| Preface for Teachers | viii |
| Acknowledgments | ix |
| Introduction for Students | x |
Chapter 1 | Discovering the Past | 2 |
| Finding the Mammoth Hunters: Kenosha Public Museum | 4 |
| Discovering Aztalan: Samuel Barrett and the Milwaukee Public Museum | 6 |
| Increase Lapham: Wisconsin's First Scientist | 8 |
| Otter Spring: Protecting Wisconsin's Sacred Sites | 10 |
| Henry R. Schoolcraft: The 1820 Expedition to the Western Michigan Territory | 12 |
| Juliette M. Kinzie: Pioneer Encounters on the Wisconsin Frontier | 14 |
| Skunk Hill: Where the Dream Dance Came to Wisconsin | 16 |
| Treaty Councils: From Prairie du Chien to Madeline Island | 18 |
| Chief Buffalo and His Mission to Washington | 20 |
| The Lucerne: Preserving Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks | 22 |
| Black Hawk's Return: "The Land Cannot Be Sold" | 24 |
| Chapter One Resources | 26 |
Chapter 2 | Immigration in Wisconsin History | 30 |
| From Factory to Farm and Back: The British Temperance Emigration Society and Savings Fund | 32 |
| Finnish Co-ops: Fair Trade in the Northwoods | 34 |
| Colonel Hans Christian Heg: A Norwegian Regiment in the Civil War | 36 |
| The Niagara: Great Lakes Palace Steamer Fire Kills Hundreds | 38 |
| Poles in Portage County | 40 |
| Iron Mining and Italian Community Building in Hurley | 42 |
| From Logging to Farming: Selling Northern Wisconsin to Immigrants | 44 |
| Attracting Newcomers to a New State | 46 |
| German Music in a German State | 48 |
| Freedom Ride!: Grant County's African American Pioneers | 50 |
| Escape from Laos: The Harrowing Journey of the Hmong to Wisconsin | 52 |
| Chapter Two Resources | 54 |
Chapter 3 | Environmental History | 58 |
| The Great Peshtigo Fire: Logging Practices Create Deadly Firestorm | 60 |
| Menominee Tribal Enterprises and Sustained-Yield Forestry | 62 |
| Fish Story: Stopping the Lamprey on the Great Lakes | 64 |
| Fish and Game: Aldo Leopold and the Conservation Movement | 66 |
| Water Policy in Wisconsin: Preserving the St. Croix Riverway | 68 |
| Project ELF: The Northwoods' Cold War Secret | 70 |
| The Man from Clear Lake: Gaylord Nelson and Earth Day | 72 |
| Recreation and Employment: The New Deal and Wisconsin Parks | 74 |
| Wisconsin's First State Park: Interstate Park at the St. Croix Dalles | 76 |
| Pesticide on Trial: Wisconsin's Role in Banning DDT | 78 |
| Let the Waters Flow: Dam Removal Projects | 80 |
| Cleaning the Fox River: The Battle over PCB Removal | 82 |
| Chapter Three Resources | 84 |
Chapter 4 | Tourism | 88 |
| Lucky 13: Automobile Tourism to Northern Wisconsin | 90 |
| Back to Nature: Wilderness Tourism in the Northwoods | 92 |
| Electrifying Tourism: The Bayfield Electric Cooperative | 94 |
| Calvin Coolidge Vacations on the Brule River | 96 |
| Bringing Main Streets to Life: Saving Wisconsin's Downtowns | 98 |
| The Yellowstone Trail: Wisconsin's First National Tourist Highway | 100 |
| Governor Warren Knowles: Promoting Tourism and Protecting Water | 102 |
| H.H. Bennett: Inventing the Wisconsin Dells | 104 |
| Chapter Four Resources | 106 |
Chapter 5 | Industry | 110 |
| Cold Hard Profit: Ice Harvesting in Wisconsin | 112 |
| Hogs on Wheels: The Evolution of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company | 114 |
| Superior Shipbuilding: Quintuplets and the War! | 116 |
| Boom to Bust: The Brownstone Industry of Chequamegon Bay | 118 |
| From Lead to Zinc: The Mining Heyday in Southwest Wisconsin | 120 |
| Allis-Chalmers: Manufacturing for Manufacturers | 122 |
| D.C. Everest: Building Wisconsin's Paper Industries | 124 |
| Silent Service: Manitowoc's Submarine Industry in World War II | 126 |
| Soldiers without Guns: Milwaukee Women during World War II | 128 |
| Sawdust Cities: How Lumber Mills Created Towns | 130 |
