OshkoshUSA.com Photo Album

1795
Chief Oshkosh was born.
At the age of 32 he became the
Chief of the Menominee Indians.
He died in 1858.

1838
The first school is established with Emmeline Cook as teacher.

 


1858 - The first railroad comes to Oshkosh
Original Painting By Chris Olson, Berlin, Wisconsin



Plummer's Dry Goods Store on Main Street 1904.
Photo Courtesy of Oshkosh Public Museum



In 1878 a steam-powered automobile built in Oshkosh won what is recognized
as the first recorded road race in the United States. Madison artist Emma Glenz
sketched this scene from the race as part of a state highway commission program
to honor Wisconsin's centennial of statehood in 1948.                                        
Courtesy of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin


The Grand Opera House, The Scene of Many great Theatrical and Musical Attractions.


The first hospital started in Oshkosh by the Sisters of the
Sorrowful Mother was in this converted temporary building.


1897 - Electric street cars replaced the horse cars.


The Victory Arch raised on Main Street
to welcome the soldiers home in 1919.
Photo courtesy of Oshkosh Public Museum


On February 22, 1922, the city endures the worst
sleet storm in its history. Electricity is out for a week.


Steve Wittman and a sampling of the trophies he garnered in a racing career that spanned six decades.
An aircraft designer and Oshkosh airport manager for decades, Wittman was instrumental in bringing
the Experimental Aircraft Association to Oshkosh.                                                                         


Photo courtesy Oshkosh Public Museum
The Edgar Sawyer house on Algoma Boulevard served as Senator Sawyer's home
when he was away from Washington. The senator's son Edgar demolished the house
in 1907 and built the building that serves as the Oshkosh Public Museum in 1908.


The Oshkosh Public Museum.