Wisconsin

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Names: Wisconsin
Place Type: political
Description: Inhabited by Ojibwa (Chippewa), Sauk, Fox, Kickapoo, Winnebago & others when French arrived from Canada in 17th cen.; went to British in 1763, to USA after Revolution; large influx of Europeans occurred in 1820s; supported Union in Civil War.
Source: Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)

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