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- Sep 19, 2013 — Wiskonsan's Biggest Booster
- Sep 12, 2013 — White Culture through Ho-Chunk Eyes
- Sep 3, 2013 — Kitty Ryan Subdues the Bear
- Aug 29, 2013 — Oxen Long Enough
- Aug 22, 2013 — The Amazing Curative Power of Rattlesnakes
- Aug 11, 2013 — Madison -- "Not Fit for Any Civilized Nation"
- Aug 7, 2013 — The First Book in Wisconsin
- Aug 1, 2013 — He's A Lumberjack
And He's OK
- Jul 18, 2013 — Giants In the Earth
- Jul 12, 2013 — Beer and History
- Jul 3, 2013 — An Indian View of July 4th
- Jun 25, 2013 — Summer Heat
- Jun 19, 2013 — Summertime Wildness
- Jun 11, 2013 — Husband & Wife Sheriffs
- Jun 5, 2013 — Father-Son Senators
- May 30, 2013 — Wisconsin Tornadoes
- May 22, 2013 — The Story of Memorial Day
- May 16, 2013 — Joliet and Marquette Head into the Wild
- May 8, 2013 — The Strange Ways of White Folks
- May 1, 2013 — Madison's Castle
- Apr 25, 2013 — "The fish of the state belong to the people..."
- Apr 16, 2013 — "Great Hail Stones the Size of a Man's Fist"
- Mar 31, 2013 — Harry Selfridge, Merchant Prince
- Mar 28, 2013 — Looking Down on the Competition
- Mar 20, 2013 — White, Black, and Green
- Mar 14, 2013 — Fearless Woman Hunter
- Mar 7, 2013 — Mary Hayes-Chynoweth, psychic healer
- Feb 28, 2013 — Indian Women & French Men
- Feb 21, 2013 — The Underground Railroad in Wisconsin
- Feb 14, 2013 — The Long Eventful Life of Hattie Pierce
- Feb 1, 2013 — Early Black History in Wisconsin
- Feb 1, 2013 — Why We Speak English in Wisconsin
- Jan 24, 2013 — Let There Be Light
- Jan 17, 2013 — Tippecanoe and Tallmadge too?
- Jan 8, 2013 — Wisconsin Ghost Town
- Jan 3, 2013 — The Parrot and the Crows
- Dec 26, 2012 — A Midwinter Survey Party
- Dec 16, 2012 — Ghosts of Christmas Past
- Dec 12, 2012 — Elves in the Attic
- Dec 6, 2012 — So Cold Their Noses Fell Off
- Nov 28, 2012 — "Killed by Remorse"
- Nov 20, 2012 — A Pioneer Thanksgiving
- Nov 15, 2012 — The Surrender & Captivity of Red Bird
- Nov 7, 2012 — The Congressman's Gold Teeth
- Nov 1, 2012 — Wisconsin's Oldest Resident?
- Oct 25, 2012 — "Prox for Prez"
- Oct 18, 2012 — Greendale's Unique History
- Oct 9, 2012 — Wisconsin Republican Declined Vice-Presidency
- Oct 4, 2012 — Fat People in Public
- Sep 27, 2012 — Elderly Chief's Journey to Protect Treaty Rights
- Sep 20, 2012 — Senator Spurned Campaign Contributions
- Sep 8, 2012 — Crabs and Beer
- Sep 3, 2012 — Democrats a Century Ago
- Aug 30, 2012 — Labor Day in Wisconsin
- Aug 23, 2012 — Republican Connections, 1860-Style
- Aug 13, 2012 — Our First Presidential Candidate
- Aug 9, 2012 — Mrs. Van der Heide and the Bear
- Aug 2, 2012 — Downhill All the Way?
- Jul 25, 2012 — Phillips Aflame
- Jul 19, 2012 — End of the World?
- Jul 6, 2012 — Founding Father's Frontier Son
- Jul 5, 2012 — Heat Waves Past and Present
- Jun 28, 2012 — Open Source Dairying
- Jun 21, 2012 — A Croak of Bull
- Jun 14, 2012 — La Follette at the Fire
- Jun 7, 2012 — Hill of the Dead
- May 31, 2012 — The Strange Fate of Marquette's Journal
- May 24, 2012 — Dog Follows Master to the Grave
- May 16, 2012 — Buckskin Brown and the Marvelous Shingles
- May 10, 2012 — Mother Impresses Tough Logger
- May 2, 2012 — John Till and His Miracle Plaster
- Apr 26, 2012 — Bearly Believable
- Apr 10, 2012 — Titanic: The Wisconsin Connections
- Apr 5, 2012 — Rude Awakening at Shiloh
- Mar 26, 2012 — Mind Control, Wisconsin-Style
- Mar 21, 2012 — Madison's First Drunkard
- Mar 15, 2012 — St. Patrick's Day Shenanigans
- Mar 7, 2012 — Lives of the Obscure
- Mar 1, 2012 — Women's History Month
- Feb 24, 2012 — Accidental Polar Plunge
- Feb 16, 2012 — The Man with the Branded Hand
- Feb 9, 2012 — Valentine's Day
- Feb 2, 2012 — The Strange Tale of Petersylvania, Wis.
