Menasha was a mere village when this map from 1855 was commissioned. It clearly shows a few of the main roads of the time as well as the early bridge across Little Lake Butte des Morts and the light house which lasted until the 1870s. Dendo Island sits in the north channel of the Fox River. P.V. Lawson describes Dendo Island in his 1908 history, History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its Cities, Towns, Resources, People:
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Monday, March 31, 2014
Menasha 1855
Menasha was a mere village when this map from 1855 was commissioned. It clearly shows a few of the main roads of the time as well as the early bridge across Little Lake Butte des Morts and the light house which lasted until the 1870s. Dendo Island sits in the north channel of the Fox River. P.V. Lawson describes Dendo Island in his 1908 history, History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its Cities, Towns, Resources, People:
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