Wisconsin Magazine of History

Letter from the Editor

What could be more quintessentially Wisconsin than watching a water ski show at Wisconsin Dells, sampling beer at a local brewery, or savoring Door County cherries? This issue of WMH brings together three cherished traditions of summer in our state, but, as always, these

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