- Jan 26, 2012 — Sarah Hardwick, Hermit
- Jan 19, 2012 — It Was So Cold That...
- Jan 12, 2012 — Archaeological Blunder
- Jan 5, 2012 — Risky Investment in Milwaukee Tobacco
- Dec 21, 2011 — The Bartender Who Saved Christmas
- Dec 15, 2011 — Cats, Cats, and More Cats
- Dec 8, 2011 — A Quick Stop to the Music
- Nov 30, 2011 — "Glory, Glory, Hallelujah"
- Nov 23, 2011 — Turkey, Baloney, and History
- Nov 17, 2011 — Thanksgiving Thoughts of a Railroad Worker
- Nov 11, 2011 — The First Badgers-Gophers Game in Madison
- Nov 3, 2011 — Scared Out of Town
- Oct 26, 2011 — Outwitting Zachary Taylor
- Oct 20, 2011 — The Curse of the Hille Farm
- Oct 14, 2011 — The Victorian Web
- Oct 6, 2011 — Columbus Day Again
- Sep 29, 2011 — The Dark Side of Covered Bridges
- Sep 22, 2011 — Mysterious Treasure at Clarno
- Sep 15, 2011 — How Egg Harbor Got Its Name
- Sep 8, 2011 — The Elephant Thief
- Aug 25, 2011 — Failed Miracle
- Aug 18, 2011 — Milwaukee's Robinson Crusoe
- Aug 11, 2011 — Spanked a Bear
- Aug 4, 2011 — Beasts of the North
- Jul 28, 2011 — Battle of the Crater
- Jul 20, 2011 — Assembly Speaker Held Up a Train
- Jul 14, 2011 — Jefferson Davis Takes a Licking
- Jul 7, 2011 — Smelling the Colors
- Jul 4, 2011 — First Civil War Fatality Predicted His Own Death
- Jun 22, 2011 — Secret Service
- Jun 16, 2011 — Capitol Balloon
- Jun 9, 2011 — The Man Who Vanished
- Jun 2, 2011 — Filthy Lucre
- May 20, 2011 — When the Rapture Failed in 1844
- May 18, 2011 — Selective Memory
- May 12, 2011 — Love Potions
- May 5, 2011 — A Con Man for Connoisseurs
- Apr 25, 2011 — Lincoln's Little Kindness
- Apr 21, 2011 — Environmental Victorian
- Apr 14, 2011 — Soldiers and Slaves
- Apr 7, 2011 — Close Vote & Mysterious Ballots in 1855
- Mar 30, 2011 — April Fools
- Mar 24, 2011 — Icy Threat
- Mar 17, 2011 — Dome in the Dumps
- Mar 2, 2011 — Legislator Obsessed with Underwear
- Feb 23, 2011 — Striking Out
- Feb 17, 2011 — The Ghost of Protests Past
- Feb 13, 2011 — Boiling One's Sweetheart Away
- Feb 9, 2011 — This Naughty City
- Jan 31, 2011 — Not This Again
- Jan 30, 2011 — Swell Eats
- Jan 18, 2011 — Mysterious Woman of the Woods
- Jan 15, 2011 — Martin Luther King and Wisconsin
- Jan 13, 2011 — Rolling Libraries
- Jan 3, 2011 — Natural Calamities
- Dec 27, 2010 — New Year's Reflections
- Dec 19, 2010 — Seeing the Present as History
- Dec 12, 2010 — The Iceman Cometh
- Dec 6, 2010 — Pearl Harbor through Wisconsin Eyes
- Nov 29, 2010 — The Dodgeville Hermit
- Nov 23, 2010 — American Indian Thanksgivings
- Nov 18, 2010 — Badger Detective
- Nov 9, 2010 — Kristallnacht in Wisconsin
- Nov 4, 2010 — The Champeen of Michigan and His Peculiar Leg
- Oct 21, 2010 — Monkey Business at the Capitol
- Oct 14, 2010 — The Giant Rat
of Fond du Lac
- Oct 7, 2010 — A Circus Every Day
- Sep 29, 2010 — A Unique Treasure
- Sep 22, 2010 — Don't Mess with the Cook
- Sep 16, 2010 — The Town That Wouldn't Give Up
- Sep 9, 2010 — Fake Inventors Swindled Investors
- Aug 25, 2010 — Sundae Sermon
- Aug 12, 2010 — Baraboo Bottle Bashers
- Aug 5, 2010 — Lindbergh Buzzes La Crosse
- Jul 28, 2010 — Blitzing the Bugs
- Jul 22, 2010 — Cruel Deception
- Jul 15, 2010 — For Sale: Electric Chair (Slightly Used)
- Jul 6, 2010 — Hermit Island in Lake Superior
- Jun 30, 2010 — Playing Footsie in La Crosse
- Jun 22, 2010 — Humble Henry Dodge
- Jun 17, 2010 — When Beer Was (Almost) Illegal
- Jun 10, 2010 — Where the Farm Went
- Jun 3, 2010 — Pioneer Hospitality
- May 26, 2010 — Texas, Truth, and Teaching
- May 20, 2010 — "His Guts in His Hand"
- May 13, 2010 — "Did I do my best?"
