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The following titles are links to full-text web pages. These materials are also available from the library in book format and are listed below in call number order.

Four Years on Wheels: or, Life as a Presiding Elder.  1880.  (251 C191f)

History of the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches and Ministers in
Wisconsin.  Including and Account of the Organization of the Convention, and the
Plan of the Union.  1851.  (285 P34h)
 

 History of the Churches and Ministers Connected with the Presbyterian and Congregational Convention of Wisconsin: and of the American home Missionary Society in the State for the Past Ten Years; with and Appendix.  1861.  (285 C56h, WISC)

History of Methodism in Wisconsin. In Four parts. Part III being written by Rev.
James Lawson.  1890.  (287.B43h)


Between Memory and Reality: Family and Community in Rural Wisconsin, 1870-
1970.  1992.  (307.7209775 P341b)

Tabular Statements of the Census Enumeration and the Agricultural, Dairying and
Manufacturing Interests of the State of Wisconsin. :Also, Alphabetical List of the
Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War Residing in the State June 1, 1905.  1906.  (317.75 W752t, WISC)


 Tabular Statements of the Census Enumeration and the Agricultural, Mineral, and
 Manufacturing Interests  of the State of Wisconsin.  Also Alphabetical List of the
 Soldiers and Sailors of the Late War Residing in the State June 20, 1895.  1896.
  (317.75 W811t 1895)
  

 
Wisconsin; an Experiment in Democracy.  1912.  (320.9 H85) 

The Wisconsin Idea.  1912.  (320.9 M13)


A History of the Norwegian Immigration to the United States from the Earliest
Beginning Down to the Year 1848.  1909.  (325.2 F65h)


The Scandinavian Element in the United States.  [c1914].  (325.248 B114s) 

The First Chapter of Norwegian Immigration, (1821-1840) Its Causes and
Results.  1895.  (325.2481 An24f)
 

Norwegian Sailors on the Great Lakes.  [c1928].  (325.2481 G449n)


Wisconsin Blue Book.  1870-.  (328 W75)

Economic History of Wisconsin During the Civil War Decade.  1916.  (330.9775 M545e) 
 

Co-operative Communities in Wisconsin.  1904.  (335.9775 M189c, WISC) 

The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin.  1882.  (340.09 R251b) 

Wisconsin: Its State and Local Government with the Constitution as Amended. 
1896.  (342.775 H979w, WISC)


Financial History of Wisconsin.  1908.  (353.007 P51f)


Civil War Messages and Proclamations of Wisconsin War Governors.  1912.  (353.9135 T428c)


The Army of the United States; Historical Sketches of Staff and Line with
Portraits of Generals-In-Chief.  1896.  (355 R61)


Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from Its
Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903.  1903.  (355 H36)
Volume I, Volume II

An Encyclopaedia of Free Masonry and Its Kindred Sciences: Comprising Whole
range of Arts, Sciences and Literature as Connected with the Institution;
Containing Also an Addendum, Giving the Results of Subsequent Study, Research
and Discovery to the Present Time by Charles T. McClenachan.  1889.  (366.1 M199e) 


Yesterday and Today: a History of the Chicago and North Western Railway System.  c1910.  (385.06577 St42y3)
  

The Yellowstone Trail: a Good Road from Plymouth Rock to Puget Sound.  2000.  (OVERSIZE 388.1 Y38r) 

The Abandoned Shore-lines of Eastern Wisconsin.  1907.  (551.458 G58a, WISC)

On the Lakes of Southeastern Wisconsin.  1902/1910.  (551.482 F362o, WISC).
 
The Building and Ornamental Stones of Wisconsin.  1898.  (553.5 B856b, WISC) 

The Water Powers of Wisconsin.  1908.  (557.7 Sm61w)

The Antiquities of Wisconsin, as Surveyed and Described.  [1855].  (571.9 L31a)
 
Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin.  1909.  (598.2 C81b) 

The Philosophy of Eating.  1876.  (612.3 B417p8)

Rural Highways of Wisconsin.  1906.  (625 H79)
 
History of Agriculture in Wisconsin.  1922.  (630.9 Sch1h) 

On the Forest Conditions of Northern Wisconsin. 1898.  (634 R74o) 

History of the Lumber Industry of America.  1906-07.  (634.98 D361h)

Orrin Henry Ingram: May 12, 1830, October 16, 1918.  [1918].  (634.98 In4o) 

Book of Words: a Pageant of the Old Northwest.  1911.  (791.624 St47b, WISC)

