Oshkosh High School - Index Yearbook (Oshkosh, WI)

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FSE? S3307 Wg? N -'5 c 1 7 f ,X ' 4 r g A . X,,, V -at . ASQ. SQ v . l L 4 v il' 5- - s Y ' ,- ' 2 N A' F s QI V: 'E 4 fi ji S N N S I S ' Oshkosh has undergone many changes since this sketch was made. Main Street, , N which is shown here, has been greatly altered. ,The horse and buggy has given way to the yi automobile, the street has been paved, and most of these buildings replaced, not to men- , : X tion the construction that has extended this thoroughfare north to the Fair Grounds and - Q K south, ferr across the bridge. f Q :HP Courtesy of Oshkosh Public Museum. A ,: ff 7 s ls - s tl , A l'l1story of Oshkosh N N v 'f l Oshkosh may justly be called the Sawdust City, for it was built upon a founda- Z tion of sawdust and, through the lumber business it has grown to its present size and has N, Q gained recognition throughout the world. Its history entails many thrilling incidents ' ' O which befell the men who first made Oshkosh their home and gave to it a historical X background unsurpassed by any other locality. The details connected with the founding 2. A of the city and its rapid growth can not be dwelt upon hereg space demands but a brief ' A sketch of its development, I I l E The Menominee Indians were the first inhabitants of this region about lakes Wine- ' Z bago and Butte des Mortes and the Fox River. The tribe dearly loved the wooded I Q shores of the lakes and found the location a fine one for hunting and fishing. In 1836, IN however, Oshkosh, the chief of the tribe, and all the influential men were called X Q together at the treaty grounds of the Cedars by Governor Dodge, then governor of Wis- y 4 i consin. As a result of this meeting, the tribe ceded a huge tract of land to the govern- il Ll: ment, including a large part of the present Winnebago county. Thus the seven hundred Indians who comprised this settlement removed to the i . south shore of Lake Poygan where they lived happily until l848. Then by the treaty ' Q 'Z-, I of Poygan, the Menominees were forced to cede all their Wisconsin grounds and moved IES- into Minnesota. Since the new lands did not supply their needs, the tribe was permitted by the Wisconsin legislature to return to Wisconsin and was granted reserve lands on the Wolf River, nine miles north of Shawano. The Menominee reservation is located t. u ' there today. M This action on the part of the government seemed harsh to Chief Oshkosh. '15 ' Therefore, in 1853, he sent a plea to the government declaring that his people were fi destitute of food and in need. By the Northwest Ordinance the tribe was recompensed IX f X for the land which had been ceded. Many times, after his Indians were placed on the - -: 'Y f X N-EW K - --FZ' .-4-., 'f ' :..:.'7 T Xl Page fourteen