Racine, Wisconsin, USA
1895 - Racine

Racine, a city of Wisconsin, and county seat of Racine co., is situated on the W. shore of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of Root River, 25 miles S. by E. of Milwaukee, and 62 miles N. of Chicago. It is the second city of the state in population and commerce, and has one of the best harbors on the lake. The city is handsomely laid out, with wide streets crossing at right angles, and contains the court house, St. Luke's Hospital, the Taylor Orphan Asylum, new city hall, the new post-office, and the massive buildings of the "University of the West and Northwest" (Protestant Episcopal), formerly known as Racine College. Racine has 37 churches, large threshing-machine-works and woollen mills, 3 extensive wagon-factories, a steel-plough-factory, 11 fanning-mill-factories, 9 tanneries, linseed-oil-works, foundries, machine-shops, wire-works, 3 pump-factories, 5 glove- and mitten-factories, and manufactories of pianos, cotton batting, and flax. Three national banks and 1 private bank have a paid-up capital and surplus of $975,000. Its educational advantages are unsurpassed W. of Lake Michigan. Besides the university, there are St. Catharine's Academy for young ladies, the McMurphy Home School for young ladies, and the Rowland Academy. The public schools are graded, embracing a high school and 8 fine ward schools, with intermediate primary divisions and kindergarten departments, requiring a corps of 81 teachers. Racine's manufacturing enterprises require corresponding shipping facilities, and these are supplied by the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad and by the Racine & Southwestern division of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, extending from Racine (with a branch to Milwaukee) to Savanna, Ill., on the Mississippi River. On the lake, the West Shore steamboat line makes daily trips each way between Chicago and northern ports; the lines of lower lake Propellers and two Lake Superior lines make regular stops at this port. In addition to these, there are owned at the Port of Racine 46 sailing vessels, of 8681 aggregate tonnage. Racine was first settled in 1835; incorporated as a city in 1848. Pop. in 1880, 16,031; in 1890, 21,014.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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