West Bend [origin of place name] | Wisconsin Historical Society

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West Bend [origin of place name]

West Bend [origin of place name] | Wisconsin Historical Society
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On account of the sharp horse-shoe curve of the Milwaukee River at that point.

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[Source: Washington and Ozaukee Co's., p. 389.]