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Itasca
Origin of Itasca, Wisconsin
Coined by Indian agent and author Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793 - 1864) from the Ojibwe word "totosha," meaning "woman's breast."
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[Source: Milwaukee Sentinel, Aug. 29, 1939.]