Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA
1895 - Oshkosh

Osh'kosh, a city, the capital of Winnebago co., Wis., is situated on the W. shore of Lake Winnebago and on both banks of Fox River (which here enters the lake), 17 miles N. by W. of Fond du Lac, 80 miles (81 by rail) N.N.W. of Milwaukee, and 49 miles S.S.W. of Green Bay. The ground on which it is built slopes gradually towards the lake and river, and is convenient for drainage. Steamboats can ascend from Green Bay to this city, and can pass in the other direction to the Mississippi River by means of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. Oshkosh is on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad and the Wisconsin Central Railroad; it is the N.E. terminus of a branch of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, and is the terminus of the Hortonville Branch of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad. It is the second city of the state in population, and contains a court-house, a state normal school, a high school, about 16 churches, 3 public halls, an opera-house, a public library, 3 national banks, 3 state banks, about 10 saw-mills, which cut 75,000,000 feet annually, 7 sash-, door-, and blind-factories, 5 furniture-factories, 6 carriage- and wagon-factories, several shingle-mills, 3 flouring-mills, 5 breweries, 2 tanneries, 4 machine-shops, 3 foundries, a ship-yard, 3 warehouses for grain, and printing offices which issue 2 daily and 5 weekly newspapers. Oshkosh is a favorite resort for sporting purposes. Near the northern border of this city is an asylum for the insane, founded by the state. Pop. in 1870, 12,663; in 1880, 15,748; in 1890, 22,836.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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