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Oshkosh is a city in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States, located where the Fox River enters Lake Winnebago. The population was 62,916 at the 2000 census; it had a metropolitan area of 159,972 people. The city is located adjacent to and partially within the Town of Oshkosh.

Oshkosh History

Oshkosh was named for Menominee Chief Oshkosh, whose name meant "claw"[1] (cf. Ojibwe oshkanzh, "the claw").[2] While the fur trade brought the first European settlers to the area as early as 1818, it was a frequent target of Indian attacks and never became a major player in the fur trade. It wasn't until the establishment and growth of the lumber industry in the area that spurred development of Oshkosh. Oshkosh was incorporated as a city in 1853, although it had already been designated the county seat, and had a population of nearly 2,800.

The lumber industry became well established as entrepreneurs took advantage of navigable waterways to provide access to both markets and northern pineries. The 1859 arrival of rail transportation expanded the ability to meet the demands of a rapidly-growing construction market. By 1870, Oshkosh had become the third-largest city in Wisconsin with a population of over 12,000. The Oshkosh Daily Northwestern newspaper (now the Oshkosh Northwestern [1]) was founded around this time.

Around 1900 Oshkosh was home of the Oshkosh Brewing Company, who coined the marketing slogan "By Gosh It's Good." Their Chief Oshkosh became a nationally distributed beer.

Oshkosh Historic Districts

The lumber industry made the fortunes of area entrepreneurs and businessmen, who made significant contributions to the community, politics and philanthropic organizations. Availability of materials and capital, along with the devastating downtown fires in the mid 1870's, created a range of well-designed buildings for residential, commercial, civic and religious use. The many structures which make up the city's historic areas are largely a result of the capital and materials generated by the lumber and associated wood manufacturing industries.

Oshkosh had six historic districts as of March 2008. They include Algoma Boulevard historic district, Irving/Church historic district, North Main Street historic district, Oshkosh State Normal School historic district on the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh campus, Paine Lumber Company historic district, and the Washington Avenue historic district.

The city had 27 historic buildings as of March 2008. Eleven are houses and four are churches. The rest of the buildings come from various aspects of society, including schools/colleges, a bank, fire house, an astronomy observatory, the county courthouse, and a cemetery where many of the entrepreneurs are buried.

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