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Wisconsin grew, these populated areas grew. Many cities in Wisconsin grew
up near rivers or other large bodies of water. Water was important as the
main way of transportation. These rivers and lakes helped make trade and
travel easy. Cities such as La Crosse, Green
Bay, Superior, Milwaukee,
and Eau Claire
began as settlements because of the water around them.
Today Wisconsin cities serve many purposes. Some are manufacturing centers. Many others are known for their farming and dairy products or busy seaports that carry products to and from around the world. wAnother city, Madison is our state capital.
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| KENOSHA | The "Gate Way to Wisconsin" city. Home of the inventor of the typewriter - Christopher Sholes. |
| MANITOWOC | Known for its early ship-building during World War II |
| STURGEON BAY | Gateway to Door County, leading cherry producing center |
| OSHKOSH | Known as "Sawdust City" |
| FOND DU LAC | Bottom of the lake city- known for its first wooden roads connecting to Sheboygan, also the first 20 mile Chicago & Northwestern Railroad built from Fond du Lac |
| APPLETON | World's first station built for making electricity from water power |
| JANESVILLE | Early farming center, started by Civil War soldiers who farmed the rich lands |
| MONROE | "Swiss cheese capital" of the U.S. |
| PRAIRE DU CHIEN | Second oldest city in Wisconsin, early fur trading center. Home of Wisconsin's first millonaire-Hercules Douseman. |
| RHINELANDER | In the "Heart of the Lake Area", northern Wisconsin |
| STEVENS POINT | "Warsaw of the Midwest" people of Poland settled in the area as farmers |
| MARSHFIELD | An important medical center, home of the Marshfield Clinic |
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