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When Wisconsin became a state on May 29, 1848, no provision was made for the section of land between the St. Croix River and the Mississippi River which had previously been organized as part of Wisconsin Territory. Additionally when Iowa became a state on December 28, 1846, no provision was made for official organization of the remainder of ...
The Sixty-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1939, to October 6, 1939, in regular session. [1]This session saw a significant reorganization of several state government functions, including the creation of the Department of Taxation, the Department of Public Welfare, the Department of Securities, and the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Chapter Charter date Installation date and range Institution Location Status References Alpha: January 1, 1930: October 21, 1925 – 2016 American Institute of Business: Des Moines, Iowa: Inactive [4] [5] [6] [a] [b] Beta (see Beta Beta) March 25, 1930: April 14, 1930: Huff School of Commerce: Kansas City, Missouri: Inactive [7] [8] [9] Gamma ...
April 30, 1836: Henry Dodge was appointed the first Governor of the Wisconsin Territory. October 10, 1836: George Wallace Jones elected delegate to the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin Territory's at-large congressional district. December 1836: Henry S. Baird appointed the first Attorney General for the Wisconsin Territory.
Iowa County was formed in 1829 from the Crawford County land south of the Wisconsin River. [1] Brown County's southern portion was used to form Milwaukee County in 1834. [1] The state of Wisconsin was created from Wisconsin Territory on May 29, 1848, with 28 counties.
Addition to Upper Mississippi River Wild-Life and Fish Refuge, Minnesota and Wisconsin September 19, 1936 1631 1622 7453 Withdrawal of Public Land for Lookout Station (California) September 23, 1936 1697 1623 7454: Revocation of Executive Order Nos. 6671 and 6781 of April 7, 1934, and June 30, 1934, Respectively, Withdrawing Public Lands (Arizona)
The county's name originated from the word calumet, the French name for the ceremonial pipes used by Native Americans in councils on the east shore of Lake Winnebago. [5]In the 1830s, the United States government relocated Native Americans from New York and New England to the southwest part of the county; these included the Brothertown Indians, Oneida Indians, and Stockbridge-Munsee Indians.
The Grand Lodge of Wisconsin, Free and Accepted Masons is the largest of several governing bodies of Freemasonry in Wisconsin, being solely of the Ancients' tradition and descending from the Ancient Grand Lodge of England, founded in 1751. Freemasonry in Wisconsin first took organized form on the night of December 27, 1823 when seven army ...