As Major William Williams wrote on June 26, 1849: 'Arrived at Sheboigin on the Wisconsin side, a small town, population purhaps from 700 to 1000. īy 1849, a wave of liberal, middle-class immigration triggered by the revolutions of 1848 had made the community known for its German population.

One 19th century settler remarked: 'Nearly all the settlers were from the New England states and New York.' Lumbering was the first major industry, as trees were harvested and shipped to eastern markets through the Great Lakes.Īlthough Sheboygan was officially incorporated in 1846, much of the town had been platted in 1836, when property investors laid out more than one thousand lots. Migrants from New York, Michigan, and New England were among the first white Americans to settle this area in the 1830s, though the French had been present in the region since the 17th century and had intermarried with local people. Following the treaty, the land became available for sale to white American settlers. The Menominee ceded this land to the United States in the 1831 Treaty of Washington. In the Menominee language, the place is known as Sāpīwāēhekaneh, 'at a hearing distance in the woods'. Before its settlement by European Americans, the Sheboygan area was home to Native Americans, including members of the Potawatomi, Chippewa, Ottawa, Winnebago, and Menominee tribes.

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