Courthouses in Wisconsin pictures and stories. Ancient and new buildings.

Presents a collection of essays that provide an examination of the judicial branch of the American government, including its history, its imapct, and its future.

Presents a collection of essays that provide an examination of the judicial branch of the American government, including its history, its imapct, and its future.

This volume profiles all the people who have served as Wisconsin Supreme Court justices and includes an introduction by Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson summarizing the court's history and its vision for the future.

Published in 1973, this first volume in the History of Wisconsin series remains the definitive work on Wisconsin's beginnings, from the arrival of the French explorer Jean Nicolet in 1634, to the attainment of statehood in 1848. This volume explores how Wisconsin's Native American inhabitants, early trappers, traders, explorers, and many immigrant groups paved the way for the territory to become a more permanent society. Including nearly two dozen maps as well as illustrations of territorial Wisconsin and portraits of early residents, this volume provides an in-depth history of the beginnings of the state.

Balousek presents a collection of some of the most baffling mysteries in Wisconsin history, including unsolved murders, haunted houses, UFO sightings, and strange environmental phenomena.