History
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Wisconsin’s Long History As Swing State
May 26th, 2020 by Laurel White
For more than 100 years the state’s political pendulum has swung back and forth.
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City’s Smallpox Quarantine Created a Furor
May 12th, 2020 by Andy Soth
Back in the 1890s, Milwaukee’s clampdown on smallpox outbreak caused fear and fury.
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City Streets
25 Streets Have Added Honorary Names
May 11th, 2020 by Carl Baehr
Since 2005, honorary signs for James Cameron, Don Sykes, Mae Elizabeth Dey, many others.
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The State’s 1918 Pandemic Shutdown Worked
May 1st, 2020 by Jim Malewitz
Milwaukee was one of four cities with lowest rate of disease, at least 30% lower than most cities.
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Lost Milwaukee
The Mighty Grand Avenue Viaduct
Apr 29th, 2020 by Carl Swanson
A bridge with arches larger and longer than any in America but an avenue 75 miles shorter than first planned.
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Historical Society Would Like Your Pandemic Journals
Apr 26th, 2020 by Elizabeth Dohms-Harter
Entries will become part of historical record documenting life during the pandemic.
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Wisconsin Was a Leader in 1918 Epidemic
Apr 22nd, 2020 by Tessa Conroy
Only state to do a widescale shutdown, and had a mortality rate far lower than the national average.
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City Streets
Milwaukee Has Many Private Streets
Apr 14th, 2020 by Carl Baehr
You may recognize them by the brown signs. That is, if you can access the road.
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Why the 1918 Flu Pandemic Was So Huge
Mar 29th, 2020 by Samantha Nash
An estimated 50 to 100 million people lost their lives.
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Nurses Prepare for COVID-19 Onslaught
Mar 21st, 2020 by Parker Schorr and Bram Sable-Smith
State’s hospitals short on beds, protective gear and staff, though some see reason to hope.
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City Streets
19 Streets Named After the Irish
Mar 17th, 2020 by Carl Baehr
Many of these Milwaukee streets were named after men who emigrated from Ireland.
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Lost Milwaukee
The Man Who Made Milwaukee
Mar 9th, 2020 by Carl Swanson
Fur trader Solomon Juneau arrived here in 1818 and saw the potential of Milwaukee.
