This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ...saw-mill centersMarinette, Oconto, Green Bay, Wausau, Stevens Point, Grand Rapids, Merrill, Black River Falls, Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls, La Crosse, Ashland, and others--yet the situation of Oshkosh has made it one of the foremost cities of the group. La Crosse, with its highly favorable position on ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ...saw-mill centersMarinette, Oconto, Green Bay, Wausau, Stevens Point, Grand Rapids, Merrill, Black River Falls, Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls, La Crosse, Ashland, and others--yet the situation of Oshkosh has made it one of the foremost cities of the group. La Crosse, with its highly favorable position on the Mississippi, is the only one of the old lumber centers which was and still remains a close rival of Oshkosh in size and industries. OTHER CrrnzS OF THE SAME TYPE In its situation and its history, Oshkosh belongs to the type of cities of which Bangor and Augusta in Maine, Albany in New York, Grand Rapids and Saginaw in Michigan, and Minneapolis in Minnesota, are representatives. All of them have been whitepine centers for reasons similar to those which made Oshkosh. All grew into importance at points on rivers where the assembling of logs was easy, and from which the lumber could be advantageously shipped away both by rail and by water. EARLY HISTORY OF THE Crrv The first white settlers came in 1836, but Indian villages and fur traders' posts had existed in the vicinity long before. The canoes of Nicolet, Perrot, Marquette, La Salle, Radisson, Du Luth, Hennepin, Allouez, and a half score other noted Frenchmen had passed and repassed the point; in the vicinity councils had been held, treaties made, and battles fought for nearly two centuries before a permanent white settler made his home on the site where Oshkosh now stands. By a vote of the few people in the immediate region, the name of Oshkosh, a Menominee Chief, was selected in 1840, and in 1842 Winnebago County with a population of 135 was organized. Ten years later the village had grown to nearly 2500 population and was incorporated as a city (1853). The rival village of Algoma...
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Good+ to Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Ex-Library. Large 8vo-9 3/4" Tall. Cover edges frayed, call numbers on spine, marked out bar code on rear cover, school name markered out on front pastedown, withdrawn stamp and pocket on front endpage. Black and white photos, graphs and maps. 105 pages plus 4-page Index. Green-blue cloth with faded gold lettering on spine.
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