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Lake Michigan (United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-wisconsin
and long. 86° 53′ and 92° 53′ W., is bounded on the north by Lake Superior and Michigan, on the east by Michigan and Lake Michigan, on the south by Illinois, and west by Iowa and Minnesota, the Mississippi and St. Croix rivers marking almost the en Wisconsin River, June 10, and down the Wisconsin, discovering the Mississippi......June 17, 1673 Marquette coasts Lake Michigan from Green Bay, reaching the site of Chicago......Dec. 4, 1674 La Salle, leaving his ship the Griffin at Green Bay, sails up the coast of Lake Michigan......1679 Daniel Greysolon Duluth ascends the Bois Brule from Lake Superior, and descends the St. Croix to the Mississippi River......1680 Father Louis Hennepin, with Duluth, journeys from Lake St. Francis Fort Edward Augustus......Oct. 12, 1761 English abandon Fort Edward Augustus on account of the Pontiac War, cross Lake Michigan to L'Arbre Croche and thence to Montreal......June 21, 1763 Trade with the Chippewas at Chequamegon Bay reopened b<
Butte (North Dakota, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-wisconsin
Howard, on Green Bay, built and garrisoned by American troops under Col. John Miller......1816 First grist-mill in western Wisconsin built at Prairie du Chien by John Shaw......1818 Solomon Juneau arrives at Milwaukee......Sept. 14, 1818 Wisconsin attached to Michigan Territery upon admission of Illinois into the Union......Dec. 3, 1818 Winnebago Indians massacre three whites at Prairie du Chien......June 28, 1827 Treaty concluded with the Menomonee and other Indian tribes at Butte des Morts......Aug. 11, 1827 Fort Winnebago built at the portage between the Fox and Wisconsin rivers......1828 Battle of Wisconsin Heights; Black Hawk attacked by Illinois troops under Gen. James D. Henry, and Wisconsin rangers under Maj. Henry Dodge......July 21, 1832 Black Hawk's band destroyed by United States troops and crew of government steamboat Warrior, at mouth of Bad Axe River......Aug. 2, 1832 Black Hawk delivered to General Street, agent of the Winnebagoes, by his ca
Neenah (Wisconsin, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-wisconsin
ippi River via the Fox and Wisconsin......1683 Nicholas Perrot, appointed commandant of the West, winters near Trempeleau, which he reaches via the Fox and Wisconsin rivers from Green Bay......1685 Father St. Cosme visits site of Milwaukee on his way by boat from Green Bay to the Mississippi River......Oct. 7, 1699 Le Seuer discovers lead mines in southwestern Wisconsin......1700 Marin, the French leader, sent by the Quebec government, attacks the Fox Indians at Winnebago Rapids (Neenah)......winter of 1706-7 De Louvigny, sent to destroy the Fox tribes, leaves Quebec, March 14; fights the battle of Buttes des Morts on the Fox River, and reaches Quebec again......Oct. 12, 1716 Francis Renault engages in mining on the Mississippi above the mouth of the Wisconsin......1719 De Lignery makes a treaty with the Sacs, Foxes, and Winnebagoes, by which the French may cross Wisconsin to trade with the Sioux on Lake Pepin......June 7, 1726 Cardinell, a French soldier, and h
Montreal (Canada) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-wisconsin
erre, commandant at Lake Pepin, evacuates his post, fearing massacre by the Indians......1737 Massacre of eleven Frenchmen at Green Bay, by the Menomonee Indians......1758 Wisconsin becomes English territory......Sept. 8, 1760 Captain Belfour and Lieutenant Gorrell with English troops occupy Green Bay, which Belfour names Fort Edward Augustus......Oct. 12, 1761 English abandon Fort Edward Augustus on account of the Pontiac War, cross Lake Michigan to L'Arbre Croche and thence to Montreal......June 21, 1763 Trade with the Chippewas at Chequamegon Bay reopened by Henry, an English trader......1765 Augustin de Langlade and his son Charles Michel settle permanently at Green Bay......1766 Jonathan Carver, exploring the northwest, by way of Green Bay and the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, reaches Prairie du Chien......Oct. 15, 1766 John Long, an English trader, visits Green Bay and Prairie du Chien......June, 1780 Bazil Girard, Augustin Angi, and Pierre Antaya settle Pr
Rock Island, Ill. (Illinois, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-wisconsin
nsin rivers......1828 Battle of Wisconsin Heights; Black Hawk attacked by Illinois troops under Gen. James D. Henry, and Wisconsin rangers under Maj. Henry Dodge......July 21, 1832 Black Hawk's band destroyed by United States troops and crew of government steamboat Warrior, at mouth of Bad Axe River......Aug. 2, 1832 Black Hawk delivered to General Street, agent of the Winnebagoes, by his captors, Cha-e-tar and One-eyed Decorra......Aug. 27, 1832 Treaty with the Winnebagoes at Rock Island, ceding to the United States their lands east of the Mississippi and west of Green Bay......Sept. 15, 1832 First newspaper, the Green Bay Intelligencer, published at Green Bay......Dec. 11, 1833 Land offices established at Mineral Point and Green Bay......1834 Military road from Fort Howard to Fort Crawford begun......June 1, 1835 First steamboat makes port at Milwaukee......June 17, 1835 Territory of Wisconsin created by act of April 20, and government organized at Minera
