History
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In ‘The Unmapping,’ the world rearranges itself — starting in Door County
“The Unmapping is what happens when your city sort of gets sick and reacts very negatively. Every building rearranges with each other at four o’clock in the morning. Every single day.”
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Even more ancient canoes have been found in Lake Mendota. One is more than 5,000 years old.
Madison’s Lake Mendota is chock full of very, very old canoes. That includes one that’s more than 5,000 years old that was partially unearthed by archaeologists this year.
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Menominee Nation reburies dozens of its ancestors after museums return human remains
The Menominee Indian Nation of Wisconsin requested the return of human remains and burial objects.
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On Veterans Day, Wisconsin peace activists who served push to restore Armistice Day
Phil Anderson is a member of the Lake Superior Region Veterans for Peace. He spoke with WPR’s “Morning Edition” about the group’s effort and the origin of Veterans Day and other national holidays that originally celebrated peace.
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50 years later, Edmund Fitzgerald sinking leaves lasting effects on families, forecasting
On Nov. 1 in Washburn, a memorial dedication ceremony was held for the 29 crew members who lost their lives aboard the Fitz just ahead of the 50th anniversary of its sinking.
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New children’s book honors the Edmund Fitzgerald and a late Wisconsin author
The children’s book “Ellie’s Pursuit of the Mighty Fitz,” is a tribute to the people who died when the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sunk in 1975. It’s also a memorial to the author who wrote it.
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50 years after the Edmund Fitzgerald, ‘Tattletale Sounds’ author separates fact from ballad folklore
“I’m highly criticized at my lectures because I pick on Gordon,” said Ric Mixter, a documentarian and author of several works about the wreck, including his latest, “Tattletale Sounds, the Edmund Fitzgerald Investigations.”
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‘Bruce Springsteen meets Ken Burns’: Mobilize the Poets puts on rock ‘n’ roll history shows in Wisconsin
This Veterans Day, a troupe of musicians, historians and theater artists will put on a multi-media rock ‘n’ roll history show about Wisconsin in World War I. And they’re hoping to bring the show around the state in the near future.
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Prescribed burn in Superior marks return of ‘ishkode,’ or ‘good fire’
Evan Larson, a fire ecologist at UW-Platteville, says the spark has been ignited for a return to cultural prescribed burns. This centuries-old Indigenous practice once helped red pine and blueberries flourish along Lake Superior.
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Archaeologists dig into Wisconsin’s ancient effigy mounds in new book
For former state archaeologist Robert Birmingham, the mound landscapes are a “spectacular phenomenon” unique to the region — a piece of ancient history that still matters today.
