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Appleton

Wisconsin, United States
Also known as: Grand Chute
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Appleton, city, Outagamie, Winnebago, and Calumet counties, seat (1852) of Outagamie county, east-central Wisconsin, U.S. The city lies along the Fox River just north of Lake Winnebago, about 30 miles (50 km) southwest of Green Bay. Menominee, Fox, and Ho-Chunk Nation (Winnebago) Indians originally inhabited the area, which was visited by the French explorer Jean Nicolet in 1634. Fur traders soon followed. In 1673 the French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet traveled southward down...

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