Sinsinawa, Wisconsin
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Sinsinawa (Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters.
History
The community's name means either "
smelter in 1827. He soon sold the land to the Dominican priest Samuel Mazzuchelli, who subsequently built a men's college, Sinsinawa Mound College, in 1846. Mazzuchelli founded the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters in 1847. This religious order founded a women's college and high school in Sinsinawa in 1865.[3]
Sinsinawa Mound
Sinsinawa Mound is a cone-shaped hill in the area, from which the area gets its name. Sinsinawa River runs along the hill south towards the Mississippi River in Illinois.[4]
The Sinsinawa Mound raid of June 29, 1832, part of the Black Hawk War, took place near Sinsinawa Mound. In August 2007 there was a commemoration of the 175th anniversary on the war.
Notes
- ^ "Sinsinawa, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Sinsinawa, Wisconsin
- ^ Grant County, Wisconsin Visitor Information - Towns and Villages
- ^ "Sinsinawa Mound (Wisconsin)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
External links
- Sinsinawa, the word Sinsinawa and Sinsinawa Mound from the Dictionary of Wisconsin History, published by the Wisconsin State Historical Society
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