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proliferated and the population of the city center began to disperse, Milwaukee annexed and incorporated the surrounding lands, recapturing a portion of its departing tax base and simultaneously supplying these areas with much-needed city services. The first plan for Wisconsin's highway system, with
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By 1970, as the city continued to exhibit the trends of decentralization, its population had fallen to 717,099 as the 12th largest American city. In 2000, it was the 19th largest, with a population of 596,974. The population decline was a result of various factors. Starting in the late 1960s, as in
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there, making sure that the streets running toward the river did not match up with those on the east side. This accounts for the large number of angled bridges that still exist in Milwaukee today. Further, Kilbourn distributed maps of the area that showed only Kilbourntown, implying that Juneautown
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when a large black powder bomb exploded at the central police station at Oneida and Broadway. Nine members of the department were killed in the blast, along with a female civilian, Catherine Walker. It was suspected at the time that the bomb had been placed outside the church by anarchists,
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In general, suburbs along the north shore of Lake Michigan were residential and wealthier and suburbs along the south shore were industrial and working class. The western suburbs were mixed—North Milwaukee and West Allis being primarily industrial, and Wauwatosa being primarily residential.
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The proximity of the towns sparked tensions in 1845 after the completion of a bridge built between Kilbourntown and Juneautown. Kilbourn and his supporters viewed the bridge as a threat to their community and ultimately led to Kilbourn destroying part of the bridge. Over the next few weeks,
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in 1795. Mirandeau remained all year with Vieau coming every spring with supplies. In 1820 or 1821 Mirandeau died and was the first white to be buried in the city in an Indian cemetery near Broadway and Wisconsin. The post was on the Chicago-Green Bay trail, located on the site of today's
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occurred, in which striking steelworkers who were marching toward a mill in the Bay View section of Milwaukee were intercepted by a squad of National Guardsmen who, under orders from the Wisconsin Governor, fired point blank into the strikers, killing seven.
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Into the late 1950s, Milwaukee, like many northern industrial cities, grew tremendously. Having been home historically to immigrants from European nations, as well as the northward migration of African-Americans from the
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has dedicated major projects to the Marquette Hill neighborhood including "campus town" and additional academic buildings, while demolishing some historic buildings and taking over other structures for its own use.
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The city continues to plan for revitalization through various projects. Largely because of its efforts to preserve its history, in 2006 Milwaukee was named one of the "Dozen Distinctive Destinations" by the
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was most likely the first white man to visit Milwaukee in October 1679. Although La Salle and others visited Milwaukee, prior to the 19th century, Milwaukee was mostly inhabited by Native Americans.
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By the 1840s, the three towns had grown to such an extent that on January 31, 1846 they combined to incorporate as the City of Milwaukee and elected Solomon Juneau as the city's first
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was completed. Containing 15 stories and topping out at 393 feet, the City Hall was the tallest habitable building in the world upon its completion (a title it maintained until the
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Kenny, Judith T., and Jeffrey Zimmerman. "Constructing the ‘Genuine American City’: neo-traditionalism, New Urbanism and neo-liberalism in the remaking of downtown Milwaukee."
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and industrial workers from Wisconsin's hinterlands and other parts of the United States, the city had acquired a dense population in the first half of the 20th century.
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The third prominent builder, George H. Walker, claimed land to the south of the Milwaukee River, where he built a log house in 1834. This area grew and became known as
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as it has seen the arrival of several new businesses, restaurants, condos, coffee shops and night clubs that seek to recapture the prominence the area once had.
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In recent years the city began to make strides in improving its economy, neighborhoods, and image, resulting in the revitalization of neighborhoods such as the
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skirmishes broke out between the inhabitants of the two towns; while no one was killed, several people were seriously injured. After this event, known as the
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Wauwatosa was widely recognized as Milwaukee's first "bedroom suburb," though it developed its own set of social, economic, and religious institutions.
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an aim to improve Milwaukee's worsening automotive congestion, was submitted in 1945, although construction did not begin until the late 1950s.
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During the middle and late 19th century, Wisconsin and the Milwaukee area became the final destination of many German immigrants fleeing the
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immigrants had helped increase the city's population during the 1840s and continued to migrate to the area during the following decades.
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The Natives at Milwaukee tried to control their destiny by participating in all the major wars on the American continent. During the
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Eimer, Stuart. "From 'business unionism' to 'social movement unionism': The case of the AFL-CIO Milwaukee County Labor Council."
