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See also:MENASHA (an See also:Indian word meaning " See also:thorn " or " See also:island ")
, a See also:city of See also:Winnebago See also:county, See also:Wisconsin, U.S.A., 88 m
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N. of See also:Oshkosh, attractively situated at the N. extremity of See also:Lake Winnebago at its outlet into the See also:Fox See also:river
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(189o), 4581; (1900), 5589 (1535 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1905, See also:state See also:census), 5960; (1910), 6o81
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See also:Menasha is served by the Minneapolis, St See also:Paul & Sault Ste See also:Marie, the See also:Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul, and the Chicago & See also:North-Western See also:railways, and by an inter-See also:urban electric railway See also:system
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Several See also:bridges across the Fox River connect Menasha with See also:Neenah, with which it really forms one community industrially
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Doty See also:Island, at the mouth of the river and divided about equally betweep the cities, is a picturesque and popular summer resort
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Menasha had See also:good See also:water See also:power and among its. manufactures are See also:paper and sulphite pulp, See also:lumber, wooden-See also:ware and See also: Subsequently there were See also:French and See also:English trading posts here . The city was settled permanently in 1848, and was chartered in 1874 . |
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