Place details
Place nameWisconsin
Other namesWI
CountryUnited States
Latitude45
Longitude-90
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Inhabited by Ojibwa (Chippewa), Sauk, Fox, Kickapoo, Winnebago & others when French arrived from Canada in 17th cen.; went to British in 1763, to USA after Revolution; large influx of Europeans occurred in 1820s; supported Union in Civil War.