The Wisconsin Frontier

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From 17th-century French coureurs de bois to lumberjacks of the 19thcentury, Wisconsin's frontier era saw thousands arriving from Europe and other areasseeking wealth and opportunity. Indians mixed with these newcomers, sometimeshelping and sometimes challenging them, often benefiting from their guns and othertrade items. This captivating history reveals the conflicts, the defeats, thevictories, and the way the future looked to Wisconsin's peoples at the beginning ofthe 20th century.