Rush Lake [origin of place name] | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Rush Lake [origin of place name]

Rush Lake [origin of place name] | Wisconsin Historical Society
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Named for the wild rice and rushes which abound on its border.

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[Source: Lawson's History of Winnebago County, p. 238.]