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Term: Osconston

Definition: an early English equivalent - - or a crude mis-spelling -- for "Wisconsin" found in 1775

[Source: "Journal of Peter Pond" in Wisconsin Historical Collections, vol. XVIII]

42 records found

oakum (maritime)
oats, wild
obsidian
occident, occidentale (Fr.)
Oconomowoc Rifles (Civil War)
Oconto Irish Guards (Civil War)
Oconto River Drivers (Civil War)
octagon (architecture)
oilcloth (Civil War)
oiler (maritime)
Ojibwe Treaty of 1837
Ojibwe Treaty of 1842
Ojibwe Treaty of 1854
Old Abe, the War Eagle
Old Copper culture (archaeology)
Old World Wisconsin
Oneota tradition (archaeology)
Onontio
Ontonagan
Ordinance of 1787
Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint-Louis (Croix de
orient, orientale (Fr.)
orignal (Fr.)
oriniack (Fr.)
Orléans Island
Oscar Mayer Wiener Song
Osconston
Oshkosh Woodworkers' Strike (1898)
osier (farming)
ostensorium
Oubache
Ouinipegouek
Ouisconching
Ouisconsin
Oumalouminek
Ounepigon (Lake)
outboard (maritime)
Outdoor Recreation Act Program (ORAP)
Outehipoues
outing system
Over-run (logging)
Ozaukee Guards (Civil War)
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