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PBS Wisconsin Documentaries

A State of Escape

Explore Wisconsin to see how it became a state to escape the big cities and daily life.

Aired 05/31/2003 | Rating TV-G

PBS Wisconsin Documentaries

A State of Escape

Special | 59m 12s

Explore Wisconsin to see how it became a state to escape the big cities and daily life.

Since people from Chicago and Milwaukee began vacationing in rural Wisconsin in the 1850s, presidents, entertainers, sports heroes, gangsters, and everyday people have traveled there, compelled by a basic human need to escape everyday realities. They've achieved "away-ness" by many different means in many different eras. And in their wake, Wisconsin has become a state of escape.

Aired 05/31/2003 | Rating TV-G

PBS Wisconsin Documentaries is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

PBS Wisconsin Documentaries

A State of Escape

Special | 59m 12s

Since people from Chicago and Milwaukee began vacationing in rural Wisconsin in the 1850s, presidents, entertainers, sports heroes, gangsters, and everyday people have traveled there, compelled by a basic human need to escape everyday realities. They've achieved "away-ness" by many different means in many different eras. And in their wake, Wisconsin has become a state of escape.

Aired 05/31/2003 | Rating TV-G

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PBS Wisconsin Documentaries is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

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