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stephen h long and the naming of wisconsin by alice e smith when the state of illinois was created in 1818 all the remaining unorganized part of the old northwest terri tory to the north was added to michigan territory which had been in existence since 1805 it was generally understood that the name michigan would be permanently applied to the area east of the lake of that name but for the next eighteen years there seemed to be great uncertainty as to what name to give to the area between lake michigan and the mississippi river the last of the projected five states james duane doty the indefatigable promoter of a thousand schemes for the advancement of the territory west of lake michi gan is generally credited with having been the first to suggest that it be named " wiskonsin " in one of his several unsuccessful attempts to secure congressional action on the matter of establish ing a separate government unit there 1 an examination of early maps of the area shows however that the name wisconsin had been applied in print to the fifth " state " of the northwest territory five years before the so-called doty proposal and eighteen years before the territory of wisconsin was established moreover a study of these maps shows the application of the name to have been made by an army officer who visited the region before doty left new york state to make his home in the west * this article was the result of a search made by miss smith curator of the society's manuscript division to determine whether a certain map offered for sale to the society was actually the first one published with the name wisconsin " 1 reuben g thwaites in an article in the wisconsin historical society collections 11:464 1888 writes in 1827 we find the judge willing to call the proposed new territory wiskonsin in honor of its principal river neither doty's original notes which thwaites cites as his authority for his statements about doty's part in establishing the territory nor the published version of them edited by thwaites in the collections 13:220-46 1895 substantiate this statement it has been widely quoted 61
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Title | Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 26, number 1, September 1942 |
Article Title | Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 26, number 1, September 1942 |
Language | English |
Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
Series | Wisconsin Magazine of History ; v. 26, no. 1 |
Format-Digital | xml |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
ISSN | 1943-7366 |
Identifier-Digital | vol26no010000 |
Description | This issue includes a biographical sketch of the Ringling family, an examination of the lumber industry’s origins, and the first of a two-part series on Turner’s frontier hypothesis. |
Volume | 026 |
Issue | 1 |
Year | 1942-1943 |
Type | Text |
Description
Title | 67 |
Page Number | 67 |
Article Title | Stephen H. Long and the naming of Wisconsin |
Author | Smith, Alice E. (Alice Elizabeth), 1896- |
Page type | Article home |
Format-Digital | jpeg |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
ISSN | 1943-7366 |
Identifier-Digital | vol26no010075 |
Description | Stephen H. Long and the Naming of Wisconsin: An early cartographic history of the territory west of Lake Michigan and east of the Mississippi, with a focus on how Wisconsin got its name. According to the article, James Duane Doty (1799-1865) is often credited with the naming of Wisconsin but there are maps of the territory that show the name Wisconsin almost 5 years prior to Doty's claim. (5 pages) |
Volume | 026 |
Issue | 1 |
Year | 1942-1943 |
State/Province | Wisconsin; |
Decade | 1820-1829; |
Personal Name | Doty, James Duane, 1799-1865; |
Subject | Cartography; |
Full Text | stephen h long and the naming of wisconsin by alice e smith when the state of illinois was created in 1818 all the remaining unorganized part of the old northwest terri tory to the north was added to michigan territory which had been in existence since 1805 it was generally understood that the name michigan would be permanently applied to the area east of the lake of that name but for the next eighteen years there seemed to be great uncertainty as to what name to give to the area between lake michigan and the mississippi river the last of the projected five states james duane doty the indefatigable promoter of a thousand schemes for the advancement of the territory west of lake michi gan is generally credited with having been the first to suggest that it be named " wiskonsin " in one of his several unsuccessful attempts to secure congressional action on the matter of establish ing a separate government unit there 1 an examination of early maps of the area shows however that the name wisconsin had been applied in print to the fifth " state " of the northwest territory five years before the so-called doty proposal and eighteen years before the territory of wisconsin was established moreover a study of these maps shows the application of the name to have been made by an army officer who visited the region before doty left new york state to make his home in the west * this article was the result of a search made by miss smith curator of the society's manuscript division to determine whether a certain map offered for sale to the society was actually the first one published with the name wisconsin " 1 reuben g thwaites in an article in the wisconsin historical society collections 11:464 1888 writes in 1827 we find the judge willing to call the proposed new territory wiskonsin in honor of its principal river neither doty's original notes which thwaites cites as his authority for his statements about doty's part in establishing the territory nor the published version of them edited by thwaites in the collections 13:220-46 1895 substantiate this statement it has been widely quoted 61 |
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