College: Marquette University is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was named after Father Jacques Marquette, missionary and explorer in the 1600s. The university is a private, roman catholic school. It was the first co-ed Catholic university in the world when it allowed women to enroll in 1909. The Golden Eagles won the National Basketball Championship in 1977. About 12,000 student attend this urban school.Book: “Little House in the Big Woods” by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Call number: F-WIL). This story is set in the woods of Wisconsin in the 1870's. Laura lives with her Ma and Pa and sisters, Carrie and Mary. Read to find out what life was like for Laura growing up in the first home Ms. Wilder could remember.
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