After painting the bedroom walls, my husband prep=
ared to put back the pictures.
“How should I ha=
ng them?” he asked me. “Too high or too low?”
~~ANSWERS: WISCONSIN CITY NAMES~~
Example=
: Wisconsin (Miami) =3D red stone place
1. OCONOMOWOC=
(Ho-Chunk) =3D where waters meet
2. EAU CLAIRE (Fren=
ch) =3D clear water
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sp;
3. RACINE (Potawatomi) =3D root=
4. FREISTADT (German) =3D free city
5. KENOSHA (Menominee) =3D place of the pike
6=
=2E FOND DU LAC (French) =3D bottom of the lake
7. ME=
QUON (Chippewa) =3D ladle
8. MILWAUKEE (Algonquian) =
=3D gathering place by the waters
9. [NEW] GLARUS (Sw=
iss) =3D clearing, bright spot
10. WAUSAU (Ojibwe) =
=3D faraway place
11. TREMPEALEAU (French) =3D mounta=
in with foot in the water
12. WAUKESHA (Fox) =3D name=
d for former Potawatomi chief
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13. SHEBOYGAN (Chippewa=
) =3D waterway between lakes
14. KROK (Czech) =3D fat=
her of legendary Queen Libuse
15. CHETEK (Ojibwe) =
=3D pelican
16. ASHWAUBENON (Menominee) =3D a Menomin=
ee Chief
17. PRARIE DU CHIEN (French) =3D prairie (of=
) dog
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18. WEYAUWEGA (Winnebago) =3D resting place
19. OKAUCHEE (Potawatomi) =3D it is small
20. PONIATOWSKI (Polish) =3D named after royal family
21. KEWAUNEE (Ho-Chunk) =3D great prairie chicken
22. KINNICKINNIC (Ojibwe) =3D mixed landscape
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23. GENOA (Italian) =3D knee
24. CHEQUAMEGON-NICOLET =
National Forest (Ojibwe/French) =3D sand-bar/explorer’s name
25. WAUPUN (Ojibwe) =3D early light of the day
Bonus: ELEVA (French) =3D a grain elevator had been erected by th=
e railroad tracks, but only the first five letters had been painted when th=
e scaffolds were vacated for the winter. Newcomers assumed that the uncompl=
eted name on the elevator was the town’s name. Eleva.
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Dr Bob Griffi=
n
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