The Discovery Of Wisconsin

1891 Outline Map of the Chippewa Valley

This transcribed 19th-century history traces Wisconsin’s early exploration and settlement, from Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain to Jean Nicolet, Joliet and Marquette, La Salle, Hennepin, and French missions and fur trade posts. It also covers conflict with Native nations, British control, territorial changes, and Wisconsin’s path to statehood in 1848 under Governor Nelson Dewey.