Carl Baehr
City Streets

The History of Milwaukee Street

It's one of the original village streets dating back to 1835.

By - Sep 25th, 2015 12:43 pm

It's one of the original village streets dating back to 1835. Back to the full article.

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5 thoughts on “City Streets: The History of Milwaukee Street”

  1. Tim says:

    Actually MI abolished the death penalty before WI and never used it. HI and AK both abolished it prior to statehood – although AK territory did use it.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States#States_without_capital_punishment

  2. Carl says:

    Thanks, Tim.

    You are correct, Wisconsin is the only state to have only one execution but it is not the lowest number of any state.

  3. Robert Levine says:

    I thought that the convent was actually on the parking lot south of the apartment building. That block is partly surrounded by the old retaining wall.

  4. Carl says:

    Robert, There is an excellent birds eye view from 1872 at the American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection
    http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/agdm/id/282.

    It shows the convent taking up the entire block bounded by Knapp, Milwaukee, Ogden and Jefferson Streets.

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