| Wisconsin (Winnebago County), Menasha — 40 — Butte des Morts — (Hill of the Dead) |
| | In 1730 the French Government decided to destroy the Fox village on the shore of this lake because of the depredations of the Foxes on the fur traders. Capt. Morand came up the river with a large force of French soldiers and Menominee warriors. The soldiers were concealed under canvas until they were opposite the Indians gathered on the shore. Then they rose and fired into the crowd. The Menominees meanwhile attacked the village from the rear. The village was destroyed and its inhabitants . . . — Map (db m3222) |
| Wisconsin (Winnebago County), Menasha — 30 — Wisconsin Central Railroad |
| | Wisconsin Central Railroad was formally organized in the National Hotel on this site by Judge George Reed and his associates, Feb. 4, 1871. Here the contracts were let for its construction and the first general office was located. The road secured a land grant to build a line from "Doty's Island to Lake Superior." The first train ran from Menasha to Waupaca, Oct. 2, 1871. — Map (db m22444) |
| Wisconsin (Winnebago County), Neenah — Fox – Irish Cemetery |
| | Near here is the "lost cemetery" of Saint Malachy Catholic Church (1849-1857), a mission church of log construction that served the local Irish community and Catholic Indians. Irish immigrants had come to Menasha to build dams, locks, and canals on the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway, later settling on land-grant farms west of Menasha. — Map (db m20681) |
| Wisconsin (Winnebago County), Omro — Historic Omro |
| | Located along one of Wisconsin's first transportation and communication routes, the community of Omro developed quickly on the Fox River. French fur trader and blacksmith Charles Omreau had a trading post here and give his name to the future city. Founded in 1842, Omro grew from a village in 1849 to a commercial center in 1857. By 1880 Omro was a stop on the railroad line and home to county fairgrounds, several mills, glass factory, carriage factories and had more than 2000 residents. — Map (db m11149) |
| Wisconsin (Winnebago County), Oshkosh — Edgar Sawyer House |
| | Oshkosh lumberman, banker and financier Edgar P. Sawyer hired noted local architect William Waters to design this Tudor Revival style house in 1907. Constructed of brick and limestone with parapeted gables and fluted chimneys, the house featured interior furnishings by Tiffany Studios including art glass, bronze grilles, tapestries, light fixtures and furniture. A city showpiece, the residence reflected Oshkosh's vast lumbering wealth. Edgar Sawyer donated his house to the City of Oshkosh in . . . — Map (db m20885) |
| Wisconsin (Winnebago County), Oshkosh — 27 — Knaggs Ferry |
| | James Knaggs, who lived across the river from this point, operated a ferry here for nineteen years. In 1831 John and Juliette Kinzie, traveling on horseback from Green Bay to their Indian Agency assignment at Portage, were ferried across. In the summer of 1836 Webster Stanley came by Durham boat and built a shanty. He was soon joined by Henry and John Gallup, who came on foot from Green Bay. The same year, Gov. Henry Dodge and his party crossed on their way to the Council at the Cedars, where . . . — Map (db m3243) |
| Wisconsin (Winnebago County), Oshkosh — Rainbow Memorial Park |
| | The 42nd Division composed of National Guard units from 26 states and the District of Columbia including Co. "F" Oshkosh, Co. "G" Appleton, Co. "E" Fond du Lac was formed August 1917. The 42nd Rainbow Division was named by Colonel Douglas MacArthur, its first Chief of Staff. In 1917 the 42nd Rainbow Division landed in France and fought in the following battles:
Luneville · Champagne · The Ourco · Meuse–Argonne
Baccarat · Chateau Thierry · St. Mihiel · Sedan
The division returned to . . . — Map (db m26153) |
| Wisconsin (Winnebago County), Oshkosh — 211 — S. J. Wittman — Aircraft Designer • Race Pilot • Inventor |
| | For 38 years America's premier air race pilot, S. J. Wittman served as manager of this airport. Since 1924 he has designed and built aircraft for which he has achieved national recognition.
One of his planes "Buster" is in the Smithsonian Institution. He designed the very popular Wittman Tailwind and V-Witt Homebuilt aircraft and a commercially-used landing gear.
Mr. Wittman has long been recognized as one of America's foremost air race pilots. For 50 years, 1924 to 1974, he . . . — Map (db m3210) |
| Wisconsin (Winnebago County), Oshkosh — The University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh |
| | Opening its doors in 1871, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh was then the third normal school founded by the state. Pioneering in curricular innovations, the school also established the first kindergarten at an American public normal school in 1880, and it initiated summer study in Wisconsin's teacher training system in 1893. Advancing in status, the institution attained degree-granting privileges effective in 1926 and merged with The University of Wisconsin System in its centennial year. As . . . — Map (db m20890) |
| Wisconsin (Winnebago County), Winchester — Samuel N. Rogers, Sr. — Soldier of the American Revolution |
| | Born on June 3, 1760, at Branford, Connecticut, Samuel N. Rogers, Sr., served several terms of enlistment with Captain Peck’s Company, Col. Roger Enos’ Regiment of the Connecticut Militia from 1777 to 1781. Following the war, he moved to New York State and in 1839 he moved to Walworth County, Wisconsin. In 1848, at an advanced age, he accompanied his son, Samuel N. Rogers, Jr., to Winnebago County, settling in the Township of Winchester. He died at the age of ninety-two in 1852 and is buried in . . . — Map (db m11043) |
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