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John Holden Warren
John Holden Warren (August 23, 1825August 1, 1901) was an American medical doctor, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served two years in the Wisconsin State Senate representing Green County. In historical documents, his middle name is sometimes spelled "Halden". Biography John Holden Warren was born in Hogansburg, Franklin County, New York, in August 1825. He attended the common schools in that community until age 13, when he went west to the Wisconsin Territory. He first came to Janesville, Wisconsin, when there were just two families residing there, and he attended the first school taught at that settlement. He went on to study the medical profession under Dr. Samuel Nichols in Janesville. He then went to Chicago to further his studies under Dr. Charles V. Dyer, and subsequently attended Rush Medical College in Chicago, graduating in 1849. He initially established a medical practice at Lodi, in Columbia County, Wisconsin, but, at the request of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Bryan Hall
Henry Bryan Hall (11 May 1808 London – 25 April 1884 Morrisania, New York), was an English stipple engraver and portrait painter. He was apprenticed to the engravers Benjamin Smith and Henry Meyer. Later he worked for Henry Thomas Ryall who was designated 'Portrait and Historical Engraver to Her Majesty, Queen Victoria'. Hall produced plates for Ryall's ''Eminent Conservative Statesmen'' (1837–38) and assisted in the engraving of seventy portraits for Ryall's plate of ''The Coronation of Queen Victoria'' after George Hayter (1838–42). Hall also engraved portraits of English Protestant martyrs for C. Birch (1839) and provided plates for John Wilson and Robert Chambers's ''The Land of Burns'' (1840), Finden's ''Gallery of Beauty'' (1841), John William Carleton's ''Sporting Sketch-Book'' (1842), and John Kitto's ''Gallery of Scripture Engravings'' (1846–49). After settling in New York in 1850, he founded the firm of ''H. B. Hall and Sons'', which grew into a flourishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodi, Wisconsin
Lodi ( ) is a city in Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,189 at the 2020 census. Lodi is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Isaac Palmer founded the village of Lodi in 1846 in what was then the Pleasant Valley Precinct of the Wisconsin Territory. He named it after Lodi, in Italy. Palmer chose this glaciated valley as the location for the village because of its water power potential. Spring Creek powered a sawmill that year and a grist mill followed in 1850. Historic places * Frank T. and Polly Lewis House * Lodi School Hillside Improvement Site * Portage Street Historic District Geography Lodi is located at (43.314296, −89.530994). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. Spring Creek, which runs from the Lodi Marsh through downtown Lodi and empties into Lake Wisconsin, is a local spring-fed brown trout stream. Portions of the creek do not freeze over the winter and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biloxi, Mississippi
Biloxi ( ; ) is a city in and one of two county seats of Harrison County, Mississippi, United States (the other being the adjacent city of Gulfport). The 2010 United States Census recorded the population as 44,054 and in 2019 the estimated population was 46,212. The area's first European settlers were French colonists. The city is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi metropolitan area and the Gulfport–Biloxi–Pascagoula, MS Combined Statistical Area. Prior to Hurricane Katrina, Biloxi was the third-largest city in Mississippi, behind Jackson and Gulfport. Due to the widespread destruction and flooding, many refugees left the city. Post-Katrina, the population of Biloxi decreased, and it became the fifth-largest city in the state, being surpassed by Hattiesburg and Southaven. The beachfront of Biloxi lies directly on the Mississippi Sound, with barrier islands scattered off the coast and into the Gulf of Mexico. Keesler Air Force Base lies within the city and is home to the 81st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Oaks, Michigan
Three Oaks is a village in Three Oaks Township, Michigan, Three Oaks Township, Berrien County, Michigan, Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,622 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The village of Three Oaks is located in the southwest corner of Michigan, just 5 miles from the shores of Lake Michigan and within 2 miles of the Indiana border along U.S. Route 12 in Michigan, US 12. History The village was first settled by Henry Chamberlain in 1850 and became a village in 1867. The village was originally called Chamberlain's Siding but was changed to Three Oaks. These oak trees were a guidepoint for train engineers.Mueller, Robert & Mueller, RoseAnna (2003). ''Harbor Country'', pp. 71–72. Arcadia Publishing. None of the original three oak trees remain today; the last was cut down nearly 100 years ago. Three Oaks' hometown pride is evident during its Flag Day (United States), Flag Day Celebration in June. The celebration and Flag Day Parade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of the United States, fighting began on April 19, 1775, followed by the Lee Resolution on July 2, 1776, and the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The American Patriots were supported by the Kingdom of France and, to a lesser extent, the Dutch Republic and the Spanish Empire, in a conflict taking place in North America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Ocean. Established by royal charter in the 17th and 18th centuries, the American colonies were largely autonomous in domestic affairs and commercially prosperous, trading with Britain and its Caribbean colonies, as well as other European powers via their Caribbean entrepôts. After British victory over the French in the Seven Years' War in 1763, tensions between the motherland and he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Of 1812
