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  Wisconsin Encyclopedia Article @ VariedTastes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
According to the U.S. Census of 2004, Wisconsin's population was 5,509,026.
Citizens of Wisconsin are referred to as Wisconsinites, although a common nickname (sometimes used pejoratively) among non-residents is "Cheeseheads," due to the prevalence and quality of cheesemaking in the state.
Wisconsin is served by the public University of Wisconsin System consisting of 15 institutions, including the flagship University of Wisconsin campus in Madison.
www.variedtastes.com /encyclopedia/Wisconsin   (3721 words)

  
 WDNR - Financial Assistance Programs
Cities, towns, villages, counties, town sanitary districts, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts, metropolitan sewerage districts, and federally-recognized tribal governments are eligible to apply on forms provided by the Department.
Counties, towns, cities, villages, non-profit groups and qualified lake associations, as defined in s.30.92(1)(br) and public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts are eligible to apply on forms provided by the Department.
Wisconsin businesses, counties, municipalities, public entities, non-profit organizations and schools are eligible to apply on forms provided by the Department.
www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/caer/cfa/bureau/programs.html   (5857 words)

  
 The Antiquities of Wisconsin | Chapter 3
At the intersection of Main and State streets, in the village of Fulton, is an irregular oval earth-work, consisting of a flat ridge, and resembling the road-way of a modern turnpike.
The ridge on which the village is built, as well as the next one towards the east, were formerly covered by a series of them, traces of which are still to be seen in the court-house square.
We are told by Catlin that “the village of the Mandans has a most novel appearance to the eye of a stranger; their lodges are closely grouped together, leaving just room enough for walking and riding between them, and appear from without to be built entirely of dirt.
www.library.wisc.edu /etext/Antiquities/antiqC03.html   (12905 words)

  
 Articles For Local Historians provided by the Wisconsin Historical Society
In contrast, political towns in Wisconsin are units of government primarily designed to provide services, receive taxes and administer voting in rural areas.
They are available on microfilm for use at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison or by appointment at any of the Area Research Centers.
At the turn of the 20th century each county in Wisconsin received handwritten copies of the notebooks applicable to that particular county.
www.wisconsinhistory.org /localhistory/articles/surveyor.asp   (2845 words)

  
 NARA - Publications - Special List 29: Wisconsin
Shows ledges, natural and artificial mounds, lead and copper mines, towns and villages, and roads and canals.
Geological Map of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, Exhibiting, also, the extension of the Iowa Coal-field into Missouri, and its relation to the Illinois Coal-field.
Relief Map of Wisconsin Accompanying "The Physical Geography of Wisconsin," By Lawrence Martin.
www.archives.gov /publications/finding-aids/maps/wi.html?template=print   (1009 words)

  
 Top20Wisconsin.com - Your Top20 Guide to Wisconsin!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
When Indian treaties opened up southwest Wisconsin to settlement, thousands of miners—many of them immigrants from Cornwall, England—flocked to southern Wisconsin in what could almost be termed a "lead rush." At one point Wisconsin produced more than half of the nation's lead.
The University of Wisconsin is an international leader in stem-cell research.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2004, Wisconsin's population was 5,509,026.
www.top20wisconsin.com   (2496 words)

  
 West Salem, Wisconsin: La Crosse River State Trail
Campgrounds and public parks are located in or near villages and cities adjoining the trail.
Now the village is a bedroom community with over 500 residents and is growing.
Among the points of interest, are the Welsh Methodist Church in the village, and the inscribed sandstone cliff along Dutch Creek just south of the Bangor park.
www.westsalemwi.com /bike.htm   (1301 words)

  
 Wisconsin: Life's So Good.
Whether you seek a gear-grinding challenge or a chance to lose yourself in the great outdoors, Wisconsin’s mountain bike trails are the perfect venue to burn off some steam surrounded by the state’s trademark beauty.
Having transformed more than 1,000 miles of railroad beds to biking adventures, Wisconsin’s rails-to-trails conversions are an excellent route to explore nature and state history from the comfort of your bicycle.
The highest concentration of fresh water lakes in the world, a tour along Northern Wisconsin’s lumber-era water highways and picturesque eagle watching waypoints are a few of the highlights best enjoyed miles away from car horns and incessant traffic.
www.travelwisconsin.com /thingstodo/biking_index.htm   (447 words)

  
 WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum WWII Bibliography Page Five
Also found is a list of soldiers, sailors, and marines who died during the war with the date of death and cause included.
A history of Palmyra, Wisconsin focusing on the town’s involvement in World War II, including the names and photographs of those who served, news stories taken from local newspapers, a home front history, and wartime anecdotes told by veterans.
Badger Village, first a community for those working in the war industries and later a community for veterans at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is described in detail.
museum.dva.state.wi.us /Res_WWII5.asp   (1987 words)

