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The history of Wisconsin includes the story of the people who have lived in Wisconsin since it became a state of the U.S., but also that of the Native American tribes who made their homeland in Wisconsin, the French and British colonists who were the first Europeans to live there, and the American settlers who lived in Wisconsin when it was a territory.
Worthing was born on February 6, 1881, in LeRoy, Wisconsin, the son of Arthur James Worthing and Loella McNight.In 1900, he graduated from the State Normal School in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, then taught grammar school in Brandon, Wisconsin during 1900–1901 [2] to earn enough money to attend college. [3]
Photochrom print of Worthing Pier in the 1890s. Worthing is a large seaside town in Sussex, England in the United Kingdom. The history of the area begins in Prehistoric times and the present importance of the town dates from the 19th century.
This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin. There are over 2,500 listed sites in Wisconsin . Each of the state's 72 counties has at least one listing on the National Register .
The Sussex Coast Mercury (later the Worthing Mercury) newspaper is first published [12] 1862 Worthing Pier opens; C.A. Elliott uses glass from the Great Exhibition of 1851 for glass-houses to grow grapes for sale [10] 1863 - Worthing Express newspaper, a local version of the Sussex Express is first published [12]
Remaining building of a lead mining and smelting camp organized by Henry Dodge, who would go on to become the first governor of the Wisconsin Territory and first U.S. senator from the state of Wisconsin. Lead mining was one of the major industries in Wisconsin's early history. [13] Astor Fur Warehouse: Prairie du Chien: 1828 Fur trade
Worthing exploits its seaside location for tourism—for which Worthing Pier has always been important—but the sea and coast have also been used for farming, fishing and trade. Worthing , a seaside resort on the English Channel coast of West Sussex , southeast England, has a long maritime history predating its late 18th-century emergence as a ...
Koshkonong Settlement (Norwegian: Kaskeland) [1] [2] [3] was a pioneer settlement located in Wisconsin's eastern Dane and western Jefferson counties. It took its name from Koshkonong Lake, and particularly from Koshkonong Creek. [4] The first Norwegians located in the settlement in the spring and summer of 1840. [4]