| Badger Ordnance: How Wisconsin Helped Win World War II | 132 |
| Fairlawn: From Millionaire's Mansion to Orphan's Home | 134 |
| Chapter Five Resources | 136 |
Chapter 6 | Agriculture | 140 |
| J.I. Case: Industry for Agriculture | 142 |
| From Wheat to Dairy: How a Little Bug Made America's Dairyland | 144 |
| The University of Wisconsin Extension: Education for the People | 146 |
| A New Cash Crop: The Hops Craze of Southern Wisconsin | 148 |
| Native Fruits: Wisconsin's Cranberry Industry | 150 |
| The Milk Strikes: Dairy Farmers Respond to Low Prices | 152 |
| Milk and Cheese Paradise: Wisconsin's Dairy Industry | 154 |
| German POWs: Easing Wisconsin's Agricultural Labor Shortages | 156 |
| The Ho-Chunk Bison Ranch: Restoration of Native Community | 158 |
| Chapter Six Resources | 160 |
Chapter 7 | Social Issues | 164 |
| Pursuing Freedom: Wisconsin Defies the Fugitive Slave Law | 166 |
| Breaking the Color Line: Milwaukee Housing Segregation | 168 |
| Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb: Rural Healthcare on Snowshoes | 170 |
| Cordelia Harvey: Northern Hospitals Close to Home | 172 |
| Temperance in Wisconsin: Frances E. Willard, Carry A. Nation, and the WCTU | 174 |
| We Won't Fight: German Immigrants Protest the Civil War Draft | 176 |
| Don't Pick on Us!: Hispanic Farmworkers March to Madison | 178 |
| Lloyd Barbee: Fighting Segregation in Milwaukee Schools | 180 |
| America's Longest Strike: The Kohler Company Strike of 1934-1941 | 182 |
| Olympia Brown and the Women's Suffrage Movement | 184 |
| Helping Hands: Wisconsin's Schools for the Deaf and Blind | 186 |
| Senator Joseph McCarthy: The Rise and Fall of an Anti-Communist | 188 |
| The Posse Comitatus: Rural Terrorism at Tigerton Dells | 190 |
| The Bombing of Sterling Hall: Homegrown Terrorism on the UW Campus | 192 |
| In the English Language: The Bennett Law Controversy | 194 |
| School Vouchers: The Milwaukee Experiment | 196 |
| Vitamin Research and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation | 198 |
| Chapter Seven Resources | 200 |
Chapter 8 | Arts, Entertainment, and Sports | 206 |
| Ed "Strangler" Lewis: Wisconsin's World Champion Wrestler | 208 |
| Lunt and Fontanne: First Couple of the American Stage | 210 |
| Of Woods and Prairies: Children's Author Laura Ingalls Wilder | 212 |
| Packers as Packers: Meatpackers and Wisconsin's Favorite Team | 214 |
| Three Ring Circus: How Wisconsin Became America's Circus Capital | 216 |
| Vinnie Ream Hoxie: The Woman Who Carved Lincoln | 218 |
| Frank Lloyd Wright: Legendary Architect | 220 |
| Wheel Speed: Wisconsin's Link to Auto Racing | 222 |
| Chapter Eight Resources | 224 |
Chapter 9 | Government | 228 |
| Pursuing Reform: The Life and Work of Robert M. La Follette | 230 |
| Wisconsin's War Effort: Liberty Loans and the Four-Minute Men | 232 |
| Protecting Workers: John Commons and Workmen's Compensation | 234 |
| Edwin Witte and Social Security: A New Deal for American Workers | 236 |
| Mr. Berger Goes to Washington: Milwaukee Demands Representation | 238 |
| Ending Vietnam: The Legacy of Melvin Laird, Secretary of Defense | 240 |
| Help for the Unemployed: Wisconsin's Unemployment Compensation Law | 242 |
| Changing the Welfare State: Governor Tommy Thompson and the W-2 Program | 244 |
| Lee Sherman Dreyfus: Political Maverick in a Red Vest | 246 |
| The Battle for Fair Representation: Wisconsin's Redistricting Struggles | 248 |
| From Milwaukee to the Promised Land: The Story of Golda Meir | 250 |
| The Right to Fish, Hunt, and Gather: Ojibwe Treaty Rights | 252 |
| Chapter Nine Resources | 254 |
| Linking Historic Research to the Wisconsin Model Academic Standards | 259 |
| Where Highlights in Wisconsin History Happened | 262 |