Today is Admission Day for Wisconsin, our 30th state, admitted to the Union on May 29th, 1848.

Wisconsin in located in the Great Lakes region, and is bordered by Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. Originally the state’s boundary line was to have been much further south (it would have encompassed the city of Chicago), but political expediency won out, and the boundary was established where it is today.

Originally, Wisconsin’s economy centered around farming, primarily dairy farming. ...