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Place Names of Wisconsin
The colorful history and culture of Wisconsin are reflected in its place names, from those created by Native Americans, French explorers, and diverse European settlers to more recent appellations commemorating political figures, postmasters, and landowners. Organized...Regular price $21.95Quick view -
Poles in Wisconsin
In this all-new addition to the People of Wisconsin series, author Susan Mikos traces the history of Polish immigrants as they settled in America’s northern heartland. The second largest immigrant population after Germans, Poles put down...Regular price $12.95Quick view -
Romance of Wisconsin Place Names
Fifty years ago, educator and writer Robert E. Gard traveled across Wisconsin, learning the trivial, controversial, and landmark stories behind how cities, counties, and local places got their names. This volume records the fruits of Gard’s...Regular price $19.95Quick view -
Saving Our Sturgeon: Protecting Wisconsin's Ancient Fish
The story of a fascinating fish and the forward-thinking people who saved them in Wisconsin For millennia, sturgeon swam the waterways of Wisconsin. Before the 1800s, an estimated eleven million sturgeon lived in Lake Michigan alone....Regular price $20.00Quick view -
Schusters & Gimbels
For well over a century, Milwaukee shoppers have had Gimbels or Schuster's on the brain. Even if they didn't crave sewing notions or prize-winning apple pies, they were watching holiday parades wind by, tuning in for...Regular price $21.99Quick view -
Sherman Park: A Legacy of Diversity in Milwaukee
Sherman Park residents blazed integration trails ahead of the slow progress of Greater Milwaukee and the country. Racial tensions and violence in the South drove nearly thirty thousand African Americans north to Milwaukee in the 1960s....Regular price $19.99Quick view