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Show a By EDWARD BlUERINBWNU EMERINEWNU EMERINE BlUERINB EMERINEWNU WNU Feat FealareA Ftattf Fealare FtattfA . . A balance has been struck struckin struckin struckin in Wisconsin where the hap happI happlest happiest plest pI est combma combination b.on bon . of farm and andfactory andfactory andfactory factory has been found ' The state is rural in appear appear- appearance appearance appearance - ance , its industry mdustry so wIde wIdespread widespread widespread spread that it is never far farfrom farfrom farfrom from a dairy barn to a factory factorydoor factorydoor factorydoor door The truck and garden plot plotthe plotthe plotthe the orchard and the country home homeare homeare homeare are but a step from the gears of In Industry industry industry dustry In Wisconsin Wlsconsm the neIghbor neIghborlmess neighborliness neighborliness lmess liness and friendliness frlendlincss of the small smalltown smalltown smalltown town ! is s novel nevel never lost The m 1k lk of hu human human human man k ndness is never evaporated evaporatedin evaporatedm m in the fiery ovens ovcns of a factory A Agreat Agreat Agreat great industrial mdustnal stateIth state \ with \\Ith Ith more morefactor morefactor morefactor factor es and m mils lis Its than lou you ) OU C"ln Cln can C"lncount cancount cincount " count Wiscons Wlscons n remains remams the land landof landof landof of milk cows cheese butter applesard apples applesaid -ard ard - lr < aid d more milk cows cowsl cowslEverything ! Everything Everythmg grov grown . n in m the north northtemperate northtemperate , temperate zone is produced In WIS WISconsm Wisconsm Wisconsm consm in m grains grams vegetables and andi andfrUits andfruits andfruits i frUits So varied vaned is its agrIculture agrIculturethat agriculturethat agriculturethat that the state produces corn corn . , , whcat wheat wheatrye wheatrye ! rye barley hay fla flaxseed seed potatoes potatoessugar potatoessugar potatoessugar sugar beets tobacco ( ( for cigar cigarI cigarwrappers cigarwrappers cigarwrappers I wrappers ) hops peas sorghum and andmaple andmaple andmaple maple syrup More peas are canned cannedthere cannedthere ! there than in m any other state and andmore andmore andmore more hemp is raised The state stateranks stateranks stateranks andI I ranks high in cranberry production productionand productionand ' and andalso also produces apples cherrIes cherrIesplums cherriesplums cherriesplums plums and other otber fruits frwts WIsconsin WIsconsinremains Wisconsinremains Wisconsinremains remains a leader in m the number of ofdaIry ofdairy ofdairy daIry cows m In cheese production productionand productionand productionand and m In the output of condensed m lk Ik lkproducts Ikproducts 1kproducts 1kproductsIndustries products productsIndustrIes Industries Are VariedMade VariedMade Varied VariedMade Made in Wiscons Wlscons n stamps stampsthousands stampsthousands stampsthousands thousands of articles artIeles used all over overthe overthe overthe the \ world orld from the smallest radio LAiE ( Qy Qy0MICHGAN 0MICHGAN 0MICHGANSUPFROR ! 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" - - - - - - - - - - - ILLINOIS tunate of states in transportation transportationfacilities transportationfacilities transportationfacihties facilities Steamboats ply the Mississ MIs MIsSISS Mississ SISS ppi ppl and other rivers Lake ships shipsdock shipsdock shipsdock dock at Superior Green Bay Mil Milwaukee MilWaukee Milwaukee waukee Racine Racme and other po nts ntsand ntsand ntsand and Great Lakes traffic is consld consid conslderable considerable conslderable erable Fast modern railroads railroadsspeed railroadsspeed railroadsspeed speed a across cross the state Truck traf traffic traffic tratfie fic from city to city and from Wis g V a.att aatt a.attyw . yw s xwss & r " SSy a atea r xws xwsI I tea teaay ay .r r . .1 1 . t tsYr sYr 4 4TWO TWO CANOES Wisconsin s lakes and forests are never ending and andare are always a source of pleasure for those who love the outdoors . I part to the greatest earth moving movingmachmery movingmachinery movingmachinery machmery machinery The state has mlscel miscel mlscellaneous miscellaneous miscellaneous laneous mining mmmg and quarrying quarrymg saw sawmills sawmills sawmills mills and lumbering lumbermg paper m1l1s mills m1l1sand millsand millsand and . wood v.ood vood products factories brew brewenes brewernes brewenes enes ernes and flour fiour mills cheese fac factories factortes faclories tories tortes tortesend .nd nd end . . creameries creamenes Manufac Manufactured Manufactired Manufactured tured tired goods Include sheet metal metalwork