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"A History of Ripon" by Samuel Pedrick

Vocabulary:

founded

utopian

cooperative

dissolved

demise

Interesting Fact:

Warren Chase was a delegate to both constitutional conventions in Wisconsin.

Study Questions:

What were the beliefs of the Wisconsin Phalanx?

Were the Wisconsin Phalanx connected to Ripon College in any way?

What caused the demise of Ceresco?

U.S. historical events that occurred on May 27:

1937: The Golden Gate bridge is opened.

May 27

May 27, 1844: A cooperative community was founded in Fond du Lac County by the Wisconsin Phalanx, a utopian organization developed in Kenosha by Warren Chase. The founders named the community Ceresco after the Roman goddess of the harvest. The community dissolved by 1850 but a new community of Ripon developed after Ceresco’s demise.

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