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 MILWAUKEE.--Population 46,067. From: Handbook of Wisconsin by S. Silas, 1855 pg. 88-90 Is one of the smallest Counties, and depends upon its commerce more than its agriculture or manufacturers. It has been densely wooded with hard timber, and at least one half of its surface is yet covered with it. Every foot of public land is of course long since taken up, and the majority of the farms are small and well tilled. Milwaukee, the County Seat, is the largest city in the State, and through this port a great part of the exports and imports pass. From it lead out the Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail Road, now completed to Madison, with a branch to Janesville--the Watertown, completed to Watertown, and partly graded to Columbus, to be continued to Portage or some other point on the Wisconsin--the La Crosse and Milwaukee, running to Hartford and nearly completed to Beaver Dam--and the Lake shore from Chicago to Milwaukee. Other Roads, either tributary to these or independent lines, are under way, which is fast rendering this city the centre of a large Rail Road system. No place in the west has combined so completely, healthiness of location, abundant water power, facilities of manufacture, and equal agricultural lands in its immediate vicinity. A larger amount of wheat, by 360,000 bushels, was shipped from this port during 1854 than from any other port on the Lakes, and this difference will be increased during 1855 by over 1,000,000 bushels. The wheat of Wisconsin is from 3 to 5 cents more per bushel than that raised farther south, on account of its superior quality, which fact will always secure to this port the pre-eminance of being the largest wheat shipping one in the west. To show the growth of Milwaukee, we copy the following from the Green Bay Intelligencer published in 1835: "The Milwaukee country is attracting much attention. A settlement has commenced ear its mount; and there can be no doubt it will be much visited during the coming season by northern emigrants, and by all who fear the billious fevers and other diseases of more southern latitudes. Two or three young man from the State of New York have commenced the erection of the saw mill on the first rapid, about three miles above the mouth of the Milwaukee river." The population of the city in 1850 was 20,025. In 1855 30,149, increase in five years 10,123. Links and Resources: Milwaukee County Onsite Link: A website developed by Ellen R. and her contributors. Milwaukee County Offsite Link:A website developed by Debbe H. This site is associated with USGenWeb. Cemeteries & Deaths
Milwaukee 1880 Sewerage Map - From Report on the Social Statistics of Cities, Compiled by George E. Waring, Jr., United States. Census Office, Part I, 1886.(Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin) Milwaukee taken from 1920 Automobile Blue Book (Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin) Milwaukee U.S. National Atlas 1970 (Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin) 1901 County Maps - The Wisconsin county maps presented here were scanned in individually from the large Wisconsin map in the Rand McNally New Standard Atlas of the World, Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago, 1901. They should be of interest to genealogists because they show the locations of many places that no longer exist. Offsite link by Rick Hagen See also: American History and Genealogy Project American Local History Network theBubbler.com - Wisconsin's Information Source About Us | What's New | Wisconsin Counties & Towns | Wisconsin Genealogy Resources Wisconsin Maps & Atlases | Military in Wisconsin | Education-Wisconsin Schools WI Native Americans | Great Lakes Marine and Shipping Contributors | How to Contribute *Records may contain dates previous to year listed. But prior to the year listed recording was sporatic. | ||||||
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