metalwork metalwork work foundry products farm ma machmery machinery machmery chmery chinery electrical goods engmes engines engmesand enginesand engmesand and pumps plumbing plumbmg supplies suppliestools suppliestools suppliestools tools and hard vare yare automobIles automobIlesand automobilesand automobilesand and tractors refrigerators precI precIslon precisson precision slon sson instruments mstruments and countless oth other other other er art des cles Durmgorld During Durmg \ World \\orld orld ltorld \ War II IIIts IIits its hundreds of factories factones produced producedtools producedtools producedtools tools of war for the army and navy navybaching navybacking navybacking baching backing U S fighting fightmg men on ev every every evcry ery front frontWlsconsm frontWisconsin frontWisconsin frontI Wlsconsm Wisconsin is one of the most fort for r rW t g- g - gea ea eatwC \W W \ * < N -ci ci - - - T i ici - twC twCd d x xx x xx xxFISIIIN gci ; I FISIIIN FISIIl'l FISIIll ' T\\ T Two T0 To \ \ 0 Great Lakes LakesSuperior LakesSuperior LakesSuperior , Superior and Michigan I\Ilclugan I Ilclugan \ and hUD hun hUDdreds hundreds huodreds I dreds of o ( sroaHone small sroaH oues one ones ! > > lure iure fisher fishermcn fishermen Cshermen mcn men to Wisconsin nlsconsln 1ltscousin consm conslD to the rest of the United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States is increasing mcreasmg steadilyLived steadily steadilyLived Lived Like BadgersThe BadgersThe Badgers BadgersThe The pioneers found Wisconsin Wlsconsm a avast avast avast vast wilderness They cleared it itbroke itbroke itbroke broke it and built upon it They Theydug Theydug Theydug dug deep into mto lead mines mmes and often oftenhved oftenlived oftenlived hved lived in m holes in lD the ground- ground groundlike ground - like likebadgers likebadgers likebadgers badgers some said ( That is whyIt why whyit | it is often called the Badger State ) ) But the people of Wisconsin Wlsconsm for all alltheir alltheir alltheir their industry mdustry alvays alnays al vays nays have loved to toplay toplay toplay play to enjoy life and to find re refreshment refreshment refreshment freshment in m the state s great play playgrounds playgroundsThe playgrounds grounds groundsThe The northern half halt of Wiscons Wlscons n Is Isa isa isa a great forest smell ng of pme pine pmepitch pinepitch pinepitch pitch and brush fires Rivers thun thunder thunder der over trap rock ledges or flo fio do v vqUietly vquietly vquietly qUietly on clean sand beds There Thereare Thereare Thereare are hidden ponds many swamps swampsand swampsand swampsand and uncounted lakes A third of ofthe ofthe ofthe the northern boundary juts out mto into mtoLake intoLake intoLake Lake Superior Supenor and the entire east eastern eastern eastern ern length of the state is washed by bythe bythe bythe the waters of Lake Michigan In Inthe Inthe Inthe the southwest sprawls the coulee couleecountry couleecountry couleecountry country often steep and lIre irregular irregularveined irregularveined gular gularvemed vemed veined by streams and rivers trlb trib trlbutanes tributarses tnbutanes utanes utarses of the Miss ss ppi ppl Apple Appleorchards Appleorchards Appleorchards orchards smother the r dges WIth WIththe withthe withthe the r pink pmk and white blossoms whilethe while whilethe whilethe the slopes are covered1th covered ' with \1th 1th . \ sugar sugarbush sugarbush sugarbush bush and abandoned gmgseng glngseng gingseng bedsWlsconsm bedsWisconsin beds bedsWisconsin Wisconsin Wlsconsm has 8 500 counted lakes lakes10 10 000 mile milesi miles . of trout streams 500 500miles 500miles 500miles miles of Great Lakes shoreline shorelme m in mnumeratle innumerable innumerable numeratle numerable rivers nvers and springs sprmgs It I1 Ithas I1has Ithas has lakes tor for swimming sWlmmmg boatmg boating boatmgfishmg boatingfishing boatingfishing fishmg fishing and all water sports-Lake sports Lake sportsLakeWmnebago sportsLakeWinnebago sports - LakeWmnebago Wmnebago Winnebago Lake Geneva and the thelakes thelakes thelakes lakes around Mad son to name a afew afew afew few On the Great Lakes trim sad sail sadmg sailmg sailing mg craft course out to the horizon horizonwi horizonwl horizonwl wi wl Ie le outboards and racing racmg boats boatsspilt boatssplit boatssplit spilt split the water near the shoresJean shoresJean shores shoresJean Jean Nicolet was the first white whiteman whiteman whiteman man known to have set toot foot on onWlscons onWiscons onWiscons Wlscons Wiscons n soil He came to the theGreen theGreen theGreen Green Bay area in m 1634 1639 and vIsIted vIsItedthe visitedthe visitedthe the Wmnebago