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Harry Steenbock
STEENBOCK, HARRY(b. Charlestown, Wisconsin, 16 August 1886; d. Madison, Wisconsin, 25 December 1967)agricultural chemistry, biochemistry, nutrition.Steenbock was the second child of Henry and Christine (Oesan) Steenbock, German-speaking Lutheran farmers in rural Wisconsin. He received his elementary... Read more |
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Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp
Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation One O Read more |
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Walter W. Heller
Walter Heller Catapulted into the spotlight as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors during the Kennedy-Johnson years, Walter Heller (1915-1987) became the chief spokesman and exemplar of the "New Economics" which attempted to maximize economic growth through "fine tuning." Walter... Read more |
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German Americans
GERMAN AMERICANS by La Vern J. Rippley Overview Situated in the heart of Europe, Germany today adjoins nine neighbors: Denmark to the north; Poland and the Czech Republic to the east; Austria and Switzerland to the south; and the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France to the west.... Read more |
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Potawatomi
Potawatomi , Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages ). They are closely related to the Ojibwa and Ottawa; their traditions state that all three were originally one people. The Potawatomi are... Read more |
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Marinette
Marinette, Wisconsin/USA Named after the daughter of a Menominee chief, Marinette Jacobs. Her name was a combination of Marie and Antoinette.... Read more |
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University of Wisconsin
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. The origins of higher education in Wisconsin came in the provision of the new state's 1848 constitution mandating the founding of a public, nonsectarian institution of higher learning, financed by the sale of the state's designated public lands.... Read more |
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Wisconsin (river)
Wisconsin river, c.430 mi (690 km) long, rising in the lake district, NE Wis., and flowing generally SW across central Wis. to the Mississippi River near Prairie du Chien. At Portage it is connected by a short canal with the Fox River, and thus with Lake Michigan. There are many hydroelectric... Read more |
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler (1850–1919), Wisconsin poetaster, whose first book, Drops of Water (1872), a collection of temperance verse, was followed by nearly 40 volumes of romantic, unctuous verse in the “Oh God, the pain” school, distinguished by a sentimental approach to... Read more |
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Leland Stanford
Leland Stanford 1824-93, American railroad builder, politician, and philanthropist, b. Watervliet, N.Y. After practicing law in Wisconsin, he went (1852) to California, where he became a successful merchant. He served as governor (1861-63) of California and was one of the four founders of the... Read more |
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