- May 6, 2010 — First Blow Dryers
- Apr 29, 2010 — Lumberjack Saved Union Fleet
- Apr 22, 2010 — Monroe's Limburger War
- Apr 15, 2010 — Early Meteors and 'Aerolites'
- Apr 8, 2010 — Free Speech and Impassioned Acts
- Apr 1, 2010 — Primitive Mobile Home
- Mar 24, 2010 — Threats and Violence in Congress
- Mar 17, 2010 — Juliet Severance, Radical Victorian
- Mar 11, 2010 — Break Down the Doors!
- Mar 4, 2010 — "For the Love of Karl Marx...!"
- Feb 22, 2010 — Curling in Wisconsin
- Feb 10, 2010 — Moonshine and Money
- Jan 31, 2010 — Cat Escaped the Nazis
- Jan 23, 2010 — Frontier Justice
- Jan 14, 2010 — Civil Rights in Wisconsin
- Jan 4, 2010 — Plain Speaking & Fair Dealing
- Dec 28, 2009 — Winter Break
- Dec 21, 2009 — Of Partridges and Pear Trees
- Dec 17, 2009 — Christmas Dinner in Wisconsin, 1836
- Dec 14, 2009 — Toddler Survived Scalping in 1827
- Dec 10, 2009 — Birth of the Snowmobile
- Nov 30, 2009 — Nation's First Quints Born in Wisconsin
- Nov 25, 2009 — Madison's First Thanksgiving
- Nov 12, 2009 — A Capitol Fish Story
- Nov 5, 2009 — Home-Grown
- Nov 3, 2009 — Madison's First Presidential Visit
- Oct 28, 2009 — Wisconsin Ghost Stories
- Oct 23, 2009 — World's Largest Penny
- Oct 11, 2009 — St. Damien's Wisconsin Assistant
- Oct 1, 2009 — Wyocena: It Came To Him in a Dream
- Sep 24, 2009 — Guiding Light Stays Bright in Madison
- Sep 18, 2009 — Opera House Ghost
- Sep 10, 2009 — Milton House Secrets
- Aug 27, 2009 — Disposable Fashion
- Aug 20, 2009 — Death to Capital Punishment
- Aug 12, 2009 — "The men all so good for nothing..."
- Aug 5, 2009 — Cartoon History of Wisconsin
- Aug 2, 2009 — How Aztalan Got Its Name
- Jul 27, 2009 — The Devil and Martin Rowney
- Jul 14, 2009 — Beer and Sweet Corn
- Jul 10, 2009 — The First Rhythm & Booms
- Jun 30, 2009 — Mrs. Lincoln Grieves in Waukesha
- Jun 22, 2009 — "He Would Have Made Them So"
- Jun 18, 2009 — Towns Named for Murderer & Victim
- Jun 8, 2009 — Roads Scholars
- Jun 1, 2009 — "Don't Inflame Our Youth!"
- May 25, 2009 — Debunking Nicolet
- May 12, 2009 — Noise R Us
- May 7, 2009 — Shooting the Rapids Astride $9,000
- Apr 22, 2009 — Psychic Dogs and Naked Chickens
- Apr 19, 2009 — Forgotten Flavors of Wisconsin
- Apr 6, 2009 — The First Brewers
- Mar 18, 2009 — Cranes Aloft & Underfoot
- Mar 9, 2009 — Mohawk Indian or French Prince?
- Feb 18, 2009 — Aunt Mary Ann
- Feb 8, 2009 — Wisconsin's Oddest Governor
- Jan 24, 2009 — The Deep Freeze of 1838
- Jan 14, 2009 — Elderly Horse Thief
- Jan 8, 2009 — Newhall House Hotel Fire
- Dec 28, 2008 — Mondovi Man Scaled Windmills at Age 90
- Nov 30, 2008 — He Must Have Been Yaps
- Nov 23, 2008 — The Budget Deficit of 1921
- Nov 17, 2008 — Longfellow on Madison
- Nov 10, 2008 — Snowplow Driver Appreciation Day
- Oct 22, 2008 — Wisconsin's First Election
- Oct 16, 2008 — Civil War Youngsters
- Oct 5, 2008 — More Bank Failures (1857)
- Sep 27, 2008 — Bank Failures of 1837
- Sep 23, 2008 — Holy Grail?
