OSHKOSH, a flourishing post-village, capital of Winnebago county, Wisconsin, is situated on the Neenah or Fox river, at its entrance into Lake Winnebago, about 90 miles N. N. E. from Madison. The lumber trade is carried on here extensively, the river and lake being navigable by steamboats. It contains 3 churches, an academy, a land-office, 3 newspaper offices, 1 manufactory of pumps, 1 of threshing machines, 1 foundry, 6 mills, 9 drygoods stores, and about 20 other stores. Plankroads are projected from Oslikosh to Waupun and Neenah. Laid out about 1840. Population in 1853, estimated at 2500. (Baldwin's New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States..., 1854)
OSHKOSH, P. V., on section 24 of town of same name, and county seat of Winnebago county. It is 84 miles north from Madison, 8 miles below the junction of Fox and Wolf rivers, and where these waters empty into Lake Winnebago. The State Land Offices are located at this place. Population, 2,500; with 6 hotels, 6 mills, 1 candle factory, 1 foundry, 1 threshing machine factory, 3 butchers, 2 breweries, 1 pump manufactory, 2 barrel and 2 waggon shops, 1 shingle and 2 sash factories,1 tannery, 5 blacksmiths, 9 dry goods, 1 drug, 2 hardware, 2 clothing, and 4 boot and shoe stores, 10 groceries, 2 bakeries, 5 warehouses, 1 book-bindery, 1 academy, and 3 newspapers. There are 3 religious denominations—Episcopal, Methodist and Catholic. (John Warren Hunt, Wisconsin Gazetteer..., Madison, 1853)