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 WINNEBAO (sic)--Population 17,436. From: Handbook of Wisconsin by S. Silas, 1855 pg. 109-110 Is on the west side of the Lake of the same name, and from its location, has the best advantage of inland commerce of any County in Wisconsin. Into this Lake flows the Fox, the largest and most easily navigated river in the State. The Wolf, the main stream instead of the Upper Fox, is also navigable for a great distance, and the increased business prophecies a large trade to centre around Lake Winnebago. The soil of the County is excellent; the eastern part, along the Lake Shore, is heavily timbered; the western, prairie and openings. The region along the Fox is marsh, extending from half to two miles back, and in no case, in its whole course through the County, has it high banks on both sides, except at Oshkosh. There is some Government land not yet taken. Oshkosh is the County Seat, and the largest place in the State north of Fond du Lac. It is near the mouth of the Fox, and well situated to command a large trade. Several steam saw mills are located here, and along the Lake Shore employed in manufacturing lumber from logs floated down the Wolf. Winneconne, on the Wolf, at the only crossing place, on account of the marsh, has a good bridge for crossing, and is a growing village. Neenah and Menasha, on opposite sides of the Fox, at its outlet, are both places of note, and flourishing. The Fox is here divided into two streams, by Doty's Island, on both sides of which are falls, creating good and abundant power, which are partly improved for manufacturing purposes. The Fox River Improvement has its lower terminus at Menasha. This improvement consists in building canals around some of the rapids, and by creating slack water above them, thus rendering the whole stream navigable from Lake Winnebago to Green Bay. The Green Bay district land office is at Menash (sic), and the whole of Winnebago County is in that district. Links and Resources: Jansdigs Winnebago County-Jan has a genealogy and history website dedicated to providing free genealogy to researchers. She has contributed a lot to the genealogy community by way of her state and county sites. Winnebagoland Genealogical Society c/o Oshkosh Public Library 106 Washington Ave Oshkosh, WI 54901-4985 Wisconsin Biographies Project-Winnebago County-Offsite link with biographies online. Cemeteries & Deaths
1901 County Maps - The Wisconsin county maps presented here were scanned in individually from the large Wisconsin map in the Rand McNally New Standard Atlas of the World, Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago, 1901. They should be of interest to genealogists because they show the locations of many places that no longer exist. Offsite link by Rick Hagen Current County Map, The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is pleased to provide highly detailed county maps online. Produced at a 1:100,000 scale the maps contain the following pieces of information: Major local road networks, Interstate corridors, U.S., state, and county routes, Recreation areas, Points of interest, Hospitals, Schools, Airports, Urban boundaries, Railroads, Town roads, Federal and state forest boundaries, Indian reservations, Township boundaries. See also: American History and Genealogy Project American Local History Network theBubbler.com - Wisconsin's Information Source About Us | What's New | Wisconsin Counties & Towns | Wisconsin Genealogy Resources Wisconsin Maps & Atlases | Military in Wisconsin | Education-Wisconsin Schools WI Native Americans | Great Lakes Marine and Shipping Contributors | How to Contribute *Records may contain dates previous to year listed. But prior to the year listed recording was sporatic. | ||||||
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