Good morning.
Today’s forecast calls for a chance of rain, and a high temperature of fifty-five degrees.
I hope that you enjoyed watching yesterday’s election results as much as I did. A tradition of elections, strectching back centuries, is a fine heritage and powerful reassurance. I’ll post later today on the results, for Whitewater, Walworth County, and Wisconsin (what I got wrong – and on the Supreme Court race I was considerably off the mark – what seems interesting to me about the outcome, etc.).
The Wisconsin Historical Society marks two particular dates in our history, one significant, one less so —
1831 – Sauk Indians Leave Illinois & Wisconsin
On this date, in the spring of 1831, the Sauk Indians led by Chief Keokuk left their ancestral home near the mouth of the Rock River and moved across the Mississippi River to Iowa to fulfill the terms of a treaty signed in 1804.
Many of the tribe, however, believed the treaty to be invalid and the following spring, when the U.S. government failed to provide them with promised supplies, this dissatisfied faction led by Black Hawk returned to their homeland on the Rock River, precipitating the Black Hawk War. [Source: History Just Ahead: A Guide to Wisconsin’s Historical Markers, edited by Sarah Davis McBride]
and
1903 – Legislature Considers Banning Sale of Cigarettes
On this date the Wisconsin Legislature considered a bill to ban sale or manufacture of cigarettes in the state. [Source: Janesville Gazette]