Wisconsin

Known as the "Badger State", admitted to the Union on 29 May, 1848, the seventeenth state admitted, after the original thirteen. It is bounded on the east by Lake Michigan, on the north by the upper Peninsula of the State of Michigan and by Lake Superior, on the west by Minnesota and St. Croix Rivers, and on the south by Illinois. It lies between 42?30' and 47?3' N. lat., and between 86?49' and 92?54' W. long. Its greatest length from north to south is about 300 miles, and its greatest breadth from east to west about 250 miles. +