  
 EPA > Wetlands > Wetlands Reading List (Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12)
The goal of the list is to encourage students to explore and develop a respect, understanding and appreciation for wetlands.
Entries are listed alphabetically by grade level in the Wetlands Reading List: primary (pre-kindergarten to grade 2), elementary (grades 3 to 5), intermediate (grades 6 to 8) and secondary (grades 9 to 12).
They are listed here because their large and abundant pictures and easy to follow story make them suitable for the primary grade level.
www.epa.gov /OWOW/wetlands/science/readlist.html   (13473 words)

  
 Wisconsin Towns Association
Wisconsin Town Law Forms are produced by the Revisor of Statutes Bureau and are numbered according to the statutory section to which each form applies
It provides the following information for each town, village, city and county: 1) last year’s local levy in dollars; 2) the allowable levy under the legislative proposal; 3) the allowable levy as vetoed; 4) the percentage increase under the legislative proposal; and 5) the percentage increase under the bill as vetoed.
Wisconsin’s electric transmission network is a cornerstone of sustained economic growth and quality of life in our state.
www.wisctowns.com   (1658 words)

  
 Village Profile - Glendale, Wisconsin
In 1950, the remaining 5.7 square miles of the old Town of Milwaukee, located in the North Shore Milwaukee Area, was incorporated as the City of Glendale.
Glendale is north and adjacent to the City of Milwaukee and surrounded by the City of Milwaukee and four other incorporated villages.
By the time Wisconsin became the nation's 30th state in 1848, the area was solidly fixed as a part of the Town of Milwaukee.
www.villageprofile.com /wisconsin/glendale/glendale.html   (2567 words)

  
 Kenosha Public Library - Wisconsin
Wisconsin Ag Connection - Covers the full range of agricultural information for the state of Wisconsin including recent news, crop weather reports, ag markets, farm auctions, real estate, an agri-directory and an equipment locator.
Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas - Provides distribution maps and pictures at various stages of life for birds that breed in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Bureau of Endangered Resources - Provided by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, this site includes extensive information on plants and animals that are threatened and endangered in Wisconsin.
www.kenosha.lib.wi.us /links/Wisconsin2.html   (810 words)

  
 Share and Discover Wisconsin Bio, Pictures, News at BlinkBits.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Every year the Wisconsin Educational Approval Board releases its Directory of Private Postsecondary Schools, which provides a complete list of schools you normally don't think anyone actually attends.
The band "Wisconsin Cheese Graters" is not based in Wisconsin.
As of 2004, there are 229,800 foreign-born residents in the state (4.2% of the state population), and an estimated 41,000 illegal aliens living in the state, accounting for 18% of the foreign-born.
www.blinkbits.com /blinks/wisconsin   (3372 words)

  
 Wisconsin.gov - - Wisconsin Cities, Towns and Villages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
From Albany to York, many of Wisconsin's cities, villages and towns are just a click away, thanks to this municipal directory.
Some municipalities do not have official websites or have not requested to be included in this list.
If you are an official for a municipality that would like to be included, please submit the address of your website using the technical section of our feedback form.
www.wisconsin.gov /state/core/wisconsin_cities_towns_and_villages.html   (92 words)

  
 Wisconsin - Origins Genealogy Book Store
List of cities, villages, RR depots, and post offices divided by township.
Lists cemetery names, section number and directions by road, county and township.
This book describes the values and ideas the Germans brought with them to Wisconsin; highlights their achievements on the farm, workplace and school over 150 years; and explains why their impact has been so profound.
origins.safeshopper.com /103/cat103.htm?84   (558 words)

  
 Historical Wildland Fire Statistics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
This is a list of some of the most serious wildland fires in U.S. history.
Some were significant because of their size, others because of the value of the resources lost.
There have been larger fires than some of those included on this list, but few or none with greater impact on lives and resources.
www.nifc.gov /stats/historicalstats.html   (126 words)

  
 Community Library
Wisconsin Online - Covers more than 5,000 events searchable by date, county, city, keyword or subject.
Mineralogy of Wisconsin - Compiled by a geology professor at UW - River Falls, this lists specific minerals and where they may be found in each Wisconsin county.
There is also a county by county list of minerals found in the state, as well as a bibliography and a list of special Wisconsin mineral locations.
www.community.lib.wi.us /guide.wisconsin.html   (646 words)

