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Nov 30, 2015 · On Dec. 3, 1818, Wisconsin’s neighbor to the south, Illinois, became the 21 st state. In so doing, Wisconsin lost approximately 8,500 square miles of territory allotted to us in the 1787 Northwest Ordinance … land that included the Illinois cities of Galena, Rockford, and Chicago.
Sep 14, 2014 · The original proposed northern boundary of Illinois was a straight line from the southernmost tip of Lake Michigan to just south of the Rock and Mississippi River confluence - had it been approved, the northern 51 miles of the Illinois Territory would have become Wisconsin when it became a state in 1848.
Feb 15, 2022 · As the Illinois territory was fighting for statehood, the original state border would’ve been along the southern tip of Lake Michigan. This could’ve made Wisconsin a national powerhouse...
Wisconsin was the last state entirely east of the Mississippi River (and by extension the last state formed entirely from territory assigned to the U.S. in the 1783 Treaty of Paris) to be admitted to the Union. With statehood, came the creation of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, which is the state's oldest public university. The creation ...
2 days ago · Wisconsin, constituent state of the U.S. It was admitted to the union as the 30th state in 1848. It is bounded to the north by Lake Superior and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, to the east by Lake Michigan, to the south by Illinois, and to the west by Minnesota and Iowa.
Nov 6, 2009 · Wisconsin became a U.S. territory following the American Revolution and soon after began attracting settlers looking for work in its mining, lumber and dairy industries. It was admitted to the...
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Turning Points in Wisconsin History; Wisconsin: comprising sketches of counties, towns, events, institutions, and persons, arranged in cyclopedic form, ed. by Ex-Gov. Geo. W. Peck (Madison, Wis., Western Historical Association, 1906). Discover the history of how Wisconsin became a state.
