| Summary: | The city of Oshkosh is a city which located within the boundaries of Wisconsin, United States. The city was established at a large forested land in the middle of countryside and along both shores of the Fox River in the mid-nineteenth century. It took it’s name from Menomiee Chief Oshosh, whose name meant “claw”. Since 1650’s Europeans, especially English and French show interest to the land of the city, which have led to a struggle with natives. Mesquakie, Sauk, Ho-Chunk, Metis and Menominee’s were the inhabitants of the city at seventeenth and eighteenth century. Also Yankees have came and established a large settlement in 1836, they embraced their management and legal systems to the natives. At the age of 1839, a meeting is held with the participation of the men inhabitants of city. The goal is to determine the name of the town. Like “Athens, Fairview, Oscelo, Stanford”, there were lots of different proposals presented and Oshkosh name is accepted by majority vote. After that, Natives, whose name are the origin of the city name left the land and migrated to the west and the town where the dominant culture is Yankee ethos recognized officially as a city in 1853. Protestant religion and partisan politicians gave a reflection of the eastern culture to the Oshkosh in a short term and Stingy entrepreneurs established the timber industry to exploit indigenous lands. With immigrants from England, Switzerland, Wales, Ireland, Germany, Canada, Poland and Russia, city has gained the racial and cultural diversity. Only to be given the right to vote in elections to white led to not adequately reflect rhe racial diversity at the documents. Be guaranteed religious freedom, political freedom for men, right to abstain from voting and right to not joint the army have made Oshkosh attractive for migrants. In 1850 the population is around 1300 that the majority of German origin. English-speaking Protestants were soon assimilated, while others remained their culture until twentieth century. In 1860, Oshkosh, has become the ...
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