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Ax- 1 3: M: .E . 2' . 'L' :mu -9 PQZX I -e -A fi' -95' 'af' fz 4.1.42-NX mayor of the new village was given judicial power in addition to the ones he holds now. A marshal was elected instead of the chief of police and a warden instead of the fire chief. Oshkosh at this time extended as far north as Irving Street, west to Osceola, and south across the river to Sixteenth Street. Main Street, as stated above, was then called Ferry Street, and other streets then in existence were NVashington, Broad, Waugoo, and Merritt. Algoma Street was a public highway called the Winneconne Road. Due to interest in plank roads from Oshkosh to various parts of the country, over 515,000 was subscribed by the citizens for a plank road from here to Pond du Lac. Tolls were charged on all the roads and ferries, but, in 1853, the patronage of the ferry was lowered considerably because of the erection of a free bridge at Ferry Street. At this time there were about two thousand inhabitants in the village. The lumbering industry which was to be built up, was yet in its infancy. The town of Algoma boasted its own ferry and a saw and grist mill, operated by Jewell and Co. Philetus Sawyer was then fostering the lumber business in a small way. In the late fifties, the town became a great logging center. From Gill's Landing and Fremont, as much as 80,000,000 feet of lumber were sent down in the annual drives. Then the lumber jacks considered pine the only wood of any value, and when the lumber reached the mills, all other woods were thrown aside. Thus, due to the large amount of wood thrown away as refuse, the river banks grew up, and today much of the city is built on this foundation. Today, the lumber in northern Wisconsin is nearly exhausted, and the wood passing through the mills at the present time is from the Northwest and, in fact, from all over the world. The first great fire in Oshkosh took place in 1859 and every building on both sides of Ferry Street from Ceape, north to Washington, was destroyed. The fire was a great detriment to development, since many citizens lost practically everything as their property was not insured. Another fire occurred in 1866, sweeping from High to Algoma Streets, and east as far as Jefferson. Then the fire and ladder company was formed and since that time no entire blocks have been destroyed. As early as 1851, Oshkosh boasted a school house, although it was a very poor one in which conditions were cramped. As a result, many preferred the private schools which were then quite numerous. In 1866, construction on the Oshkosh High School was begun. The building was erected on the piece of land which had been purchased ten years before by the city, and used as a park. In 1901 the school was destroyed by fire, and a new one was immediately begun. At the present, Oshkosh has one of the finest school systems in the state. The Public Library was in operation as early as 1857, when two hundred and fifty-five volumes were kept at one of the stores. Now the city possesses a line large library, given as a gift, with thousands of books and an extensive circulation. During the Civil War Oshkosh did its bit by turning the fair grounds into a 1 mf :XJ 1' 33 7-I 17 'Z . ggi' A- so .. A 1 . x vw 1 . Z 1 ! ' 9 1 Qi 2 W I. ll 4 -v, u 'U ill 1 1 1 n 4 . . I military training camp. A large number of men enlisted. While the soldiers were away, a horrible massacre occurred in the North by the Indians of Minnesota, which left the state very much disrupted. The business and manufacturing houses and the public buildings and homes in- ,. creased so rapidly that it would require much space to trace their development. It can, ' A however, be somewhat realized by comparing the descriptions of the past and present Y- Oshkosh. Oshkosh today, leads the world in the manufacture of sash, doors, grass rugs, and carpets. The match industry also takes a strong, lead. The present population of the X city is 36,500 It contains twenty-live various kinds of schools and ninety-five manu- it facturing establishments. When one considers what this city has accomplished in the 'nil past seventy-three years, one cannot help but feel that the Sawdust City has a very K f 'Q great future. X ' .. c f or I w er- fsff ff' 1-fr if :0EP,. r XX, gy gjyL.' f 1' :l lf' IL fa-eifiram . .fsxiilzzim ., f . . .N Page sixteen
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