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Related Web Sites:
Annual Address Before the Old Settler's Club of Milwaukee County
Old Plank Road Trail
Watertown Plank Road
Read More About It
"Wisconsin Territorial Days" Badger History Wisconsin Historical Society
"Wisconsin Lore and Legends" by Lou and John Russell
"The History of Wisconsin: The Civil War Era, 1848-1873" by Richard Current
Vocabulary:
chartered
plank
Interesting Fact:
The preferred wood for building plank roads was oak.
Study Questions:
Why were some of the early roads made out of wood? Why not some other material?
At its peak, by 1852-1853, how many miles of plank roads were there in Wisconsin?
What were the benefits of plank roads compared to normal roads? What were some of the problems with plank roads?
U.S. historical events that occurred on February 2:
1848: The Mexican War officially ends with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
1876: Baseball's National League is formed.
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