While Wisconsin is best known for the Packers, cheese and badgers, it also full of rich stories from the past. Join me as I discuss Wisconsin history straight out of Badgerland
Jean Nicolet was the first documented exploration of Wisconsin by French explorers. He landed near the Bay of Green Bay and met with leaders of the local Ho-Chunk Nation. Sent by Samuel De Champlain to broker peace in hopes of expanding French fur trade further west. Tune in to learn more about Jean Nicolet and his place in Wisconsin history.
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Sources:
“Arrival of the First Europeans.” Wisconsin Historical Society, August 3, 2012. https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS388.
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) and Nicolet, 1634. Accessed July 9, 2025. https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/amerbegin/contact/text6/hochunk.pdf.
“Ho-Chunk History.” Milwaukee Public Museum. Accessed July 9, 2025. https://www.mpm.edu/content/wirp/ICW-150.
“Jean Nicolet.” Encyclopædia Britannica. Accessed July 9, 2025. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Nicolet.
“Nicolet, Jean 1598-1642.” Wisconsin Historical Society, August 3, 2012. https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS1665.
15 Jul 2025
America 250 - Philip Allen
In honor of the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution, Badgerland Journal will be covering Revolutionary War veterans who served, later moved to Wisconsin and are interred in the state. The first of this series cover Philip Allen, whose family founded Allen's Grove Wisconsin. Philip Allen was present for the Siege of Boston at the Roxbury Garrison, Battle of Bennington and the surrender of British General John Burgoyne at the Battle of Saratoga. Tune in to learn more about Wisconsin's connection to the Revolution.
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Sources:
Barrett, Brian. “Half Moon as a Revolutionary War Camp.” New York Almanack, January 31, 2021. https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2019/02/half-moon-as-a-revolutionary-war-camp/.
“Bennington.” American Battlefield Trust. Accessed July 1, 2025. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/revolutionary-war/battles/bennington.
Brustman, Bob. “Rediscovering Roxbury’s Revolutionary Role.” Harvard Gazette, April 6, 2006. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2006/04/rediscovering-roxburys-revolutionary-role/.
“History of Allen Grove.” Wisconsin Historical Society, January 1, 2012. https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Newspaper/BA4607.
“Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17814, Philip Allen, Mass.” National Archives and Records Administration. Accessed July 1, 2025. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/53807149.
“Saratoga.” American Battlefield Trust. Accessed July 1, 2025. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/saratoga.
1 Jul 2025
Shipwreck of the J.C. Ames
This episode explores the history of the shipwreck of the J.C. Ames tugboat, recently discovered in Manitowoc Bay within Wisconsin's new National Marine Sanctuary.
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