Lost Milwaukee

• When Police Handed Out Courtesy Cards

  Jul 14th, 2020 by Carl Swanson

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

• Riverwest Had World’s Largest Color Printing Press

  Jun 11th, 2020 by Carl Swanson

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

• 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.

• 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.

• The Man Who Dreamed of Locks

  Feb 9th, 2020 by Carl Swanson

  How Harry Soref built a company that produced 80,000 padlocks per day.

• Milwaukee’s Sweetest Story

  Jan 6th, 2020 by Carl Swanson

  Once among nation’s top 5 candy producers, with 16 companies and the fabled Giant Bar.

• The Icehouses of Old Milwaukee

  Nov 30th, 2019 by Carl Swanson

  Two were run by breweries on the Milwaukee River. Fragments of them still can be found.

• The Owls of Port Washington Ave.

  Oct 31st, 2019 by Carl Swanson

  In 1922, the secret Order of Owls built a beautiful nest that still stands.

• The History of the Milwaukee Clipper

  Oct 3rd, 2019 by Carl Swanson

  Unlike its two sisters ships, the Milwaukee Clipper still survives. You can even tour it.

• How a Riverside Roadway Was Stopped

  Sep 13th, 2019 by Carl Swanson

  It was all because of the picture-postcard 1927 Capitol Drive Bridge.

• The Lady and the Light

  Aug 20th, 2019 by Carl Swanson

  For 33 years, the North Point Lighthouse was operated by an extraordinary woman

• Thrills on the Wells Street Viaduct

  Jul 29th, 2019 by Carl Swanson

  For 60 years streetcars rattled across the 2,085-foot-long bridge, 90 feet above the Menomonee River Valley.