Trouting on the Brule River, or Lawyers Summer-Wayfaring in the Northern
Wilderness.  1879.  (799.1755 K583t)
 

Wisconsin in Story and Song: Selections from the Prose and Poetry of Badger
State Writers.  [c1916].  (810 R76w, WISC)
 

Travels through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and
 1798.  1779.  (917.7 C256t) 

Old Times on the Upper Mississippi; the Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot from
1854-1863.  (917.7 M551o)

Down the Great River; Embracing an Account of the Discovery of the True
 Source of the Mississippi, Together with Views, Descriptive and Pictorial, of the
Cities, Towns, Villages and Scenery on the Banks of the River, as Seen During a
Canoe Voyage of Over Three Thousand Miles from It's Head Waters to the Gulf
of Mexico.  1891.  (917.7 G469d)


Wau-bun, the "Early Day" in the North-West.  [c1901].  (917.7 K627w)

Historic Waterways: Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and
Wisconsin Rivers.  1890.  (917.75 T428h, WISC) 

Geography and Industries of Wisconsin.  1913.  (917.75 W581g) 

 Notable Men of Wisconsin.  [1902].  (920 N84)

Biographies of Physicians and Surgeons.  1904.  (920 B52)

Sketches of Wisconsin Pioneer Women.  [n.d.-author lived 1866-1925]  (920.7 D52)

Centennial Records of the Women of Wisconsin.  1876.  (920.7 B97)

Three Wisconsin Cushings: a Sketch of the Lives of Howard B., Alonzo H., and
William B. Cushing, Children of the Pioneer Family of Waukesha County.  1910.  (929.2 C952h)


Wisconsin in the World War; and Account of the Activities of Wisconsin citizens
During the Great World War, Giving in Part the Record of a Loyal State and
Acknowledging in Parts Its Devotion and Untiring Service to the Nation and to Its
Ideals for a Lasting and Benevolent Democracy.  1919.  (P688w, WISC) 


Wisconsin's War Record.  1919.  (940.3775 H735w, WISC)

The 32nd Division in the World War, 1917-1919 Issued by the Joint War History
Commissions of Michigan and Wisconsin.  [1920].  (940.41 J668d)

 
Wisconsin's Gold Star List: Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Nurses from the
Badger State Who Died in the Federal Service during the World War  1925.
 (940.467 G86w)


Memoirs of France and the Eighty-Eighth Division, being a Review without
Official Character of the Experiences of the "Cloverleaf" Division in the Great
World War from 1917 to 1919, With Special Histories of the 352nd Inf., 337th F.A
. and 339th F.A..  1920.  (940.917 M51)
 

History of the Ojibways, Based upon Traditions and Oral Statements.  1885.  (970.3 Oj3w2)


The Traditional History and Characteristic Sketches of the Ojibway Nation.  1850.  (970.3 Oj3c)

Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865: Arranged Alphabetically.  1914.  (973.7 W751w)

Story of the Service of Company E: and the Twelfth Wisconsin Regiment,
 Veteran Volunteer Infantry, in the War of the Rebellion.  Beginning with
 September 7th, 1861 and Ending with July 21st, 1865.  1893.  (973.7 R67s 
WISC)
 

Wisconsin in the War of the Rebellion; a History of All Regiments and
 Batteries the State Has Sent to the Field, and Deeds of Her Citizens, Governors
 and Other Military Officers, and State and National Legislators to Suppress the
 Rebellion.  1866.  (973.7 L94) 


Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865.  1886.  (973.7 W75) 

 The Camp, the Battle Field, and the Hospital: or, Lights and Shadows of the Great
 Rebellion.  Including Adventures of Spies and Scouts, Thrilling Accidents, Daring
Exploits, Heroic Dees, Wonderful Escapes, sanitary and Hospital Scenes, Prison
 Scenes.  [1866].  (973.7 B782c)
 

 Bibliography of State Participation in the Civil War 1861-1866.  1913.  (973.7 Un32)

Wisconsin Women in the War Between the States.  1911.  (973.715 H941w)

A View of the Vicksburg Campaign: a Paper Read before the Madison Literary
club, October 14, 1907.  1908.  (973.7344 V71v, WISC)
  
 

The Battle of Gettysburg.  1908.  (973.7349 H273b)

The Chattanooga Campaign: with Especial Reference to Wisconsin's Participation
 Therein.  1911.  (973.735 F553c)
 

