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  History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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Visit Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

• 1833 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin founded
  
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• 1846 - January 31 - After the Milwaukee Bridge War, Juneautown and Kilbourntown unified as the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  
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• 1854 - Milwaukee
  Milwaukee, a city, port of entry, capital of Milwaukee county, and the most populous town of Wisconsin, is situated on the west shore of Lake...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1868 - Christopher Latham Sholes of Milwaukee, an inventor and journalist, patented the first typewriter.
  It wrote only in capital letters. On the first model, the types, each on a separate bar, struck upward against a sheet of paper and knocked the paper ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1869 - An arch of a dry kiln, at Milwaukee, just being finished, gave way a few days ago,
  burying three men beneath the ruins. Two of them - Fred Garside and August Doperfhul - were killed.
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  July 3, 1869
  
  
•  1872 - German
  Of the 7,000 school children in Milwaukee, 2,761 are of German parentage, and 3,585 are studying German.
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  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  March 2, 1872
  
  
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  Milwaukee River, At Milwaukee
  Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
  New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.
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•  1879 - Burning of a Distillery Near Milwaukee
  AT MILWAUKEE.
  MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. 16.- Rindskopt's distillery and the surrounding sheds were destroyed by fire this morning. The distillery is...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1880 - April 2 - Some of the Queer Happenings of a Few Days.
  In a Milwaukee, Wis., school, a little boy was so bad that it became necessary to expel him. It has just been discovered that the little fellow has...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1883 - January 10 - Fire at uninsured Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin kills 71. General Tom Thumb of P T Barnum fame, escapes unhurt
  The deadliest fire in Milwaukee history occurred at the Newhall House hotel on January 10, 1883 on the corner of Michigan Street and Broadway....Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1886 - May 5 - The Bay View Tragedy occurs, as militia fire upon a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin killing seven.
  
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•  1889 - A BIG BREWERY BURNED. THE IMMENSE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FAUK, JUNG & BORCHERT COMPANY AT MILWAUKEE, WIS., ENTIRELY DESTROYED
  THE LOSS WILL REACH NEARLY $1,000,000 AND INCLUDES THE CONSUMPTION BY THE FIRE FIEND OF 52,000 BARRELS OF BEER.
  Milwaukee, July 5 - The entire...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1889 - HOTEL FIRE IN MILWAUKEE. Firemen Fighting Flames on the Roof of Grace Hotel Fall with the Walls - Five of Them May Die.
  MILWAUKEE, Wis., July 18. - Fire to-night destroyed the Grace Hotel, a four-story brick structure, at the corner of Park and Reed Streets, on the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1892 - ACRES WERE SWEPT OVER NOTHING SPARED IN THE PATH OF MILWAUKEE'S FIRE.
  UPWARD OF THREE THOUSAND PERSONS HOMELESS AND THE PROPERTY LOSS ESTIMATED AT $6,000,000 - REMARKABLE SWIFTNESS WITH WHICH THE FLAMES SPREAD.
  
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•  1894 - Digging For a Fortune
  MILWAUKEE, Jan. 14. - Dr. J. Kasten, son-in-law of Mrs. Schrum, who was burned to death in the Cream City hotel Friday, put in the entire night...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Milwaukee
  Milwaukee, a city, port of entry, county seat of Milwaukee co., and the most populous city of Wisconsin, is situated on the W. shore of Lake...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• February 20, 1898 - Drifts of snow around Milwaukee measured fifteen feet high.
  
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  Patton's Sun-Proof Paint
  
  Jas. E. Patton Co., Milwaukee, Wis., U.S.A.
  
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  February 1898
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  Rich's Patent
  Julia Marlowe Shoes
  The Most Perfect Fitting Foot Wear Ever Made
  
  The Rich Shoe Co., Milwaukee, Wis.
  
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  April 1898
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  Men's "Holeproof" Sox
  Kalamazoo Knitting Co., Milwaukee, Wis.
  
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  August 1898
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• 1899 - Milwaukee's Arthur Oliver Smith developed the first steel automobile frame, a significant contribution to the development of the automobile in the United States.
  The pressed steel frame was considerably lighter and less costly than the structural steel frames then available. At the time, the small Milwaukee...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Wonderland, looking from Chutes toward Tower, Milwaukee, Wis.
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  Normal School, Milwaukee, Wis.
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• 1906
  Milwaukee, the most populous city of Wisconsin, a port of entry and county seat of Milwaukee Co., is situated on the W. shore of Lake Michigan, at...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Caswell Block
  Grand Ave. and West Water St.
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• 1910 - Ole Evinrude of Milwaukee designed the first commercially successful outboard gasoline engine for boats. It was a 1 horsepower, 62-pound iron engine, and sold for $62.
  
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•  1911 - SEIDEL BURNED BY HEATER. Flames Scorch His Face on Lighting One in Bathroom.
  MILWAUKEE, Wis., July 4. - Mayor Emil Seidel was burned about the head and face today when a puff of flame burst from a gas heater which he lighted...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1912 - October 14 - Teddy Roosevelt shot while campaigning in Milwaukee
  John Flammang Schrank attempts to assassinate Theodore Roosevelt.
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•  1915 - FIREMEN POISONED BY ARSENIC FUMES
  Seven Men Including Deputy Chief Langford Overcome After Leaving Small Blaze.
  
  FIVE SENT TO HOSPITAL
  
  Blaze at Which Men Were Prostrated Like...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1917 - November 24 – In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 9 members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb
  
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  November 24, 1917
  
  
• 1954 - October 27 - WISN TV channel 12 in Milwaukee, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting
  
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• 1955 - Milwaukee - Operation Alert
  On June 15-16, 1955, Milwaukee participated in "Operation Alert," a National Civil Defense Test Exercise that simulated an atomic bomb evacuation for ...Read MORE...