Oshkosh (Wisconsin, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-wisconsin
escope dedicated at Lake Geneva, Wis......Oct. 21, 1897 Semi-centennial of Wisconsin as a State celebrated......June 28, 1898 Wisconsin raises and equips four regiments for American-Spanish War.......1898 Great strike of wood-workers at Oshkosh, accompanied by rioting and bloodshed......1898 Disastrous forest fires in northern Wisconsin during September; many lives lost......1898 Milwaukee public museum opened in new building......Jan. 23, 1899 Wisconsin Historical Society cer 250 persons killed at New Richmond, Wis.)......June 12, 1899 J. V. Quarles elected United States Senator......1899 Gen. Henry Harnden, capturer of Jefferson Davis, dies at Madison......March 17, 1900 Ex-Senator Philetus Sawyer dies at Oshkosh......March 29, 1900 Belle Boyd, the woman spy in the Civil War, dies at Kilbourn......June 12, 1900 Wisconsin State Historical library building dedicated......Oct. 19, 1900 David Giddings, member of Wisconsin Constitutional Convention,
Fort Howard (Maryland, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-wisconsin
blished by the French, with Sieur de la Perriere as commandant......1727 Fort St. Francis, at Green Bay, on site of Fort Howard about 1718-21, is destroyed, to keep it from the Indians......1728 Expedition fitted against the Fox Indians by the8 Expedition against the Fox Indians under De Villiers......1730 Fort La Baye built by the French on the site of Fort Howard......1730 Expedition against the Sacs and Foxes by the French under De Noyelle......1735 Legardeur Saint Pierre, occupy Prairie du Chien and commence Fort Crawford on the site of Fort McKay, formerly Fort Shelby......June, 1816 Fort Howard, on Green Bay, built and garrisoned by American troops under Col. John Miller......1816 First grist-mill in westernreen Bay......Dec. 11, 1833 Land offices established at Mineral Point and Green Bay......1834 Military road from Fort Howard to Fort Crawford begun......June 1, 1835 First steamboat makes port at Milwaukee......June 17, 1835 Territory of
Mineral Point (Wisconsin, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-wisconsin
Rock Island, ceding to the United States their lands east of the Mississippi and west of Green Bay......Sept. 15, 1832 First newspaper, the Green Bay Intelligencer, published at Green Bay......Dec. 11, 1833 Land offices established at Mineral Point and Green Bay......1834 Military road from Fort Howard to Fort Crawford begun......June 1, 1835 First steamboat makes port at Milwaukee......June 17, 1835 Territory of Wisconsin created by act of April 20, and government organized at Mineral Point......April 20, 1836 Milwaukee Advertiser published at Milwaukee......July 14, 1836 First session of the Assembly held at Belmont, Iowa county......Oct. 25, 1836 Real-estate speculation at Kewaunee, owing to discovery of gold, at its height......1836 First permanent settlement of Madison......April, 1837 Corner-stone of capital at Madison laid......July 4, 1837 Governor Dodge, of Wisconsin Territory, by treaty with the Ojibways at Fort Snelling, obtains cession t
Portage Canal (Washington, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-wisconsin
gold, at its height......1836 First permanent settlement of Madison......April, 1837 Corner-stone of capital at Madison laid......July 4, 1837 Governor Dodge, of Wisconsin Territory, by treaty with the Ojibways at Fort Snelling, obtains cession to the United States of the pine forests of the valley of the St. Croix and its tributaries......July 29, 1837 Assembly meets at Burlington, Des Moines county......Nov. 6, 1837 Legislature assembles at Madison......Nov. 26, 1838 Portage canal, connecting Wisconsin and Fox rivers, begun by the United States......1838 Mitchell's bank at Milwaukee established......1839 The Wisconsin phalanx, a community on Fourier's system, established at Ceresco, now Ripon......May, 1844 Mormon colony, an offshoot from Nauvoo, led by James Jesse Strang, is founded on White River at Voree......1845 Enabling act for the State of Wisconsin passed by Congress......Aug. 6, 1846 State constitution prohibiting banks and banking, framed
Wisconsin (Wisconsin, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-wisconsin
iet from Michilimackinac enter Green Bay and pass Fox River portage to the Wisconsin River, June 10, and down the Wisconsin, discovering the Mississippi......June 17nepin, with Duluth, journeys from Lake St. Francis to Green Bay by way of the Wisconsin and Fox rivers......1680 Pierre le Seuer reaches the Mississippi River viaant of the West, winters near Trempeleau, which he reaches via the Fox and Wisconsin rivers from Green Bay......1685 Father St. Cosme visits site of Milwaukee on h Francis Renault engages in mining on the Mississippi above the mouth of the Wisconsin......1719 De Lignery makes a treaty with the Sacs, Foxes, and Winnebagoes,athan Carver, exploring the northwest, by way of Green Bay and the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, reaches Prairie du Chien......Oct. 15, 1766 John Long, an English trad..Aug. 11, 1827 Fort Winnebago built at the portage between the Fox and Wisconsin rivers......1828 Battle of Wisconsin Heights; Black Hawk attacked by Illinois
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