History

How To Understand These Historic Protests

How To Understand These Historic Protests

These resources will put the nationwide protests in a proper context.

Viewaukee Provides Look at Milwaukee’s History

Viewaukee Provides Look at Milwaukee’s History

10 tower viewers provide historic Milwaukee views.

State’s Largest Brownfield Now Clean

State’s Largest Brownfield Now Clean

After years of remediation, a highly-contaminated site in the Menomonee Valley is certified as clean by the DNR.

City Streets: How a President’s Row Was Created
City Streets

How a President’s Row Was Created

The South Side has six consecutive streets named after presidents, all but one Republican.

Lost Milwaukee: When Police Handed Out Courtesy Cards
Lost Milwaukee

When Police Handed Out Courtesy Cards

And how the arrest of a Riverwest business owner ended the practice.

City Streets: Mann Family Owned Much of Bay View
City Streets

Mann Family Owned Much of Bay View

Ran lumber companies, named Bay View streets, owned Lion House on N. Franklin Place.

Op Ed: Milwaukee Has Long History of Protests
Op Ed

Milwaukee Has Long History of Protests

Powerful black and brown protests in 1960s, 1970s can inspire marchers today.

Lost Milwaukee: Riverwest Had World’s Largest Color Printing Press
Lost Milwaukee

Riverwest Had World’s Largest Color Printing Press

In 1922, genius innovator Leslie Claybourn built a unique factory on Humboldt and Keefe.

Wisconsin’s Long History As Swing State

Wisconsin’s Long History As Swing State

For more than 100 years the state’s political pendulum has swung back and forth.

City’s Smallpox Quarantine Created a Furor

City’s Smallpox Quarantine Created a Furor

Back in the 1890s, Milwaukee’s clampdown on smallpox outbreak caused fear and fury.

City Streets: 25 Streets Have Added Honorary Names
City Streets

25 Streets Have Added Honorary Names

Since 2005, honorary signs for James Cameron, Don Sykes, Mae Elizabeth Dey, many others.

The State’s 1918 Pandemic Shutdown Worked

The State’s 1918 Pandemic Shutdown Worked

Milwaukee was one of four cities with lowest rate of disease, at least 30% lower than most cities.