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Sen. William Proxmire Digital Collection
Discover the richest online source about this famous senator from Wisconsin. Explore more than 7,500 pages of articles, press releases, photos, and more, plus 40 oral history interviews. Learn how he battled to curb federal waste and fought for taxpayers over more than three decades. Examine his famous "Golden Fleece" awards and view dozens of pictures.
Wisconsin Heritage Online
Historic images and documents from Wisconsin Historical Society collections are also available through Wisconsin Heritage Online. WHO is a statewide consortium of historical organizations sharing their pictures, books, manuscripts, maps, and museum artifacts on the Web. Enjoy nearly 100,000 items from more than 80 Wisconsin historical societies, museum and libraries at wisconsinheritage.org
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Greendale's Unique HistoryMost Wisconsin communities grew up accidentally. An entrepreneur bought the land near rapids on a river or the junction of two well-travelled roads and sold lots to newcomers. If the town boomed, new blocks were laid out helter-skelter as the landscape, opportunity, or a developer's whim suggested. On 19th-centurybirds'-eye views, Wisconsin cities and towns spread out like six-legged insects or...
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Wisconsin Magazine of History
The autumn issue of the "Wisconsin Magazine of History" features articles on Oneida language preservation, surfing in Sheboygan, the oleo wars, and the history of Wisconsin's breweries.
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