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OCONOMOWOC
, a See also:city of See also:Waukesha See also:county, See also:Wisconsin, U.S.A., about 33 M
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W. of See also:Milwaukee
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Pop
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(1890) 2729; (1900) 288o; (1905) 3013; (1910) 3054
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It is served by the See also:Chicago, Milwaukee & St See also:Paul railway and by an electric railway connecting with Milwaukee
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Oconomowoc is one of the most popular summer resorts in the See also:Middle See also:West
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Along the See also:shore of Lakes See also:Fowler and La Belle are some beautiful See also:country estates, several large hotels and See also:fine See also:club houses, and two sanatoria
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At Delafield and at Dousman (8 m
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S. of Oconomowoc) there are See also:state See also:fish hatcheries, the former for See also:black See also:bass
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Oconomowoc was settled about 1837 and incorporated in 1875; its name is an See also:Indian word, said to mean " See also:home of the See also:beaver."
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