- Sep 3, 2008 — Political Conventions, 1860-style
- Aug 21, 2008 — Rattlesnake Eggs for Breakfast
- Aug 14, 2008 — Tarzan of Rhinelander?
- Aug 7, 2008 — Shipwreck Foreseen in a Dream
- Jul 25, 2008 — On Mosquitoes
- Jul 24, 2008 — Bailey's Doomed Canal
- Jul 8, 2008 — Black Fur Traders on Lake Superior
- Jun 26, 2008 — Good Housekeeping & Bad
- Jun 19, 2008 — American Hegemony, 1820-Style
- Jun 12, 2008 — Creating Lake Delton
- May 28, 2008 — An Overwhelming Invasion of Maniacs
- May 22, 2008 — Ezra Pound's Wisconsin Roots
- May 15, 2008 — The Spy Who Died in the Dells
- May 8, 2008 — The Voyageur with the Hole in his Side
- Apr 24, 2008 — Birds of a Feather
- Apr 13, 2008 — "1929 Favorable for Milwaukee"
- Apr 6, 2008 — Pegasus Express
- Mar 20, 2008 — Happy Birthday, Gene Shepard!
- Mar 15, 2008 — The Ides of Marsh
- Mar 13, 2008 — Mud Season Begins
- Mar 12, 2008 — Plenty of Brickbats
- Mar 5, 2008 — Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
- Mar 2, 2008 — Overdue Apology
- Feb 28, 2008 — Americans Idle
- Feb 24, 2008 — Polar Plunges
- Feb 16, 2008 — Big Bad Wolf?
- Feb 14, 2008 — More Winter Tales
- Feb 13, 2008 — Valentine Potpourri
- Feb 10, 2008 — Million Mile Chevy
- Feb 2, 2008 — Supersize Me
- Jan 28, 2008 — Earmarking, a Proud Tradition
- Jan 13, 2008 — Cast Her First Vote at Age 106
- Jan 6, 2008 — Up in Smoke
- Dec 24, 2007 — Christmas in a Logging Camp
- Dec 20, 2007 — The Great La Crosse Toboggan Run of 1885
- Dec 11, 2007 — Got a Chest Cough? Try Skunk Grease
- Nov 25, 2007 — Travel Hassles This Weekend?
- Nov 15, 2007 — A Real Debate
- Nov 11, 2007 — "Big Bay Blue" Lose to "Beloit Fairies"
- Nov 8, 2007 — Hirsute Pursuit
- Nov 1, 2007 — A Melancholy Marker
- Oct 22, 2007 — John Muir, Out-of-Touch Father
- Oct 14, 2007 — A Hill o' Beans
- Sep 23, 2007 — No One Suspected That She Was a Woman
- Sep 16, 2007 — Out of Town on a Rail
- Sep 9, 2007 — Long Before eBay or Antiques Road Show
- Sep 2, 2007 — Turtle Toes, The Capital's First Drunkard
- Aug 29, 2007 — Ninety-nine Bottles of Beer on the Lam
- Aug 27, 2007 — Amusing Grace
- Aug 23, 2007 — Belittling the Beancounters
- Aug 19, 2007 — A Little Bit of Family History History
- Aug 9, 2007 — Odd Vacation
- Jul 29, 2007 — The Peculiar Birth of Paul Bunyan
- Jul 22, 2007 — Harry Potter and the Dusty Hollow
- Jul 17, 2007 — (Un)Lucky Break
- Jul 10, 2007 — Odd Wisconsin Turns 500
- Jul 8, 2007 — The (Non-)Politics of Pail & Shovel
- Jul 3, 2007 — Eagle Symbolism in Wisconsin
- Jun 30, 2007 — The Last Lonely Eagle
- Jun 27, 2007 — Throwing the Book at Odd Wisconsin
- Jun 17, 2007 — The Search for Wisconsin's First Priest
- Jun 14, 2007 — Fortunes of War
- May 31, 2007 — Wounded Knee -- A Wisconsin Connection
- May 28, 2007 — Heading North Soon?
- May 24, 2007 — Conquering "a Multitude of Hates"
- May 20, 2007 — Horrible Monsters That Devour Men
- May 14, 2007 — Cash in the Attic. Really.
- May 9, 2007 — Drove Two Million Nails into Feet
- May 5, 2007 — Pocahontas in Wisconsin
- May 3, 2007 — No Snooze Button
- Apr 25, 2007 — Great Expectorations
- Apr 22, 2007 — Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood
- Apr 15, 2007 — Let Us Go Then, You & I
- Apr 8, 2007 — Big Boss Man ?
