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On July 4, 1836, in Mineral Point, Col. Henry Dodge took the oath of office to become the first Governor of the newly created Territory of Wisconsin. Previously attached to Michigan, this territory embraced the vast and important area of what are now the states of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, and portions of North and South Dakota.
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Mineral Point, Wisconsin · United States