The Soldier bird. "Old Abe": the Live War Eagle of Wisconsin, the Served a
Three Years' Campaign in the Great Rebellion.  1876.  (973.7475 B275s, WISC)


The Military History of Wisconsin: a Record of the Civil and Military Patriotism of the State, in the War for the Union, with a History of the campaigns in Which
Wisconsin Soldiers Have Been Conspicuous-Regimental Histories-Sketches of
 Distinguished Officers-the Role of the Illustrious Dead-Movements of the
Legislature and State Officers, etc.  1866.  (973.7475 Q44m, WISC)

A Soldier's Story of the Siege of Vicksburg.  From the Diary of Osborn H.
Oldroyd...With Confederate Accounts from Authentic Sources.  1885.  (973.753 Ol1s)


Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War: a List of the Names of the Names of
Wisconsin Soldiers Killed in Action, Mortally Wounded or Dying from Other
Causes in the Civil War, Arranged According to Organization, and Also in a
Separate Alphabetical List.  1915.  (973.76 Es81w, WISC)


Report of the Wisconsin Monument Commission Appointed to Erect a Monument
at Andersonville, Georgia, with Other Interesting Matter Pertaining to the Prison.  1911.  (973.771 W753r, WISC)


A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry.  1912.  (973.781 H592, WISC)
Volume I, Volume II

Capture and Escape: a Narrative of Army and Prison Life.  1908.  (973.781 K292c, WISC)

History of the Discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634: with a Sketch of His Life.  [c1881].  (977 B98) 

 Our Wisconsin: a School History of the Badger State. [1920].  (977 D74)


The Making of Wisconsin.  c1908.  (977.5 Sm53m)

Wisconsin in Three Centuries, 1634-1905; Narrative of Three centuries in the
 Making of an American Commonwealth Illustrated with Numerous Engravings of
 Historic Scenes and Landmarks, Portraits and Facsimiles of Rare Prints,
Documents and Old maps.  [c1906].  (977.5 C15)
 


A Political History of Wisconsin.  c1899.  (977.5 T38)

Industrial Resources of Wisconsin.  1853.  (977.5 G85)

Wisconsin: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and
Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form.  1906.  (977.5 P33w)
 


Leading Events of Wisconsin History; the Story of the State.  1898.  (977.5 L525L)

Stories of the Badger State.  1900. (977.5 T42)

Wisconsin, Its Story and Biography, 1848-1913.  1914.  (vols. 1-8).  (977.5 Us3)

An Illustrated History of the State of Wisconsin.  Being a Complete Civil, Political,
and Military History of the State, from its First Exploration Down to 1875.  1875.  (977.5 T881)

History of the Territory of Wisconsin, from 1836 to 1848/ Preceded by an
Account of Some events During the Period in Which It Was Under the Dominion
of Kings, States or Other Territories to the Year 1836.  1885.  (977.5 St8)


Wisconsin and Its Resources: With Lake Superior, It's Commerce and
Navigation; Including a Trip Up the Mississippi, and a Canoe Voyage on the St.
Croix and Brule Rivers to Lake Superior; to which Are Appended, the
Constitution of the State, with the Routes of the Principal Railroads, List of Postoffices, etc.  1857.  (977.5 R51)


An Illustrated History of Wisconsin from Prehistoric to Present Periods: the Story
of the State Interspersed with Realistic and Romantic Events.  1893.  (977.5 M429i, WISC)

The History of Wisconsin.  In Three Parts, Historical, Documentary, and
Descriptive.  1854.  (977.5 Sm68h, WISC)


Movement for Statehood, 1845-1846.  1918.  (977.5 W753c v. 26)

An English Settler in Pioneer Wisconsin; the Letters of Edwin Bottomley, 1842-1850.  (977.5 W753c v25)

The Convention of 1846.  1919.  (977.5 W753c v27)


The Journals of Captain Meriwether Lewis and Sergeant John Ordway: Kept on
the Expedition of Western Exploration, 1803-1806.  1916.  (977.5 W753c v22)


A Political History of Wisconsin.  c1899.  (977.5 T38)

The Taverns and Stages of Early Wisconsin.  1915.  (977.503 L117t)  

Memorial Record of the Wisconsin, Containing Sketches of the Lives and Careers
 of the Members of the Constitutional Conventions of 1846 and 1847-8.  With a
History of Early Settlement in Wisconsin.  1880.  (977.503 T257m)

Old Abe, the Eighth Wisconsin War Eagle: a Full Account of His capture and
Enlistment, Exploits in War and Honorable as Well as Useful Career in Peace.
 
