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"Wisconsin Newspapers 1833-1850: An Analytical Bibliography" by James Hansen
"Guide to Wisconsin Newspapers, 1833-1957" compiled by Donald Oehlerts
"A Wisconsin Fifteen" edited by J. Kevin Graffagnino
"Early Printing in Wisconsin" by Douglas C. McMurtrie
Vocabulary:
established
Intelligencer
Interesting Fact:
The Green Bay Intelligencer came out strongly in favor of James Doty in an early territorial election, one of the first Wisconsin newspapers to promote politics.
Study Questions:
Why did the Intelligencer stop publishing only a few years after it was founded?
How many newspapers are published in Green Bay today?
Why were newspapers an important part of people's lives in the Wisconsin Territory?
U.S. historical events that occurred on December 11:
1872: Pinckney Benton Steward Pinchback becomes governor of Louisiana, the first black governor in the U.S.
1941: Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S.
1961: The first direct U.S.military support in South Vietnam, a ship load of helicopters, arrives in Saigon.
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