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