The WPA Guide to Wisconsin

by Federal Writers' Project

• ISBN13: 9780873515535
• ISBN10: 0873515536
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-01
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Pr

Summary

In the 1930s, at the height of the Great Depression, the federal government put thousands of unemployed writers to work in the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Out of their efforts came the American Guide series, the first comprehensive guidebooks to the people, resources, and traditions of each state in the union.

Author Biography

Norman K. Risjord, professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is author of Wisconsin: The Story of the Badger State and A Popular History of Minnesota (MHS Press).

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION, by Norman K. Risjord	xi
FOREWORD, by Joseph Schafer	xix
PREFACE	xxi
GENERAL INFORMATION	xxv
Part I. General Background
NATURAL SETTING	3	(23)
INDIANS	26	(11)
HISTORY	37	(9)
THE PEOPLE WHO CAME	46	(4)
POLITICAL HISTORY	50	(16)
INDUSTRY AND TRANSPORTATION	66	(11)
LABOR	77	(14)
AGRICULTURE	91	(14)
THE COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT	105
RECREATION	13	(105)
EDUCATION	118	(6)
RELIGION	124	(7)
NEWSPAPERS AND RADIO	131	(8)
LITERATURE	139	(10)
PAINTING AND SCULPTURE	149	(10)
MUSIC	159	(9)
THE THEATER	168	(6)
ARCHITECTURE	174	(11)
Part II. Cities
GREEN BAY	185	(11)
KENOSHA	196	(9)
LA CROSSE	205	(9)
MADISON	214	(25)
MILWAUKEE	239	(26)
OSHKOSH	265	(9)
RACINE	274	(9)
SHEBOYGAN	283	(8)
SUPERIOR	291	(12)
Part III. Road Ahead
TOUR 1 Green Bay—Sturgeon Bay—Sister Bay [State 57]	303	(17)
Section a. Green Bay to Sturgeon Bay	303	(5)
Section b. Sturgeon Bay to Sister Bay	308	(12)
TOUR 1A Sister Bay—Ellison Bay—Gill's Rock [State 42]	310	(3)
TOUR 1B Junction with State 57—Egg Harbor—Ephraim—Sister Bay [State 42]	313	(5)
TOUR 1C Junction with State 57—Kewaunee—Two Rivers—Manitowoc [State 42]	318	(2)
TOUR 2 (Menominee, Mich.)—Marinette—Green Bay—Oshkosh-Fond du Lac—Milwaukee—(Chicago, Ill.) [US 41]	320	(11)
Section a. Marinette to Green Bay	320	(4)
Section b. Green Bay to Fond du Lac	324	(4)
Section c. Fond du Lac to Illinois Line	328	(3)
TOUR 3 (Iron Mountain, Mich.)—Green Bay—Manitowoc—Sheboygan—Milwaukee [US /41]	331	(12)
Section a. Michigan Line to Manitowoc	331	(5)
Section b. Manitowoc to Milwaukee	336	(7)
TOUR 3A Milwaukee—Racine—Kenosha—Illinois Line [State 42]	341	(2)
TOUR 4 Crandon—Shawano—Kakauna—Fond du Lac [State 55]	343	(10)
Section a. Crandon to Shawano	343	(5)
Section b. Shawano to Fond du Lac	348	(5)
TOUR 4A Keshena—Neopit—Junction with US 45 [State 47]	350	(3)
TOUR 5 (Watersmeet, Mich.)—Antigo—Oshkosh—Fond du Lac (Chicago, Ill.) [US 45]	353	(12)
Section a. Michigan Line to Wittenberg	353	(3)
Section b. Wittenberg to Fond du Lac	356	(4)
Section c. Fond du Lac to Illinois Line	360	(5)
TOUR 5A Fond du Lac—Ripon—Junction with US 55 [State 23]	363	(2)
TOUR 6 Manitowoc—Fond du Lac—Columbus—Madison [US 151]	365	(9)
Section a. Manitowoc to Fond du Lac	366	(4)
Section b. Fond du Lac to Madison	370	(4)
TOUR 7 (Ironwood, Mich.)—Hurley—Wausau—Madison—Beloit—(Rockford, Ill.) [US 51]	374	(17)
Section a. Michigan Line to Wausau	374	(7)
