Show Wisconsin Was Thirtieth State Admitted to Union Wisconsin was teas the thirtieth state to be admitted to the Union and the last to be formed from the old northwest It was early explored by hy NIcolet LaSalle LaSaIle LaSalle La- La Salle SaIle and aed French traders who made the first settlement at Gre Green n Bay In 1639 NIcolet's reports of or the Mississippi Mis Mis- Mississippi ns- ns river rh-er led the Jesuits to believe It a pasS passage ge to India In 1763 the I treaty of Paris gave save the territory to the English under whose Jurisdiction It tt remained until 1796 when It was ceded to the United States In 1836 It was formed farmed Into a separate terri tern tory tort and Included besides Its present area the present states of ot Iowa and Minnesota and parts of ot the Dakotas On May 29 1848 the state was admitted admitted ad lid Into the Union The present pre Constitution dates back from 1848 The population of Wisconsin Wisconsin Wis Wis- In 1840 was The state motto motH Is Js barb arum Uth civilized man succeeds the barbarous bar bar- barous barous Indianapolis News |