The first known inhabitants of what is now Wisconsin were Paleo-Indians, who first arrived in the region in about 10,000 BC at the end of the Ice Age. The retreating glaciers left behind a tundra in Wisconsin inhabited by large … See more

By the mid-1840s, the population of Wisconsin Territory had exceeded 150,000, more than twice the number of people required for … See more

Progressivism and party politics
Wisconsin was a regional and national model for innovation and organization in the See more

French period
The first European known to have landed in Wisconsin was Jean Nicolet. In 1634, Samuel de Champlain, … See more

The United States acquired Wisconsin in the Treaty of Paris (1783). Massachusetts claimed the territory east of the Mississippi River between the … See more

Civil War
Wisconsin enrolled 91,379 soldiers in the Union Army during the American Civil War. 272 of enlisted … See more

Republican trifecta
In 2011, Wisconsin became the focus of some controversy when newly elected governor Scott Walker proposed and then successfully … See more