank Lloyd Wright's Spring Green Days 296
Morgan and Elizabeth Martin, Green Bay Pioneers 298
Anger in the Milk House 301
Justice for the Workers 303
History Was Key to Reuben Gold Thwaites 305
Iron Brigade Was Story of Valor, Loss 307
First Train Had Rocky Ride 309
When Fond du Lac Snubbed the President 312
World War I Met with Resistance 314
Black Hawk's Tragic Last Stand 316
State Slogan Grew from Civil War Gamble 318
Carl Schurz Had Lincoln's Ear 320
The "Merci" Train Came to Wisconsin 322
"Bowie Knife" Duel Never Drew Blood 324
Watertown's Delectable Stuffed Geese 326
Janesville Tankers' Cruel Death March 328
Increase Lapham, Weather Pioneer 330
Goodell Won Women Right to Practice Law 332
Dreamers Wanted Canals, Not Railroads 334
Nelson Dewey, Wisconsin's First Governor 336
The Gubernatorial Showdown of 1856 338
"Julius the Just" Was Dairy Defender 340
Peace in Europe Brought Joy to Streets 343
Chester Thordarson's Icelandic Retreat 346
When Protest Came to Campus 349
Strange Bedfellows, and Hogs in the Basement 351
When Ice Came in from the Cold 353
Index 355
About the Author 364
