City of Onalaska

 
Date Visited:   Sunday, March 3, 2002
City Visited #:   159
County:   Lewis
Visited With:   Sister
City Name History:   A Wisconsin town was named by a resident impressed by Thomas Campbell's poem, "Pleasure of Hope," which mentions the Alaska village (now spelled Unalaska). A resident of the Wisconsin town founded the Carlisle Lumber Co. and successively extended operations to Arkansas, Texas and finally in 1914, to Washington - and in each state duplicated the Aleut Native-American name of his former home.
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