The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida. It began when the United States declared war on 18 June 1812 and, although peace terms were agreed upon in the December 1814 Treaty of Ghent, did not officially end until the peace treaty was ratified by Congress on 17 February 1815. Tensions originated in long-standing differences over territorial expansion in North America and British support for Native American tribes who opposed US colonial settlement in the Northwest Territory. These escalated in 1807 after the Royal Navy began enforcing tighter restrictions on American trade with France and press-ganged men they claimed as British subjects, even those with American citizenship certificates. Opinion in the US was split on how to respond, and although majorities in both the House and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspapers
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gazette (Janesville, Wisconsin)
'' The Gazette '' is the daily newspaper of Janesville, Wisconsin. The newspaper is owned by Adams Publishing Group. The newspaper has a print circulation of 14,000 customers. It also runs a news website under the name GazetteXtra. History The ''Gazette'' was established in 1845. It was sold to Adams Publishing Group in 2019; prior to then, it had been owned by the Bliss family for 136 years. While it had previously published every day of the week, the newspaper suspended its Saturday and Sunday editions in June 2020 due to the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif .... References External linksGazetteXtra Janesville, Wisconsin Newspapers published in Wisconsin 1845 establishments in Wisconsin Territory Publications establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War and succeeded in preserving the Union, abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy. Lincoln was born into poverty in a log cabin in Kentucky and was raised on the frontier, primarily in Indiana. He was self-educated and became a lawyer, Whig Party leader, Illinois state legislator, and U.S. Congressman from Illinois. In 1849, he returned to his successful law practice in central Illinois. In 1854, he was angered by the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which opened the territories to slavery, and he re-entered politics. He soon became a leader of the new Republican Party. He reached a national audience in the 1858 Senate campaign debates against Stephen A. Douglas. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12th Wisconsin Legislature
The Twelfth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 12, 1859, to March 21, 1859, in regular session. Senators representing odd-numbered districts were newly elected for this session and were serving the first year of a two-year term. Assembly members were elected to a one-year term. Assembly members and even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 2, 1858. Senators representing even-numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-year term, having been elected in the general election held on November 3, 1857. Major events * March 7, 1859: The United States Supreme Court ruled on the case of '' Ableman v. Booth'', vacating the Wisconsin Supreme Court decision which had attempted to nullify enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 in Wisconsin. * April 12, 1859: Edward V. Whiton, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, died in office. * April 19, 1859: Luther S. Dixon was appointed Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Wisconsin Legislature
The Eleventh Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 13, 1858, to March 17, 1858, in regular session. Senators representing even-numbered districts were newly elected for this session and were serving the first year of a two-year term. Assembly members were elected to a one-year term. Assembly members and even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 3, 1857. Senators representing odd-numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-year term, having been elected in the general election held on November 4, 1856. Major events * January 4, 1858: Inauguration of Alexander Randall (Wisconsin politician), Alexander Randall as the 6th Governor of Wisconsin. Major legislation * February 25, 1858: Act to divide the County of Dunn County, Wisconsin, Dunn, and create the County of Pepin County, Wisconsin, Pepin1858 Act 15* March 5, 1858: Act to divide the County of Marquette County, Wisconsin, Marquette and erect the County of Green Lake County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
