Last Updated February 3, 2005
By John Jenkins

Wisconsin Historical Society
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History Links


Try these links http://www.genealogyspot.com
www.wisconline.com/attractions/historic.html
National Park Service - Historic American Buildings Survey
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http://www.thehistorynet.com/
The History Net has numerous archived articles relating to Work History, American History, Wars and more. The site's emphasis is on Western and Military History
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http://www.archives.gov/
The National Archives and Records Administration Digital Classroom gives teachers and students access to online historical documents. Also provided are numerous lesson plans and activities with which to incorporate the information into the class.
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http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/
New Perspectives on the West, presented by PBS and GM, offers insight into our nation's frontier history. Included are documents, information on historical places and events and an interactive biographical dictionary.
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http://www.ibiscom.com
Eyewitness History takes a look at major events in history through the eyes of eyewitnesses, using personal letters and essays. Excellent site that offers an interesting and real perspective on the past.
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http://www.byu.edu/ipt/project s/1960s/
Simulation taking you from the 1950s through the 1970s in the US.
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http://www.isu.edu/~trinmi ch/Allabout.html
Lots of information on the famous Oregon trail and how it opened up the way to the West.
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Osceola Man Travels the Oregon Trail in 1998
Lots of information about a modern man who walked the Oregon Trail in 1998 all the way to the Pacific.
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http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/
The American Memory Historical Collections: Created and maintained by the Library of Congress, this digital collection covers American history and culture.
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http: //members.aol.com/donnandlee/FunHistory.html#GAMES
History Games and Activities: Provides games, projects, clip art, images, and activities for the enjoyment of learning about history.
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http://www.pbs.o rg/wgbh/pages/amex/dustbowl/
American Experience: Surviving the Dust Bowl.
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http://memory. loc.gov/ammem/hhhtml/hhhome.html
Achievements in architecture, engineering, and design.
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http://lcweb.loc.gov /exhibits/african/intro.html
Library of Congress presentation of its African American collection covering 500 years
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http://www.byu.edu/ipt/project s/1960s/
Simulation taking you from the 1950s through the 1970s in the US.
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http://www.isu.edu/~trinmi ch/Allabout.html
Lots of information on the famous Oregon trail and how it opened up the way to the West.
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Osceola man walks the Oregon Trail in 1998
Lots of information about a modern man who walked the Oregon Trail in 1998 all the way to the Pacific.
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http://newdeal.feri .org/eleanor/index.htm
During the Great Depression, thousands of youg people wrote to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt for help/ This is a collection of that correspondence.
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http://hom etown.aol.com/Donh523/navapage/index.htm
Excellent resource for studying the indigenous nations of North America.
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http://fisher.lib.virg inia.edu/census/
Immigration data from 1790 through the 1970s made easy to view and analyze; from the Univ. of Virginia.
19 http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/ReadingRoom/Fiction/Zitkala-Sa/ University of Maryland, over a dozen traditional Native American,tales.
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ht tp://www.kidscastle.si.edu/channels/history/history.html
Smithsonian Magazine production for kids ages 8-16 on sports, history, the arts, travel, science and air and space, all with great photos.
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http://members.a ol.com/calebj/mayflower.html
All the links you need to study the coming of the Pilgrims to what is now Massachusetts.
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ht tp://www.ameritech.net/users/macler/nativeamericans.html
Art, clothing, crafts, games, legends, recipes, songs, dances and teaching aids.
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http://memory. loc.gov/ammem/umhtml/umhome.html
First person accounts of 17th and 18th century Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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http://www.yale. edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
World History documents from 18th century to present
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http://xroads .virginia.edu/~HYPER/hypertex.html
Many classic texts of US History Documents
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http://odur.let.rug.nl/~u sa/usa.htm
Primary sources and transcripts that date from 1400-today
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http://www.ushmm.org
Holocaust Museum
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http://members.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html
Mayflower Web Pages
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http://www.earlyamer ica.com/earlyamerica
Archiving Early America
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http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liber ty
Liberty! The American Revolution
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http://www.history.org
Colonial Williamsburg
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http://www.pbs.org/l ewisandclark/archive
Lewis and Clkark: The Archive
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http://www.hi storybuff.com/realaudio/index.html
History Buff's Real Audio Library
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Fort Folle Avoine Historical Park
The park is a living history site where reconstructed fur trade posts occupy the actual sites where they once operated from 1802 to 1804, alongside an authentic Woodland Indian Village.
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Online history research resource
This site is intended for use by students, educators and history buffs. All resources and links to this site have been previewed for quality of academic content.