October 31, 1905, Oshkosh Northwestern
We've been exposed to this in the blog before...derivations of city names. Do a search for "names" at the blog search function and you'll find other similar articles talking about street names as well as cities. The derivation for "Menasha" is no surprise to those of us in the know, the fun comes from neighboring or farther away towns and hamlets with their own histories. Of course, this being Wisconsin, most of the puzzlement comes from the head-scratching native American names, but just knowing that "Suamico" means "yellow sand" might win you a bar bet or two.
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