In case you missed our last article, the great city of Milwaukee was created by three “Founding Fathers.” Solomon Juneau – the fur-trading, courthouse-creating, father of thirteen – was the first to settleRead More…
After the American Revolution, fur traders began to settle around Lake Michigan. Milwaukee was in the center of it all, as a fur trading post for the French Canadians, Americans, and NativeRead More…
Names are unique and special: they reflect the person, as well as their origins. So what’s the history behind “Milwaukee”? When I think about the name “Milwaukee”, all I can think aboutRead More…
Though Milwaukee’s certainly lost manufacturing and industry jobs over the last 50 years, many still consider its working-class heritage part of the ongoing charm. In fact, Milwaukee was the first city in the USRead More…
The J.L. Burnham Building is one of the oldest buildings still standing in historic Walker’s Point. This beautiful Italianate commercial building was erected in 1871 for Johnathon Burnham of the Burnham Brothers’ brick-makingRead More…