Once Upon a House

1830

Farmer's "Map of the Territories of Michigan and Ouisconsin" was published; it gave the river draining the four lakes as the "Goosh-ke-hawn," noted Lake Koshkonong ("the lake we live on"), and marked a Winnebago village at the mouth of that river.

The regionGrade A · 1 independent source

The evidence

  • “On Farmer's "Map of the Territories of Michigan and Ouisconsin," published in 1830, the river which drains the four lakes, is given as the " Goosh-ke-hawn." Lake Koshkonong is noted as " the lake we live on," — evidently the meaning of Kuskanong, Koskonong, or, as now spelled, Koshkonong. On this map, a Winnebago village is noted at the mouth of the Gooshke-hawn (now Yahara, or Catfish).”

    1879-history-of-rock-county/10-rock-county-ch04-early-maps-courts-railroads.md, PDF p. 355 / book p. 359

    Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

    Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources

All of 1830 →Know a source for this? Tell us →