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1841. First stone house in Waukesha, with walls of coursed cut limestone from Lyman Goodnow's quarry, the first quarry in Waukesha. Sloan was an attorney, first treasurer of Waukesha county, and partner of Alexander Randall. [259] [260] 134: Camillia Smith House: Camillia Smith House: October 28, 1983 : 603 N. West Ave.
Sauk County – named after the Sauk people. Sauk City; Saukville; Waukesha County – Potawatomi word meaning "little foxes" City of Waukesha; Waupaca County – Menominee word meaning "white sand bottom" or "brave young hero" Waushara County – a Native American word meaning "good earth" Winnebago County – named after the Winnebago people.
The history of Wisconsin includes the story of the people who have lived in Wisconsin since it became a state of the U.S., but also that of the Native American tribes who made their homeland in Wisconsin, the French and British colonists who were the first Europeans to live there, and the American settlers who lived in Wisconsin when it was a territory.
The area was originally a Native American village and the tribal seat of the Bear Clan of the Potawatomi Indians. The name "Mukwonago" is derived from mequanego which translates to bear's den. The spelling "Mukwonago" was adopted in 1844 because of the similarity to nearby Mequon. Many of the streets and roads are named after the city's ...
Lester Skeesuk (Brothertown Indian), ca. 1920. The Brothertown Indians (also Brotherton), located in Wisconsin, are a Native American tribe formed in the late 18th century from communities descended from Pequot, Narragansett, Montauk, Tunxis, Niantic, and Mohegan (Algonquian-speaking) tribes of southern New England and eastern Long Island, New York.
The town is west of Milwaukee in Waukesha County in an area originally inhabited by Potawatomi Indians. In May 1838, Jacques Vieux Jr., with a large party of white settlers, led the local Potawatomi west. The Wisconsin territorial legislature organized the town in 1839, although town government was not formed until 1843.
Nashotah is located at (43.094705, -88.400658); [6] in the Lake Country area of Waukesha County According to the United States Census Bureau , the village has a total area of 1.70 square miles (4.40 km 2 ), of which, 1.67 square miles (4.33 km 2 ) of it is land and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km 2 ) is water.
New Upsala (Swedish: Nya Uppsala) also referred to as the Pine Lake Settlement, was an early pioneer Swedish-American community in Wisconsin.The short-lived settlement of Swedish immigrants was founded by Gustaf Unonius.