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and were used in construction. At its peak, Milwaukee produced 15 million bricks a year, with a third going out of the state.
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Soon after, Byron Kilbourn settled on the west side of the Milwaukee River. In competition with Juneau, Kilbourn established
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The Life of Milwaukee's Most Popular Politician, Clement J. Zablocki: Milwaukee Politics and Congressional Foreign Policy
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was founded in 1858. It is the fourth oldest of such organizations in the United States and now has over 2,600 members.
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French missionaries and traders first passed through the area in the late 17th and 18th centuries. French explorer
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In the early 21st century, the city has undergone a large number of construction projects at rates not seen since
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In 2020, Milwaukee recorded 189 homicides, exceeding the all-time homicide record of 174 which was set in 1993.
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Deadliest Days in Law Enforcement History, National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (November 24, 1917)
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Greene, Victor. "Dealing with diversity: Milwaukee's multiethnic festivals and urban identity, 1840-1940."
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on September 11, 2001 when 72 law enforcement officers representing eight different agencies were killed.
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Lessons from the Heartland : A Turbulent Half-Century of Public Education in an Iconic American City
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Booth, Douglas E. "Municipal Socialism and City Government Reform: The Milwaukee Experience, 1910-1940".
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Mukherji, S. Ani. "Reds Among the Sewer Socialists and McCarthyites: The Communist Party in Milwaukee."
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Jaqueline Peterson, "Many Roads to Red River: Metis genesis in the Great Lakes region, 1680-1815" in
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Kates, James. "Editor, publisher, citizen, socialist: Victor L. Berger and his Milwaukee Leader."
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in 1899) and one of the tallest structures overall, behind such non-habitable buildings as the
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Jarosinski, Eric. "“Der unrealistische Genosse”: Heinrich Bartel and Milwaukee Socialism."
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Educating Milwaukee: How one city’s history of segregation and struggle shaped its schools
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The City-Building Process: Housing and Services in New Milwaukee Neighborhoods 1880-1910
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Rast, Joel. "Annexation policy in Milwaukee: An historical institutionalist approach."
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did not exist or that the east side of the river was uninhabited and thus undesirable.
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settled in Milwaukee. This was French Canadian Jean Baptiste Mirandeau who along with
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In March 1889, Milwaukee had four days of protest and one day of rioting against its
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before migrating to the Milwaukee area around the time of European immigration.
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who emigrated from the south formed a community that would come to be known as
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Immigrant Milwaukee, 1836-1860: Accommodation and Community in a Frontier City
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was one of 159 race riots that swept cities in the United States during the
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Holter, Darryl. "Sources of CIO success: The New Deal years in Milwaukee."
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The late 19th century saw the incorporation of Milwaukee's first suburbs.
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Erving, Burdick & Co.'s Milwaukee City Directory, for 1857 & 1858
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More than one struggle: The evolution of Black school reform in Milwaukee
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During the first half of the 20th century, Milwaukee was the hub of the
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population, and by 1820 Milwaukee was essentially a Metis settlement.
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which attracted both local and nationally renowned musicians such as
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Connell, Tula. "1950S Milwaukee: race, class, and a City divided."
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Milwaukee's population peaked in 1960, according to the decennial
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Vol. 4: Milwaukee Under the Charter, From 1854 to 1860, Inclusive
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Black Milwaukee: The Making of an Industrial Proletariat, 1915-45
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History of Milwaukee from Its First Settlement to the Year 1895]
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The Healthiest City: Milwaukee and the Politics of Health Reform
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of La Baye (Green Bay), established a fur-trading post near the
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existed as an independent village from 1879 to 1886. In 1892,
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History of the Social-Democratic Party of Milwaukee, 1897-1910
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As the 18th century came to a close, the first recorded white
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Politics, Religion, and Change in Polish Milwaukee, 1900-1930
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The first recorded inhabitants of the Milwaukee area are the
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The Selma of the North: Civil rights insurgency in Milwaukee
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Also during this time, a small, but burgeoning community of
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On November 14, 1856 Solomon Juneau died at the age of 63.
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The New Peoples: Being and Becoming Metis in North America
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In 1953, over 7,000 workers at six breweries in Milwaukee
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Seeds of Crisis: Public Schooling in Milwaukee since 1920
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Milwaukee became known as the "Deutsches Athen" (German
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In the mid-19th century Milwaukee earned the nickname "
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A Financial and Administrative History of Milwaukee
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