The History of Wisconsin - Part 1 

How could you forget to mention Lake Superior in the beginning also?

They won't get a super bowl, but they will get a DUI in La Crosse

LOL.... that was the perfect response. I love both states. Still; hopefully moving to wisconsin in the next year or two.

It's my understanding that Wisconsin had more lakes than Minnesota. But that may be because I live in Wisconsin. I once stumbled into a controversy by saying confidently that Cayuga Lake was bigger than Seneca. This sounds similar.

Wisconsin counts every bofy of water​ as lak3s, minnesota only counts actuallakes over 1o acres and they dont count swamps, other wise minnesotawould actuallybe over 18,000 lakes. @@snowmonster42

I am glad I am not the only one who giggled like a 12 year old at that.

LOL …

me too,i love wisconsin history,im originaly from cassville,wi home of wisconsins first governer,cassville almost got nominated as a wisconsin capital

Belmont home town travel in USA Wi people ask where I from say 1st state capitol no one yet has answear

Me too!!

Hi cold void I’m trying to write an essay about a historical Wisconsin politician who displayed courage in his political acts. Do u have any recommendations?😊

It’s practically all lies though. At least he spelled Wisconsin right.

Always and Forever.

Great magazine too. Search for it..

hell yeah

On the very old French trading maps you can see it spelled that way. I didn't know it until a few years ago.

The Ouisconsin spelling was still being used on some maps in the 1830s

Thank you, I’m excited to make the rest - though it will be a little while until I’ll be able to get to the next one

Me too!!

@@placesofthepast You might want to edit this video. The part about Buttes des Morts is incorrect. That legend is just a legend. I worked on that site as an archaeology student and it's definitely not a massacre. They predate contact with the French and are likely the result of Old World diseases arriving before the people.

The reason Wisconsin supposedly has more lakes than Minnesota is because Wisconsin says a named lake only has to be I believe it's either a½ and acre or 1 acre. In Minnesota a named lake has to be. I believe it's 10 acres. With those numbers if u go by Wisconsin's size for a named lake Wisconsin has roughly 15000 named lakes but if u use the Minnesota size for a named lake then Wisconsin only would have I think it's like 6500 named lakes. So even though I am from Wisconsin I do kind of agree with Minnesota. A named lake should be I would have to say at least 5 - 10 acres. A half acre lake could just be a pond on some dudes farm that they call Henry's lake. Wich doesn't seem rite. Well there's my 2¢ for today.

Fox Valley is paradise? Have you been north of 8?

No telling of history includes everything

Your story is quite whitewashed for several important historical factors - one being that an accurate historical accounting of what involved the Blackhawk group, clearly shaped the repercussions of later land sessions and broken treaties. You’re statement that . If you are going to relay a portion of history, tell the full story of that portion and how it affected all parties involved - especially if you’re attempting to tell a true story of wisconsin history. To state that ‘more Indians sold their territory and moved westward’, again this is quite whitewashed and untrue. Your “no telling of history includes everything”, well that just isn’t the case unless you wish to tell just one side of that story. What you tell is your own version of what you wish to express.

RC!! Spotted in the wild. No way! This totally made my day :D

@@theSuicideBooth -- I'm always out an about somewhere.

Thanks!

According to my research, they were manipulated and strong-armed, but they did agree to treaties where they handed over lands, and receive a payment in return.

@terrielburrell5545 forcefully at that!

Wow! I wonder how many generations back that is.

As You probably know,the names of many of our towns and cities testify to the French presence.❤

I'm French Canadian also. Trepanier. That's a French name

Thank you for the comment! It was a ton of work, but also fun

Oh I know what you mean

One can usually tell a native by the pronunciation their of😊

That’s wise.

@@placesofthepast ❤️❤️❤️

@Tripplebeam To celebrate the New Year it's Beaver tartar

Apparently there’s some differences in what different states count as a lake. I’ll have a word with our fact checkers.

A lake has waves, and Wisconsin counts ponds as lakes, if Minnesota counts 10 acre’s as a lake, Wisconsin 2.5 acres

Thanks! Glad you appreciated it

I’d love to see that too

Yes. This script is using a lower case ‘e’

Thanks for the observation, I’ll keep it in mind for next time.

Thank you, and I get it. My focus on existing buildings makes that challenging.

Thank you for the compliment, and sadly yes about Bad Axe - I used the historical name that is on the markers, though there was certainly some fighting involved. Apparently Black Hawk tried to surrender a couple times, but some sources said the gesture was misunderstood. I wonder if it’s possible to determine how sincere the “misunderstanding” part was.

@@placesofthepast you are very welcome. And totally understand. I only live about 5miles as the crow flies from the park and marker.

@@justasimplecadjockey687 You're lucky, that's such a beautiful area!

Early summer I think!

They are welcome to go ahead and do it. I’d definitely watch the presentation

@wiwxchasers what? making soap no longer profitable?

Yes, it was a blast, too

I didn’t forget, it wasn’t an exhaustive list of borders.

Even the "flat farmland" really isn't. A rolling landscape whose main feature are the long mostly north south Drumlins.

Wow, very cool that you worked on the site! So is it possible that bodies were simply added to an existing burial mound? I only wonder if there is a way to harmonize the archaeological facts with the legend, which has been told for hundreds of years. Unless the story originated from a different (maybe much smaller) mound no longer known or in existence.

Thank you very much

Yes

@@placesofthepast bro admino love your voice

The Nicolet/ Chequamegon national forest gives a small glimpse of it. Unfortunately, we don't have any of our old growth timber remaining besides a few scattered trees now.

On the video? No. Actually I might have attempted to consult Chat GPT for errors, but it doesn’t really know anything, and makes up facts when it feels like that’s what you want to hear.

Good stuff. Don’t be afraid to try it if you get the chance. It’s very red rich meat as you can imagine.

I’ve eaten my fair share of beaver in my day. Mostly hairless varieties. 🥴

Thanks for watching!

I’d love to research the history of what their land was used for before their park days. I once somewhere saw a photo of Peninsula Park being used as sheep grazing land, and it looked just like Ireland