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Organized labor’s campaign for a ten-hour workday gained momentum in the 1870s and 1880s. The often-violent response to union demands in places like…
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Ole Catfish and his family led quiet, unassuming lives in their home at Lac du Flambeau. They were not remarkable in any way and not the type of people…
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Modern telecommunication systems provide the means to contact friends, relatives, and businesses whenever and wherever we want, but historically this is a…
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Train robberies are part of the lore of the American West and the stuff of Hollywood blockbusters. But what was far more common than robbing a moving…
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Many talented people have lived in the Northwoods, and every now and again one of them achieves national fame. One such person was Stanley Morner from the…
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During the Second World War, raw materials were in high demand and difficult to obtain. This made recycling of metal, rubber, and paper more important…
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Today, travel in and out of the Northwoods can be accomplished by private automobile or airline. In prior decades, people had multiple options for…
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Frontier bar fights were common in the Old West as well as in frontier lumbering regions like northern Wisconsin. But a common occurrence does not mean an…
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People interested in polar geography may know about the Eklund Islands in King George the Sixth Sound southwest of the Antarctic Peninsula. What might be…
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In the nineteenth century, people believed Wisconsin’s forests to be inexhaustible. Lumber production proceeded at an unsustainable pace, but few cared as…
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The Indian Termination Act of the 1950s was a misguided attempt to alleviate economic hardship on Reservations by terminating tribal sovereignty and…
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The early history of Phillips in Price County is primarily one of the railroads and logging industries. Like other Northwoods communities, Phillips had a…