facts about wisconsin
* state nickname: Badge state
* state motto: "Forward"
* Wisconsin became a state in: May 29, 1848
* great britain obtained wisconsin after the French and Indian War in 1763, but the U.S obtained it after the Revolutionary War in 1783.
* Largest lake: Lake Winnebago
* Wisconsin has humid summers and very cold winters
* The first Ringling Brothers Circus was staged in Baraboo, WI in 1884.
* "In the 17th century, tribal warfare in the east led to the migration of many Indian groups to Wisconsin"
* "Among these were the Sac, or Sauk, the Fox, and the Potawatomi."
* Probably members of the Sam Montieth Post - G.A.R.
and/or of the Wisconsin 7th Volunteer Infantry - The Iron Brigade
(Grant Co., WI, Circa 1890's)
* Jean Nicolet was the first known European to reach Wisconsin in search of the Northwest Passage in 1634. (statue of Jean Nicolet)
* 1857: The first railroad is completed from Milwaukee to Prairie du Chien.
* 1872: Wisconsin Dairyman's Association is founded in Watertown.
* Wisconsin has over 14000 lakes