KETTLESPRINGS 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF OSHKOSH WI CHIEF OF THE MENOMINEE PLATE

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Kettlesprings commemorative plate - 100th anniversary of the incorporation of Oshkosh, Wisconsin
1853 - 1953
Green and white
Measures 10" in diameter
Oshkosh, Chief of the Menominee
*Oshkosh and other Menominee sided with the British against the United States at first. Oshkosh was only seventeen years old. Later the Menominee sided with the United States. In 1822 Eastern tribes came to Wisconsin creating problems with the Menominee. The US requested one person from each tribe and Oshkosh was chosen to speak for the Menominee. The Federal government came to Oshkosh over and over again demanding more of his land. He had little choice but to give up land. When Oshkosh was born in 1795 the Menominee had 10 million acres. By 1848 the United States had taken 7 million of those acres and it wasnt enough. The federal government wanted to relocate the Menominee to Crow Wing Country and Oshkos agreed to go and visit the land before making a decision. Wisconsin was on the verge of becoming a state and when Oshkosh decided that they will not move to this new land because it would not support his people, he chose to stay at the Kenshea Falls on the Wolf River. For six years the governemnt kept pushing for the Menominee to leave but they resisted. Eventually the federal government gave up and allowed them to stay. The Menonimee ended up with only 300,000 acres of land to live on. This area of land can be seen from space due to how well they perserved the land.
Other buildings listed on the plate are Sawyer Foundation - Public Museum, Oshkosh State College, Public College and Prine Art Center.
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