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Grab a coffee and enjoy this drone tour through the early History of Wisconsin! We explore the landscape of the state of Wisconsin and tell the story of Wis...
6 lis 2009 · Interesting Facts. Wisconsin became a U.S. territory following the American Revolution and soon after began attracting settlers looking for work in its mining, lumber and dairy industries. It was...
In this video, we continue our drone tour of the history of Wisconsin through its greatest historical landmarks. We see Wisconsin prosper through the lumber...
The history of Wisconsin encompasses the story not only 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 ...
History. The area known as Wisconsin was first inhabited by various Native American tribes. The Chippewa, Menominee, Oneida, Potawatomi and Ho Chunk (Winnebago) tribes lived in the area until the late 1800s. The first European explorer to reach Wisconsin was Jean Nicolet.
6 dni temu · Early history. Paleo-Indians, the earliest ancestors of Native Americans, arrived in what is now Wisconsin during or after the retreat of the last continental glacier, about 12,000 years ago. They built effigy mounds, of which at least 20 remain in the Madison area alone.
The Wisconsin landscape we know today emerged about 13,000 years ago when the last glacier of the last ice age retreated. It left our region bordered by the Mississippi River on the west, Lake Michigan on the east, and Lake Superior on the north.
