Sesquicentennial Minutes

1	Train Station	Footville	1910
2	"Billy" Mitchell, WW I	Milwaukee	1918
3	Traveling Library	Downsville	1894
4	After the Ball	Oconomowoc	1892
5	Circus Fund Raiser	Beaver Dam	1946

6	Burning of Marshfield	Marshfield	1887
7	Underground Railroad	Green Bay	1848
8	First Alice in Dairyland	Madison	1948
9	Latino Ballad	Columbus	1966
10	First Airport	Larsen	1922

11	Esau Johnson, Black Hawk War	Blue Mounds	1832
12	First Lawyer	Janesville	1879
13	Dance Hall	Manitowish Waters	1925
14	Abe Lincoln at the Tallman House	Janesville	1859
15	Women's Baseball	Milwaukee	1950

16	The Bashford-Barstow Scandal	Madison	1855
17	The Great Peshtigo Fire	Peshtigo	1871
18	Circus Day	Baraboo	1884
19	Bradley Park	Tomahawk	1890
20	The Ho-Chunk Cranberry Harvest	Cranmoor	1924

21	John Muir	Portage	1901
22	Softball Crazy	DeForest	1930
23	The Old Flour Mill	Augusta	1864
24	Civil War Flag	Manitowoc	1861
25	Otto Rindlisbacher, Musician	Rice Lake	1907

26	The Attempted Assassination of Teddy Roosevelt	Milwaukee	1912
27	Mary Carpenter's Journey to Wisconsin	Baraboo	1849
28	The Rest Lake Dam Tender	Rest Lake Dam	1945
29	Winter Sports	Perkinstown	1952
30	Armistice Day	Madison	1918

31	Racine Recreation Center	Racine	1969
32	Farming with Horses	Luxemburg	1935
33	One Room Country School	Sag City	1942
34	James Colby, Photographer	Wausau	1909
35	Cyrus Butt III and Prohibition	Viroqua	1932

36	The Tropical Hut	Milwaukee	1957
37	Cranberry Industry	Manitowish	1946
38	Milk Strike	Shiocton	1933
39	Cordelia Harvey, Civil War Nurse	Madison	1864
40	Copper Falls State Park	Copper Falls	1928

41	Finnish Newspaper	Superior	1913
42	Great Lakes Steamers	Delta	1942
43	Father Mazzuchelli	Sinsinawa	1836
44	Margaret "Dickey" Chapelle, War Photographer	Milwaukee	1945
45	Commercial Fishing	Bayfield	1906

46	Halyard Park	Milwaukee	1971
47	Floors for the NBA	White Lake	1946
48	Old Abe, Civil War Mascot	Eau Claire	1861
49	Door County Cherries	Sturgeon Bay	1959
50	State Reformatory	Green Bay	1925
51	Oshkosh All-Stars	Oshkosh	1941
52	"Pinery Boy" Folk Song	Lone Rock	1872
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In telling their stories, people tell the story of Wisconsin. This collection of 52 60-second vignettes brings together interviews and historical manuscripts with archival images and film.

From small pleasures to major events, each Sesquicentennial Minute is a moment in time—Fort Blue Mound on the frontier, a contemporary neighborhood in Milwaukee, a dance hall at Manitowish Waters, the Great Peshtigo Fire, women's baseball and Great Lakes steamers.

People and events, history and memory come together to create a portrait of Wisconsin over 150 years.

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