History - Midwest States (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD, WI)

History of Great Lakes, Traverse City, Upper Peninsula, Mackinac Island, Northern Michigan For an initial introduction to northern Michigan history, take a quick perusal of the region's various locations and their names. Keweenaw and Gogebic are names given by Native American tribes, the first inhabitants of northern Michigan. History of Chicago, Illinois, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Dells, Madison From the famed Chicago fire and the gangster past during Prohibition to southern Wisconsin's infamous labor union disputes, the history involved in this region is better than any novel.