- Apr 4, 2007 — Another Time's Forgotten Space
- Apr 1, 2007 — If You Look At It Right
- Mar 29, 2007 — In the Strangest of Places
- Mar 24, 2007 — Once in a While You Get Shown the Light
- Mar 18, 2007 — The Fish Were Really Biting
- Mar 15, 2007 — Knight of the Pitcher
- Mar 15, 2007 — The Ides of Marsh
- Mar 7, 2007 — Reform of Military Hospitals
- Mar 3, 2007 — Sins of the Fathers
- Feb 28, 2007 — Add One Baby and Stir
- Feb 19, 2007 — Accidental Polar Plunge
- Feb 13, 2007 — Budget Blues
- Feb 8, 2007 — Behind the Scenes
- Jan 29, 2007 — "Nothing has transpired."
- Jan 25, 2007 — The Historical Society & Teddy Roosevelt
- Jan 21, 2007 — New Congress Opposes Unpopular War... in 1847
- Jan 7, 2007 — Pay-As-You-Go Politics
- Jan 3, 2007 — Debunking: Dewey or Don't We?
- Dec 28, 2006 — Odd Vacation
- Dec 11, 2006 — If Nautical Nonsense Be Something You Wish...*
- Dec 4, 2006 — American Icons through Indian Eyes, 1830
- Dec 4, 2006 — Muskrat Pie for Christmas Dinner
- Nov 5, 2006 — The Man with the Iron Hand
- Oct 28, 2006 — The Schooner That Sank the Lady Elgin
- Oct 12, 2006 — The First Badger - Gopher Game in Madison
- Oct 1, 2006 — Hail to the Chiefs
- Sep 24, 2006 — The Miracles at Robinsonville
- Sep 17, 2006 — Was Nicolet Really First?
- Aug 28, 2006 — The Panther and the Terrapin
- Aug 6, 2006 — "The Woods Are Full of Ghosts!"
- Jul 27, 2006 — Lawless Legislators
- Jul 24, 2006 — Frontier Culture
- Jul 15, 2006 — Fort Koshkonong
- Jul 13, 2006 — Just the Facts, Ma'am
- Jul 8, 2006 — Had Enough
- Jul 5, 2006 — Sheeps Heads, Petrified Frogs & Other Curios
- Jul 1, 2006 — Why We Have Fireworks
- Jun 22, 2006 — Out to the Ball Park
- Jun 19, 2006 — Missionary Zeal
- Jun 4, 2006 — Epidemic Anniversary
- Jun 1, 2006 — Boscobel, Beaver Dam & Beginning The Gideons
- May 28, 2006 — Hiking Across Wisconsin
- May 24, 2006 — Wisconsin At War
- May 24, 2006 — Chief Dandy and the White Settlers
- May 20, 2006 — Official English Again
- May 19, 2006 — Ho-Chunk Persistence
- May 17, 2006 — What's the Michissipi, and Where Does It Go?
- May 12, 2006 — Pride Before the Fall
- May 9, 2006 — The End of the Confederacy
- May 8, 2006 — Concrete Cattle
- May 5, 2006 — English Tudor Logging Camp
- May 1, 2006 — Janesville Boy Memorialized At Honolulu
- Apr 28, 2006 — "The World for Its Motherland"
- Apr 27, 2006 — Drunks, Gamblers, Thieves, and Other Pioneers
- Apr 22, 2006 — Angels, Animals, or Agents of Change
- Apr 19, 2006 — Ruminating About Germinating
- Apr 16, 2006 — Place of the Spirit Tree
- Apr 13, 2006 — Madison's First Child
- Apr 11, 2006 — Mediums Rare
- Apr 9, 2006 — Madison's Most Important Phone Call
- Apr 8, 2006 — John Muir's Dorm Room
- Apr 8, 2006 — Jefferson's Madison Descendants
- Apr 5, 2006 — Murder in the Capitol !
- Apr 4, 2006 — Pigs Beneath the Legislature
- Apr 3, 2006 — The Wolves of Madison
- Apr 3, 2006 — Early Madison Fish Tales
- Apr 2, 2006 — The Port of Madison?
- Apr 2, 2006 — A Boy's-eye View of Madison in 1837
- Mar 31, 2006 — The First Madison Lodgings
- Mar 30, 2006 — First House Never Occupied
- Mar 29, 2006 — Origins of Madison Street Names
- Mar 29, 2006 — Madison & Other Imaginary Cities
- Mar 28, 2006 — How Madison Became the Capital
- Mar 28, 2006 — Madison's Fur Traders
- Mar 27, 2006 — Black Hawk Retreats through Madison
- Mar 26, 2006 — What 150th?: How Madison Became a City
- Mar 15, 2006 — Happy 150th, La Crosse!
