Legler—Wisconsin Place-Names. 
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Crocodile River—A stream flowing into Lake Winnebago 
from its southeastern side. So called by Ca.pt. Jonathan Car¬ 
ver from a story that prevailed among the neighboring Indians, 
of their having destroyed an animial in its waters, which, from 
their description, he supposed to be a crocodile or alligator. 
Darlington—Yarned after Joshua Darlington, of Warsaw, 
hr. y. 
Delavan—In honor of E. C. Delavan, temperance advocate 
of Albany, Y. Y. (Walworth Co. History, p. 657.) 
De Per©—Called Rapids des Peres, “rapids of the Fathers.” 
Claude Allouez established a mission here. 
Dodgeville—In honor of Henry Dodge, first territorial gov¬ 
ernor. 
Eau Claire (Wahyawconuttaguayaw) —Clear water, now 
known as Eau Claire. 
Edgerton—Yarned after H. B. Edgerton of Milwaukee. 
Fort Atkinson—In honor of Gen. Henry Atkinson. (Wis. 
Hist. Proc., ? 98.) 
Fox Lake-—Indians called it Hosh-a-rac-ah-tah, meaning fox. 
(Dodge Co. History, p. 465.) 
Gogebic (Gu-gwa-gee-bing)—-The place of diving; probably 
referred to the jumping out of water of schools of small fish. 
(W) 
——- A body of water hanging on high. 
Green Bay—Derives its name from a fancied deeper green 
-colors of its waters than usual. (L) 
-Marquette called it Bay of the Fetid; Hennepin and 
Mernbre did the same. Marquette says the Indians called it 
Salt Bay; St. Cosine called it Bay of Puants; on de LHsle’s 
maps (1700, 1718) it appears Bay des Puans; sometimes it 
was called Le Grand Bale; Mr. Burnett, 1798, called it Le 
Bay. (Hurlbut’s Chicago Antiquities, p. 441.) 
-- A corruption of La Grande Baie. (U) 
Hazel Green-—First called Hardscrabble. Renamjed in ? 38 
by Capt. Okas. McCoy. (Grant Co. History, p. 735.) 
Horicon—Clear or pure water. So called from the original 
name. Lake George. (Dodge Co. History, p. 479.) 
