Book maps Wisconsin history

Where would we be without maps? Whether it’s planning a major road trip to some far corner of the state, or locating an unfamiliar street across town, maps offer us much-needed information. They give us directions and help us find our way.

“Mapping Wisconsin History,” the newest title from the Office of School Services, helps readers find their way to Wisconsin’s past because it connects Wisconsin, as a place, to the events that have occurred here.

Created by the Wisconsin Cartographers’ Guild, authors of “Wisconsin’s Past and Present: A Historical Atlas,” and Bobbie Malone, director of the Office of School Services, “Mapping Wisconsin History” contains seven full-color maps that take readers on a journey that encompasses both geography and history.

Maps include Wisconsin, Indian treaty lands, European settlement, mining, early vegetation, where crops were first grown for market and dairyland facts. Readers can visually trek through the events of the past that touch on daily lives as well as high-profile ones.

“”Mapping Wisconsin History’ is one example of an educational renaissance underway in Wisconsin schools, as students receive new and compelling tools for studying the history and geography of our state,” says Gaylord Nelson, former U.S. Senator and Wisconsin governor, in his foreword to the book.