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Wisconsin: A History (2001) online; Current, Richard Nelson. History of Wisconsin, Volume 2: The Civil War Era, 1848–1873. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1976. standard state history; Gara, Larry. A Short History of Wisconsin (1962) Glad, Paul W. War, a New Era, and Depression, 1914-1940 (Volume 5 of History of Wisconsin ...
Wisconsin is home to one UNESCO World Heritage Site, comprising two of the most significant buildings designed by Wisconsin-born architect Frank Lloyd Wright: his studio at Taliesin near Spring Green and his Jacobs I House in Madison. [26] The Republican Party was founded in Wisconsin in 1854; in modern elections, it is considered a swing state.
Wisconsin was admitted to the United States on May 29, 1848. Although it has been amended over a hundred times, the original constitution ratified in 1848 is still in use. This makes the Wisconsin Constitution the oldest U.S. state constitution outside New England; only Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont use older constitutions.
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
In 1850, 10 years after the end of the Second Great Awakening (1790–1840), of the 341 churches with regular services in the Wisconsin, 110 were Methodist, 64 were Catholic, 49 were Baptist, 40 were Presbyterian, 37 were Congregationalist, 20 were Lutheran, 19 were Episcopal, and 2 were Dutch Reformed. [5]
Today's major local industry had its start in 1865 when the first paper mill was built." [20] 1867 bird's eye illustration of Green Bay. By 1850 the town had a population of 1,923. The town was incorporated as the city of Green Bay in 1854. The Green Bay Area Public School District was founded in 1856. [20]
Wisconsin Magazine of History 23 no. 2 (December 1939): 138-162. Still, Bayrd. Milwaukee: the History of a City. (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1948); a standard scholarly history. Wachman, Marvin. History of the Social-Democratic Party of Milwaukee, 1897-1910. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1945).
The Wisconsin State Capitol, located in Madison, Wisconsin, houses both chambers of the Wisconsin Legislature along with the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Office of the Governor. Completed in 1917, the building is the fifth to serve as the Wisconsin capitol since the first territorial legislature convened in 1836 and the third building since ...