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2 events,Abbot Bernard Pennings, a Norbertine priest from the Netherlands, founded St. Norbert College in De Pere in 1898. It remains the only Norbertine college in the world, on a riverside campus a short walk from the site of the 1671 mission. |
2 events,The University of Wisconsin Green Bay was established in 1965 and welcomed students to its bayside campus soon after. Its early focus on the environment earned it the nickname Eco U, and its Phoenix teams carry Green Bay’s name across college sports. |
2 events,On September 3, 1836 at Cedar Point on the Fox River, the Menominee ceded about four million acres of land to the United States, including the timber country that built the Fox Valley and Green Bay. The treaty opened the region to the lumber era that followed. |
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Wisconsin at Notre Dame (The game will be play on neutral ground at Lambeau Field in Green Bay WI) |
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3 events,After decades as Wolf River, Ahnepee, and Ahnapee, the city on the lakeshore officially became Algoma on September 7, 1897. Spared by rain from the great fire of 1871, Algoma went on to become one of Lake Michigan’s charter fishing capitals and home to Wisconsin’s oldest licensed winery. |
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1 event,In 1855 a steamboat accidentally left four Irishmen behind on the Door County shore. Rather than wait for a ride, they stayed, and their settlement along the Ahnapee River grew into the village of Forestville. |
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3 events,The Ahnapee and Western Railway steamed into Algoma in 1892, linking the lakeshore to Green Bay and the world through Casco Junction and Luxemburg. Today the old roadbed lives on as the Ahnapee State Trail, one of northeast Wisconsin’s favorite rail trails. |
3 events,William Harley and the Davidson brothers incorporated their motorcycle company in Milwaukee, turning a backyard shed operation into an American icon. |
3 events,The Oshkosh State Normal School opened in 1871 to train Wisconsin teachers. It grew into the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, whose Titans and 12,000 students keep the city a college town at heart.
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3 events,Fur trader Dominique Ducharme purchased 1,281 acres at the Kaukauna rapids from the Menominee in 1793, reputedly for two barrels of rum, in what is remembered as the first recorded land deed in Wisconsin. The Charles Grignon Mansion, built in the 1830s, still stands on part of that ground in the Electric City. |
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2 events,Little Chute incorporated as a village in 1899, half a century after the Dutch arrival. Its authentic working windmill and annual cheese festival celebrate a heritage that never left the banks of the Fox. |
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1 event,Green Bay dedicated new City Stadium, later renamed Lambeau Field, and the Packers beat the Bears 21-17. The frozen tundra has been sacred ground ever since. |
2 events,The Vulcan Street Plant on the Fox River in Appleton became the first Edison hydroelectric central station in the world. The electric age began right here in the Fox Valley. On September 30, 1854, Ojibwe leaders signed the second Treaty of La Pointe, establishing permanent Wisconsin reservations at Bad River, Red Cliff, Lac du Flambeau, and Lac Courte Oreilles. Tribal leaders insisted on permanent homelands, ending the removal era in the Lake Superior country. |
2 events,The first Wisconsin State Fair was held in Janesville, drawing thousands to celebrate the young state's farms and craftsmanship. The cream puffs came later. Caught in a Lake Michigan storm in 1848, Captain Justice Bailey steered his ship into an unknown harbor on the peninsula’s east shore. He found deep water and timber worth cutting, and within two years thousands of cords of wood were shipping out of the harbor that took his name. |
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NL Division Series Game 1 at American Family Field. Brewers won 3-2. TV: FS1. |
3 events,On October 4, 1842 at La Pointe on Madeline Island, the Ojibwe ceded the copper rich lands along Lake Superior, again reserving their rights to hunt and fish across the territory. The treaty opened the iron and copper ranges that built towns like Hurley.
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NL Division Series Game 2 at American Family Field. Brewers won 4-3 to take a 2-0 series lead. TV: FS1. |