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OSHKOSH , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Winnebago county, See also:Wisconsin, U.S.A., about 75 M. N.N.W. of See also:Milwaukee, on the W. See also:shore of See also:Lake Winnebago at the mouth of the Upper See also:Fox See also:river. Pop. (1900) 28,284, of whom 7356 were See also:foreign-See also:born (including 4500 from See also:Germany), and 16,942 of foreign parentage (including 10,655 of See also:German and 1015 of Bohemian parentage); (1910 See also:census) 33,062. Oshkosh is served by the See also:Chicago, Milwaukee & St See also:Paul, the Chicago & Northwestern and the Minneapolis, St Paul & Sault Ste. See also:Marie See also:railways, by river See also:steam-See also:boat lines connecting with other Fox River Valley cities, with the Wisconsin river at See also:Portage, and with the See also:Great Lakes at See also:Green See also:Bay, and by interurban electric lines connecting with Fond du See also:Lac on the S., Green Bay on the N. and Omro on the W. The city lies on both sides of the Fox river, here spanned by six See also:steel See also:bridges, and stretches back to Lake See also:Butte See also:des Morts, an expansion of the Fox. See also:North See also:Park (6o acres), on the lakefront,
is the most noteworthy of its parks; and there are See also:Chautauqua grounds on the lake front. Yacht races take See also:place annually on Lake Winnebago. Among the public buildings are the City See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, See also:Post See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
Office, Winnebago County See also:Court See also:House, Public Library (22,000 volumes). Oshkosh is the seat of a See also:State Normal School (1871), the largest in the state. The See also:principal See also:industries are the manufacture of See also:lumber and of lumber products, although the former, which was once of See also:paramount importance, has declined with the cutting of neighbouring forests. In 19o5 the value of the city's factory product was $8,796,705, the lumber, See also:timber and planing See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill products being valued at $4,671,003, the See also:furniture at $751,511 and the waggons and carriages at $475,93'5. Oshkosh is an important wholesale distributing centre for a large See also:part of central Wisconsin. Farming and dairying are important industries in the vicinity.
Under the See also:French regime the site of Oshkosh was on the natural route of travel for those who crossed the Fox-Wisconsin portage, and was visited by See also:Marquette, See also:Joliet and La Salle on their way to the See also:Mississippi. There were temporary trading posts here in the 18th See also:century. About 1827 the first permanent settlers came, and in 183o there were a See also:tavern, a See also:store and a See also:ferry across the river to Algoma, as the S. See also:side of the river was at first called. The See also:settlement was first known as Saukeer, but in 184o its name was changed to Oshkosh in See also:honour of a See also:Menominee See also:chief who had befriended the See also:early settlers and who lived in the vicinity until his See also:death in 1856. The real prosperity of the place began about 1845 with the erection of two saw See also:mills; in 185o Oshkosh had 1400 inhabitants, and between 186o and 187o the See also:population increased from 6o86 to 12,663. In See also:July 1874 and See also:April 1875 the city was greatly damaged by See also:fire.
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