Situated near the junction of the Tomahawk and Wisconsin Rivers.  Ojibwe word "otamahuk" means "strike them".  Hatchet used by Native Americans was referred to as a "tomahawk" or "tomahican".

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[Source: Card file at the WHS Library reference desk; Milwaukee Sentinel, Aug. 29, 1939.]