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Lincoln among the badgers, rediscovering sites associated with Abraham and Mary Lincoln in Wisconsin, Steven K. Rogstad

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non fiction

Lincoln among the badgers

1227942286

Steven K. Rogstad

rediscovering sites associated with Abraham and Mary Lincoln in Wisconsin

This study represents the first scholarly treatment of the visits Abraham and Mary Lincoln made to the Badger State. Although they collectively visited Wisconsin five times, they traveled into the state at different times and never together. Abraham Lincoln entered the state's borders for the first time in 1832 during his military service in the Black Hawk War, returning in 1859 to make speeches in Milwaukee, Beloit, and Janesville. Mary traveled toured northern Wisconsin and Racine in 1867, returning five years later to take advantage of the healing waters of Waukesha.Aside from the visits, Wisconsin has numerous monuments, memorials, and markers which honor the Lincolns

Lincoln among the badgers