- Mar 11, 2006 — Sarah Hardwick, hermit
- Mar 8, 2006 — Louise Williams, First Woman Notary Public
- Mar 5, 2006 — Lights, Camera, Action! Wisconsin Theaters 100 Years Ago
- Feb 27, 2006 — "We Lose But We Win"
- Feb 25, 2006 — Curlers in Her Air
- Feb 21, 2006 — On Speaking The Unspeakable
- Feb 15, 2006 — Name Games
- Feb 12, 2006 — Valentine's Callers
- Feb 7, 2006 — Truly Super Bowls
- Feb 4, 2006 — Mullahs and Moguls
- Feb 3, 2006 — The Last Telegram
- Feb 1, 2006 — Breaking Out All Over
- Jan 29, 2006 — Scandals, Scandals, Scandals
- Jan 26, 2006 — Wisconsin's Indiana Jones?
- Jan 19, 2006 — Trial by Whom?
- Jan 11, 2006 — Terms of Endearment
- Jan 4, 2006 — Family Affair
- Jan 2, 2006 — '06 - - a very good year
- Dec 30, 2005 — Happy Knew Year
- Dec 28, 2005 — Milwaukee's Maverick Aviator
- Dec 25, 2005 — Best of the Brewers
- Dec 20, 2005 — Winter Finally Arrives
- Dec 16, 2005 — Lions, Witches & Wardrobes in Wisconsin
- Dec 14, 2005 — Runner Beats Horse in Milwaukee
- Dec 10, 2005 — Young Archaeologists
- Dec 7, 2005 — Weird Wisconsin Names
- Dec 3, 2005 — Uncivil Disobedience
- Nov 30, 2005 — Legislating Marriage
- Nov 27, 2005 — A Typical City Involved in a Typical Daydream
- Nov 21, 2005 — Bonne Fete, Sieur La Salle!*
- Nov 20, 2005 — H.L. Mencken & the Goblet of Beer
- Nov 18, 2005 — A Rosendale By Any Other Name
- Nov 15, 2005 — Pike's Peek at Wisconsin
- Nov 11, 2005 — Couples, couples, couples
- Nov 9, 2005 — Holding Church Down at the Depot
- Nov 8, 2005 — Prince of Wales & King of the Sandwich (Islands, that is)
- Nov 4, 2005 — Protesting Trade Policy, 18th c.-style
- Nov 2, 2005 — Java Man
- Oct 22, 2005 — Ghosts of Halloween Past
- Oct 19, 2005 — Warm Thoughts
- Oct 16, 2005 — 2 Days in November
- Oct 12, 2005 — Constitutional Labor Pains
- Oct 9, 2005 — Frog Jumping & Other Pursuits
- Oct 7, 2005 — Where Are They Today?
- Oct 5, 2005 — The Theft That Wasn't
- Oct 4, 2005 — Injudicious Appointment
- Oct 1, 2005 — Concealed Weapons
- Sep 29, 2005 — Lard Corner, or Crisco Systems, Inc.
- Sep 25, 2005 — Intelligent Design
- Sep 17, 2005 — "New" Civil War Photos
- Sep 16, 2005 — Political Pendulums
- Sep 13, 2005 — 1918: Mob Rule Crushes Conscience
- Sep 11, 2005 — They're a Young Team, After All
- Sep 8, 2005 — A Community of Refugees
- Sep 6, 2005 — Remember Rennebohm’s Lunch Counters?
- Sep 2, 2005 — Troops Called in To Preserve Order
- Aug 30, 2005 — Wisconsin Floods
- Aug 29, 2005 — The Fiddle That Squealed
- Aug 21, 2005 — The Power of the Queen
- Aug 16, 2005 — Forced Removal
- Aug 15, 2005 — Smallest Railroad in the World
- Aug 10, 2005 — August Doldrums
- Aug 7, 2005 — "Let Them Eat Cake"
- Jul 25, 2005 — Tall Tales of a Tall Guy
- Jul 21, 2005 — Paines in the Neck for Powers-That- Be
- Jul 17, 2005 — Our Atomic Heritage
- Jul 8, 2005 — The Crowning of King James
- Jul 8, 2005 — Why Are These Women Smiling?
- Jul 6, 2005 — Poverty at the Supreme Court
- Jul 4, 2005 — "Don't Hit Me Again!"
- Jun 24, 2005 — The "Midget Wedding" & Other Extravaganzas
- Jun 21, 2005 — "Ladies and Gentlemen! Step Right Up..."
- Jun 19, 2005 — Plaid Refrigerators? Folk singers in pickups?
- Jun 16, 2005 — Eagle in a Mousetrap
- Jun 14, 2005 — Chimney Toppers
- Jun 13, 2005 — Why Is This Man Smiling?