Section b. Wausau to Madison	381	(3)
Section c. Madison to Illinois Line	384	(7)
TOUR 8 Ashland—Park Falls—Marshfield—Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Dells [State 53]	391	(12)
Section a. Ashland to Abbotsford	391	(7)
Section b. Abbotsford to Wisconsin Dells	398	(5)
TOUR 9 Ashland—Spooner—Hager City—(Red Wing, Minn.) [US 63]	403	(9)
Section a. Ashland to Spooner	404	(4)
Section b. Spooner to Hager City	408	(4)
TOUR 10 (Duluth, Minn.)—Superior—Spooner—La Crosse—(La Crescent, Minn.) [US 53]	412	(8)
Section a. Minnesota Line to Spooner	412	(1)
Section b. Spooner to Eau Claire	413	(4)
Section c. Eau Claire to Minnesota Line	417	(3)
TOUR 11 Readstown—Boscobel—Lancaster—(Dubuque, Iowa) [US65]	420	(4)
TOUR 12 Dodgeville — Mineral Point — Dickeyville — (Dubuque, Iowa.) [US 555]	424	(7)
TOUR 13 Superior—Hudson—La Crosse—Prairie du Chien [State 35]	431	(13)
Section a. Superior to Hudson	431	(3)
Section b. Hudson to La Crosse	434	(5)
Section c. La Crosse to Prairie du Chien	439	(5)
TOUR 14 (Ironwood, Mich.)—Ashland—Superior—(Duluth, Minn.)[US 2]	444	(11)
TOUR 14A Ashland—Bayfield—Superior [State 53]	449	(6)
TOUR 15 Michigan Line—Eagle River—Spooner—Minnesota Line [State 70]	455	(7)
TOUR 16 (Norway, Mich.)—Crandon—Rhinelander—Prentice—St. Croix Falls—(Taylors Falls, Minn.) [US 8]	462	(10)
Section a. Michigan Line to Prentice	463	(4)
Section b. Prentice to Minnesota Line	467	(5)
TOUR 17 Green Bay—Wausau—Chippewa Falls—Prescott—(St. Paul, Minn.) [State 29]	472	(6)
TOUR 18 Manitowoc — Appleton — Stevens Point — Prescott — (St. Paul, Minn.) [US 10]	478	(10)
Section a. Manitowoc to Stevens Point	478	(7)
Section b. Stevens Point to Minnesota Line	485	(3)
TOUR 19 (Chicago, Ill.)—Lake Geneva—Madison—Wisconsin Dells —Tomah—Eau Claire—Hudson—(St. Paul, Minn.) [US x2]	488	(17)
Section a. Illinois Line to Madison	488	(4)
Section b. Madison to Tomah	492	(5)
Section c. Tomah to Minnesota Line	497	(8)
TOUR 19A Lake Geneva—Williams Bay—Fontana—Lake Geneva [State 36, town roads, County BB, State no]	500	(2)
TOUR 19B Madison to Baraboo [State 553]	502	(3)
TOUR 20 (Chicago, Ill.)—Madison—Richland Center—La Crosse (La Crescent, Minn.) [US 14]	505	(11)
Section a. Illinois Line to Madison	505	(3)
Section b. Madison to Richland Center	508	(5)
Section c. Richland Center to Minnesota Line	513	(3)
TOUR 21 Shorewood—Columbus—Wisconsin Dells—La Crosse—(La Crescent, Minn.) [US 16]	516	(11)
Section a. Shorewood to Columbus	516	(3)
Section b. Columbus to Tomah	519	(4)
Section c. Tomah to Minnesota Line	523	(4)
TOUR 22 Columbus—Sauk City—Gotham—Prairie du Chien [State 60]	527	(6)
TOUR 23 Milwaukee—Madison—Prairie du Chien—(Marquette, Iowa) [US 18]	533	(17)
Section a. Milwaukee to Madison	534	(4)
Section b. Madison to Iowa Line	538	(12)
TOUR 23A Junction with US i8 to Madison [State 30]	543	(3)
TOUR 23B Verona—New Glarus—Monroe-(Orangeville, Ill.) [State 69]	546	(4)
TOUR 24 Racine—Burlington—Janesville—Monroe—Illinois Line [State 11]	550
Section a. Racine to Janesville.	551	(5)
Section b. Janesville to Illinois Line	556
Part IV. Appendices
CHRONOLOGY	563	(15)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	578	(13)
CENSUS FIGURES-1940	591	(24)
INDEX	615