Winnebago Indians Indiai Indlal s who lived along the shore ( and whose de descendants descendants descendants scendants still live ! in n Wlsconsm Wisconsin WisconsinTerritory ) Territory Organized Orgamzed OrganizedIn OrgamzedIn In April 1836 over 200 years aft after after after er Nicolet Nicolot s visit the Territory Terntory of ofWlskonsan ofWiskonsan ofWiskonsan Wlskonsan Wiskonsan was organized orgamzed to 10 in 10elude inelude inelude elude what is now Wisconsin Wlsconsm Iowa IowaMirmesota IowaMinnesota IowaMinnesota Mirmesota Minnesota and parts of the Dakotas Dakotasand Dakotasand Dakotasand and 111 III Ill nois nOls noss The townsite of Madl Mads Madlson Madsson Madison son the capital was surveyed and andplatted andplatted andplatted platted that year Gradually how however however however ever the territory shrunk in m sIze sIzeafter sizeafter sizeafter after long and bitter boundary quar quarrels quarrels quarrels rels To give Illinois IIllnois an outlet on onthe onthe onthe the Great Lakes the boundary was wasmoved wasmoved wasmoved moved northward and Chicago was waslost waslost waslost lost The northern peninsula a re region region region gion rich in copper and iron was wasgiven wasgiven given to M chlgan to replace terrl tern terntory terntory tory taken from Michigan by Oh a o aOther oOther oOther Other boundary adjustments fol followed followed lowed as the drive for statehood statehoodwas statehoodwas statehoodwas was accelerated On May 29 1848 1848WIsconsin 1848Wisconsin 1848Wisconsin WIsconsin became a stateThe stateThe state stateThe The years folio foJlo ving vmg Wisconsin s sadmissIOn sadmission sadmission admissIOn as a state brought a agreat agreat agreat great influx of German and Scan Scandmavlan Scandinavian Scandmavian dmavlan dinavian immigrants Populat on ondoubled doubled and trebled each decade decadeRa Ra Eta Iroads lroads opened t-ie t ie t.le tle t.ie tie . . - rich interior interiorof interiorof of the state to farmers and lum lumbermen lumbermen lumbermen bermen Wheat Wbeat became a basIc basIccommodIty basiccommodity basiccommodity commodIty with flour and grist gristmills gristmills gristmills mills springing sprmgmg up everywhere In Introducllon Introduction Introduction troducllon troduction of livestock brought broughtabout broughtabout broughtabout about Wisconsin Wlsconsm s noted dairy ID in industry industry industryBy dustry dustryBy By 18BO 18RO 18A0 many towns were offer offering offering ing inducements mducements to Industry and andmanufacturing andmanufacturing manufacturmg manufacturing was begun Paper Paperand Paperand Paperand and pulp mills began operating operatmg and andmeat andmeat andmeat meat packing was Introduced Shoes Shoesand Shoesand Shoesand and leather products followed foJlowed nat naturally naturally naturally urally The metal Industry now nowone nowone nowone one of Wisconsin s greatest grew grewrapIdly grewrapidly grewrapidly rapIdly because of the state s loca locahon location location hon tion halfway haltway between Minnesota Mmnesota s siron siron Iron ore deposits and coal fields m in mIIImois inIllinois inIllinois IIImois Illinois and IndIanaThe IndianaThe Indiana IndianaThe The land of green woods and cool coolwaters coolwaters coolwaters waters continues to grow and pro progress progress progress gress Its industry mdustry agriculture agnculture and andgood andgood andgood good homes make life We better Wiscons Wis Wiscons cons ons n is a serene and balanced balancedland balancedland balancedland land landx landof x of of4ta 4ta 4tat 4taus , t , us # , Via/ Via Via4f / # 4f 4fAt At Atl l % ' Q Qa a gut gutro ro cs f c s s S y1 e V ' " g i trE * : ! & $ r ra , : _ . _ a LIFELONG LlFELOI\G LlFELOI G \ RESIDENT Wal Walter Walter Walter ter S Goodlaod Goodland governor of ot Wis Wis- Wisconsin Wisconsin - consin Is b a native nallve son born in inSharon InSharon inSharon Sharon December2e December V 2e 2 1862 ne He nehas Hehas Hehas has been bccn a lifelong- lifelong liIelong lifelongresident - residentof resident of ofhis ofhis his ofbis mtivc n\hve n hve native ' \ state having been cngaged engaped cn en engaged gaged successively succesMvely as a school schoolteacher teacher publl&her publlher pubIbher pubfisher lawyer newspaper pub Ibher fisher ] & mayor of Racine Racme farmer farmerand farmerand farmerand and lieutenant Ueutenant governor before hecomlng becoming beforebecoming beforehecomlng the state s a chief e\.ecu e.ecu e .ecu ecu e \ ' . ecu hve five c\ecutive c ecutive e.ecuhve ecufive He lie took the oath as IlS gover governor governor governor nor January 4 1942 and Ilnd has hasserved hasserved served ! > crved continuously since smce |