  
 Brandon, Wisconsin
A summary of significant events in the village's history, from the arrival of the first immigrant and eastern settlers in the town of Metomen in 1844.
Ripon's Booth War: Aftermath of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 in Wisconsin, 1860: Arrested in 1854 for his role in freeing an escaped slave, Joshua Glover, and freed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Sherman Booth, notorious Wisconsin spokesman for abolition, was the center of a six-year legal struggle between State and Federal governments.
Business names for the village of Brandon were listed in the Wisconsin State Gazetteer as early as the 1865-66 volume.
www.wlhn.org /fond_du_lac/communities/brandon/brandon.htm   (1507 words)

  
 WDNR - DNR News - March 21, 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Adult purple martins or "scouts" are the first to arrive back in the spring, arriving in Wisconsin during the last week of March and the first two weeks of April.
MADISON — Turkey hunters preparing for the opening of the spring Wisconsin wild turkey season are being reminded of a new prohibition on the use of electronic decoys for turkey hunting in the state.
The Sandhill Outdoor Skills Center is located 20 miles west of Wisconsin Rapids on County Highway X, 1 mile north of Highway 80 near Babcock, Wisconsin on the 9,000 acre Department of Natural Resources Sandhill Wildlife Area.
www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/caer/ce/news/on   (1924 words)

  
 Wool Works: knitting for charity
This page lists organizations that accept donations of finished knitted goods or in some cases, knitting supplies.
We're a group of volunteers who drive to villages in the Sierra Madre mountains of Northern Mexico, leaving clothing off at churches/community centers.
Some volunteers deliver the items to hospitals in their own communities or mail them directly to hospitals listed in the newsletter.
www.woolworks.org /charity.html   (14117 words)

  
 Wisconsin: State and Local Government on the Net
Compare Wisconsin attorneys by experience, ratings, and cost with LegalMatch.
John A. Birdsall, criminal defense attorney based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (WI).
Wisconsin Agricultural Exports Jump 16 Percent in 2005 - Wisconsin Ag Connection
www.statelocalgov.net /state-wi.cfm   (219 words)

  
 Comprehensive GIS Resource List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Yahara Watershed Education Network is an informal umbrella for K-16 educational activities that focus on local issues using "watershed" and "ecosystem health" as integrating concepts; it is a collaborative effort of Edgewood College, the UW-Madison, the Wisconsin DNR, local teachers and school districts, their students, and other interested educators.
Examples of these collaborative projects include a project to digitize and build coverages of all the zoning maps of the sixteen townships and villages in Geauga County, Ohio, for the County's Auditor's Office and Planning Commission.
Having a teacher or an administrator to champion the use of GIS in a K-12 school means more than just having the software.
danenet.wicip.org /gisedu/gisreslist.htm   (4735 words)

  
 Peace Action Wisconsin - Home
On April 4, 2006, citizens in 23 Wisconsin towns, villages and cities will have the opportunity to vote on a “Bring Our Troops Home” referendum on their local ballots.
This pernicious list is updated daily, and distributed to recruiters monthly.
TO OPT OUT, write a written request asking that your child (or you, if you're under 25) be added to the "suppression files" of the Pentagon's database.
www.peaceactionwi.org   (254 words)

  
 Wisconsin Smaller Cities, Towns, and Villages (between 1000 and 6000 residents)
Wisconsin Smaller Cities, Towns, and Villages (between 1000 and 6000 residents)
Cities in Wisconsin with more than 6000 residents
Towns and villages in Wisconsin with fewer than 1000 residents
www.city-data.com /city/Wisconsin2.html   (49 words)

  
 Door County Wisconsin Lodging - Ephraim Wisconsin - Door County Vacation Rentals
Centrally located in Ephraim between the villages of
From the moment you step into the High Point Inn, you know this premier vacation resort is a cut above the rest.
Cherry and apple blossoms provide a festive welcome each spring, while the picturesque sunsets, outstanding fall colors and the soothing snow cover call visitors back time and time again.
www.highpointinn.com   (197 words)

  
 Exeter Township, Green County, Wisconsin, mailing list   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Welcome fellow reseacher, to the Exeter Township, Green County, Wisconsin, mailing list.
Exeter Township includes the villages of Dayton, Exeter, and Brooklyn, and this mailing list is your forum for sharing genealogical, historical, and modern day stories relating to the Exeter Township area.
I began this list on Saturday, September 11, 1999 in the hopes of finding out more about the Exeter Township area.
www.monticellowi.com /GreenCo/exetermail.htm   (189 words)

  
 TriTAC. Tribal Child Care Grantees
In fiscal year 2005, 265 tribal grantees are receiving approximately $96 million in CCDF grant funds.
Approximately 500 federally recognized Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages receive CCDF funding either directly or through consortia arrangements.
Native Hawaiian children also receive CCDF services through a grant award to a private, nonprofit community-based human services organization in Honolulu, Hawaii.
www.nccic.org /tribal/grantees.html   (274 words)

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