- Jun 9, 2005 — Milwaukee's First Settler Bites the Dust
- Jun 7, 2005 — Mr. Wright's Second Slice of Pie
- Jun 2, 2005 — Cooler Heads Prevail
- May 31, 2005 — The Other Deep Throat
- May 29, 2005 — To Help with Good Rocky's Revival
- May 26, 2005 — Before Bratwurst
- May 24, 2005 — Beer, Bier, and ... Schnitzeling on the Schnitzelbank?
- May 20, 2005 — Smell It Like It Was
- May 18, 2005 — President Visits Wisconsin
- May 15, 2005 — Bad Badger Musicians
- May 13, 2005 — Talk About Bad Luck!
- May 12, 2005 — Terrapin Blues
- May 6, 2005 — Laud Wisconsin
- May 5, 2005 — Trod Wisconsin
- May 4, 2005 — Sawed Wisconsin
- May 3, 2005 — Gnawed Wisconsin
- Apr 22, 2005 — Earth Day's Inspiration in Wisconsin
- Apr 21, 2005 — Badger Inventor Dumped on Floor
- Apr 20, 2005 — Mystic Vision of the Virgin near Green Bay
- Apr 16, 2005 — Revisionist History in Wisconsin
- Apr 15, 2005 — Call of the Open Road
- Apr 14, 2005 — Lee Harvey Oswald of April 1865
- Apr 13, 2005 — Fearless Sifting and Winnowing
- Apr 12, 2005 — The Start of the Civil War
- Apr 11, 2005 — The End of the Civil War
- Apr 7, 2005 — No Email from the Front in 1862
- Apr 6, 2005 — Who was Black Hawk?
- Apr 5, 2005 — Play Ball!
- Apr 4, 2005 — Truly Radical Feminist
- Mar 31, 2005 — Airborne Paperboy
- Mar 30, 2005 — Dawn of the Internet
- Mar 29, 2005 — Who Needs Titanium Alloy?
- Mar 28, 2005 — "Conquest of America" Tonight
- Mar 25, 2005 — Little House on the TV
- Mar 24, 2005 — Early Ice Boating
- Mar 23, 2005 — Wisconsin's Chief Feminist
- Mar 22, 2005 — Treasonous Women Attorneys!
- Mar 21, 2005 — Rites of Spring
- Mar 17, 2005 — Gaelic Centenarians
- Mar 16, 2005 — “The Power Knowledge Gives”
- Mar 15, 2005 — Retail Giant
- Mar 11, 2005 — Indian Affairs
- Mar 9, 2005 — Wis. Brain Trust Tackles Social Insecurity
- Mar 8, 2005 — "All property, real and personal, of the wife, ...shall be her separate property."
- Mar 7, 2005 — The First Weather Guy
- Mar 3, 2005 — Glory-of-the-Morning
- Mar 2, 2005 — Radical Republican
- Feb 27, 2005 — Reading, Writing, and Failing
- Feb 24, 2005 — Free Speech in Wisconsin
- Feb 23, 2005 — Happy Birthday, August Derleth
- Feb 23, 2005 — Gitmo Anniversary
- Feb 22, 2005 — Jefferson Davis's Wisconsin Connections
- Feb 21, 2005 — And There Was Light! (in Appleton)
- Feb 16, 2005 — Jefferson's Black Descendants in Wisconsin?
- Feb 15, 2005 — Not So Grim Reaper
- Feb 14, 2005 — Be Mine! (or maybe don’t)
- Feb 11, 2005 — Lawmaker Guns Down Opponent in Madison!
- Feb 10, 2005 — Was Abraham Lincoln Gay?
- Feb 9, 2005 — Black Fur Traders in 18th-c. Wisconsin
- Feb 7, 2005 — Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Feb 4, 2005 — A Black Civil War Soldier from Wisconsin Tells His Story
- Feb 3, 2005 — The President and the Media
- Feb 2, 2005 — Groundhogs, Badgers, and Suckers
- Feb 1, 2005 — Women with Clubs
- Jan 28, 2005 — On the Dole for the First Time
- Jan 27, 2005 — Slaves, Graves, and Knaves
- Jan 26, 2005 — The Two General Macarthurs
- Jan 25, 2005 — La Follette at the Fire
- Jan 24, 2005 — Even-Handed Corruption of the 1850s
- Jan 21, 2005 — Is Madison Just Naturally Weird?
