Lawyers who Shaped Dane County

Lawyers who Shaped Dane County
Author: Tom Ragatz
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages: 91
Release: 2012
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780985364601

This is the story of of the legal profession in Dane County, Wisconsin, from the 1850s to the early 1980s. Featuring short biographies of attorneys, judges, and law firms, this book also discusses the training, practice, public roles, work climate, and perspectives of lawyers during more than a century of change. Lawyers Who Shaped Dane County illuminates the important contributions of local attorneys to the community, the state, and the nation, whether in law or through their activities in the arts, business, politics, culture, and education. Among the most prominent is Senator Robert LaFollette, founder of the Progressive Party and of the magazine The Progressive."

The Great Peshtigo Fire

The Great Peshtigo Fire
Author: Peter Pernin
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
Total Pages: 69
Release: 2014-10-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 0870206842

Reverend Peter Pernin was the parish priest for Peshtigo and nearby Marinette, whose churches burned to the ground. He published his account of the fire in 1874. The late William Converse Haygood served as editor of the Wisconsin Magazine of History from 1957 to 1975. He prepared this version of Father Pernin's account on the occasion of the Peshtigo Fire's centennial in 1971. Foreword writer Stephen J. Pyne is a professor at Arizona State University in Tempe and author of numerous books on wildland fire, including Fire in America.

History of Dane County, Wisconsin

History of Dane County, Wisconsin
Author: Consul Willshire Butterfield
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1294
Release: 2015-07-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781504281669

Hardcover reprint of the original 1880 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Butterfield, Consul Willshire. History Of Dane County, Wisconsinpreceded By A History Of Wisconsin, Statistics Of The State, And An Abstract Of Its Laws And Constitution And Of The Constitution Of The United States. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Butterfield, Consul Willshire. History Of Dane County, Wisconsinpreceded By A History Of Wisconsin, Statistics Of The State, And An Abstract Of Its Laws And Constitution And Of The Constitution Of The United States, . Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880.

History of Door County, Wisconsin

History of Door County, Wisconsin
Author: Charles I. Martin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1881
Genre: Door County (Wis.)
ISBN:

Charles Martin's 1881 history of Door County, Wisconsin, provides a brief survey of the early history of the county, as well as descriptions of the towns of Washington, Otumba (Sturgeon Bay), Forestville, Gibralter, Chambers' Island, Brussels, Liberty Grove, Clay Banks, Nasewaupee, Sevastopol, Bailey's Harbor, Gardner, Union, and Jacksonport. Brief biographical sketches of county residents and a county business directory are included.