1885.  (977.503 F669o)

A Modern Herculaneum: Story of the New Richmond Tornado.  1900.  (977.541 Ep54m)

History of Eau Claire County, Wisconsin: Past and Present; Including and
Account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County.  1914.  (977.545 Ea8) 

History of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.  1917.  (977.549 C947h)

History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its Cities, Towns, Resources, People.  1908.  (977.564 L446h)

Early days in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, 1848-1900.  1909.  (977.567 L832e)   

History of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin: Containing...War Record, Biographical Sketches...History of Wisconsin...Etc..  1880.  (977.568 F732h)

Old Thunderbolt in Justice Court.  1883.  (FICTION WHEELER) 

Wisconsin Domesday Book: Town Studies, Volume One.  1924.  (LARGE OVERSIZE 977.5 W753d)

American Lumberman: the Personal History and Public and Business
Achievements of...Eminent Lumbermen of the United States.  1905-1906. 
(OVERSIZE 634.98 Am35a)
Volume I, volume II

Battles and Leaders of the Civil War...Being for the Most Part Contributions by
the Union and Confederate Officers.  1887.  (OVERSIZE 973.7 B322j)


Biographical History of La Crosse, Trempealeau and Buffalo Counties,
Wisconsin.  1892.  (OVERSIZE 977.5 B52L)
 

History of Northern Wisconsin, Containing an Account of Its Settlement,
Growth, Development, and Resources.  1881.  (OVERSIZE 977.5 H62)


Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley Counties of
Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago containing biographical sketches of prominent
citizens and of many of the early settled families. (OVERSIZE 977.56 C736f)


Biographical History of Clark and Jackson Counties, Wisconsin Containing portraits of all the presidents of the Untied States with accompanying biographies of each, and engravings of prominent citizens of the counties, with personal histories of many of the early settlers and leading families.

Portrait and Biological Record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Containing Biographical Sketches of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens of the County.....(OVERSIZE 977.593 P838b)

Frontier Retreat on the Upper Ohio. (977.5 W753c v. 24)

Memorial addresses on the life and character of George Bullen Shaw Jan. 12-Feb. 23, 1895. (977.504 Sh26u)

The Geography and Economic Development of Southeastern Wisconsin. (917.75 W58g)

A History of Manitowoc County. (977.567 P731h Wisc)

Early Conditions of the Chippewa Valley. (977.54 B692e Wisc)

Early Days in the Chippewa Valley. (977.54 B882e Wisc)

An Artilleryman's Diary. (973.781 J718a Wisc)

Bibliography of Wisconsin Authors. (015.775 H31 Wisc)

Past Made Present the First Fifty years of the First Presbyterian Church and
Congregation of Beloit, Wisconsin. (285 R815p)

Early Episcopalianism in Wisconsin (283.775 T42e Wisc)

Wisconsin at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. (977.5 W75s)

History of Wisconsin Under the Dominion of France. (977.501 H353h)

Natural History of Western Wild Animals and guide for Hunters, Trappers,
and Sportsman. (591.5 c249n)

Geology of Wisconsin Suvey of 1873-1879, vols. I, II, III, IV. (557 w75)

Alphabetical List of Battles All Old Wars, War of the Rebellion, Spanish and Philipine
Wars, with Dates From 1754 to 1900. (973 St81a)


Wisconsin Its History and Biography 1848 - 1913 Vol. I (977.5 Us3)

Wisconsin Its History and Biography 1848 - 1913 Vol. II

Wisconsin Its History and Biography 1848 - 1913 Vol. III

Wisconsin Its History and Biography 1848 - 1913 Vol. IV

Wisconsin Its History and Biography 1848 - 1913 Vol. V (977.5 Us3)

Wisconsin Its History and Biography 1848 - 1913 Vol. VI (977.5 (Us3)

Wisconsin Its History and Biography 1848 - 1913 Vol. VII (977.5 Us3)

Wisconsin Its History and Biography 1848 - 1913 Vol. VIII 9977.5 Us3

History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin (977.538 W137h, Wisc)

Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County, Wisconsin (OVERSIZE 977.587 P838r, Wisc)

Stagecoach and Tavern Days in the Baraboo Region (977.57 C674s, Wisc)

La Follette's Autobiography a personal Narrative of Political Experiences (977.504 L135a)

Wau-Bun, the "Early Day" in the North West. (917.7 K627w)

Capture and Escape a Narrative of Army and Prison Life (973.781 K292c Wisc)



 
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