- Jan 20, 2005 — Security for the Inauguration (Lincoln's, that is)
- Jan 19, 2005 — Governors, governors, governors
- Jan 8, 2005 — The State of the State
- Jan 6, 2005 — Winter of the Big Snow
- Jan 3, 2005 — Wisconsin & the Birth of Automobiles
- Dec 21, 2004 — LaCrosse Toboggan Club, 1885
- Dec 17, 2004 — Toads & Flu Season
- Dec 10, 2004 — The Kaukauna Gold Rush of 1900
- Dec 8, 2004 — The Wisconsin Merchant Prince who Revolutionized Shopping
- Dec 1, 2004 — Sex, drugs & rock-n-roll, ca. 1700
- Nov 26, 2004 — The Real Christmas Tree Ship
- Nov 26, 2004 — Ghosts of Shoppers Past
- Nov 19, 2004 — Kennedy in the Badger State
- Nov 19, 2004 — The Political Dustbin
- Nov 12, 2004 — Historical Museum, Handcuffs, & Executions
- Nov 1, 2004 — Close Shave for the President
- Oct 29, 2004 — Ghosts of Halloweens Past
- Oct 26, 2004 — Famous Footwear
- Oct 21, 2004 — Election Night, 1948
- Oct 18, 2004 — O My Gourd!
- Oct 12, 2004 — Presidential Debates: Nixon & Kennedy
- Oct 8, 2004 — Presidential Debates: Lincoln & Douglass Recalled
- Sep 16, 2004 — Wisconsin Storms
- Sep 2, 2004 — Living it up as summer winds down
- Aug 16, 2004 — Wisconsin's First Poet
- Aug 6, 2004 — Sweet Greeting for Nixon
- Aug 2, 2004 — Black Hawk Upstages the President
- Jul 16, 2004 — Fishy Presidents in Goofy Hats
- Jul 12, 2004 — Voltaire in the Wisconsin Wilderness
- Jul 1, 2004 — The First Wisconsin 4th of July
- Jun 25, 2004 — Log-Rolling Then and Now
- Jun 23, 2004 — Indian Hospitality, 1673
- Jun 21, 2004 — Milwaukee Summers Long Ago
- Jun 17, 2004 — Floods in Wisconsin
- Jun 14, 2004 — What's in a Name?
- Jun 7, 2004 — Wisconsin's Daniel Boone
- Jun 4, 2004 — Presidents, Popes & Miracles
- Jun 2, 2004 — Just Your 19th Nervous Breakdown
- May 28, 2004 — Women of World War Two
- May 20, 2004 — Up Up and Away... Maybe
- May 18, 2004 — The Cranberry Queen
- May 10, 2004 — Lewis & Clark in Wisconsin
- May 10, 2004 — Jefferson Davis Captured by Wisconsin Troops
- May 6, 2004 — Wisconsin Cartoons
- Apr 27, 2004 — When Wisconsin Was a Corner of New France
- Apr 23, 2004 — A True Bird of Prey
- Apr 22, 2004 — Earth Day
- Apr 20, 2004 — Shooting in the Capitol!
- Apr 14, 2004 — Lincoln's Assassination
- Apr 13, 2004 — Mark Twain Learns Croquet from Milwaukee Girl
- Apr 7, 2004 — That's A Lot of Quarters
- Apr 5, 2004 — Easter with Father Marquette
- Mar 29, 2004 — President Visits Wisconsin
- Mar 25, 2004 — Wisconsin's Rip Van Winkle
- Mar 17, 2004 — Original State Constitution Also Missing!
- Mar 15, 2004 — Why Wisconsin Basketball Players Are So Tough
- Mar 12, 2004 — "We Were Almost Drowned Out By The Squealing"
- Mar 10, 2004 — You Should Have Seen the One That Got Away
- Mar 5, 2004 — Before the NRA
- Mar 3, 2004 — Free Love and Spiritualism in Ripon
- Feb 27, 2004 — Wisconsin's Own Oscars
- Feb 23, 2004 — Rock-a-bye Kitty
- Feb 17, 2004 — Republican Party Born in Wisconsin
- Feb 17, 2004 — Wisconsin Democrat Switches Vote
- Feb 13, 2004 — Democrats on Wheels
- Feb 12, 2004 — Democrats Hustle for Wisconsin Votes
- Feb 11, 2004 — Waited 106 Years to Vote
- Feb 10, 2004 — Dangerous Radicals
- Feb 9, 2004 — Topsy-Turvy World
- Feb 6, 2004 — He weighed 450 lbs., too
- Feb 3, 2004 — Dam Fanaticism
- Jan 28, 2004 — Galloping Gallopavo
- Jan 26, 2004 — A Paranoid Was After Him
- Jan 23, 2004 — Was That "Sumo" or "Sushi"?
- Jan 22, 2004 — "How Should We Know?"
- Jan 20, 2004 — Gimme shelter
- Jan 16, 2004 — Carpe ... hmm ...
- Jan 13, 2004 — A Harvest of Rattlesnakes, Ginseng and Solitude
- Jan 13, 2004 — Never Made It as an Olympic Sport?
- Jan 12, 2004 — More Than One Way to Skin a Cat
- Jan 12, 2004 — Moo'd Music
- Jan 12, 2004 — Family Values
- Jan 12, 2004 — And You Think You're Under-employed?
- Jan 12, 2004 — Spurned Inventor Creates Suicide Machine
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