Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
16th Street Viaduct
20th Street School
27th and Wells Streets Commercial Historic District
37th Street School
Abbot Row
Abresch, Charles, House
Adelman, Albert and Edith, House
Adler, Emanuel D., House
All Saints' Episcopal Cathedral Complex
Allis, Charles, House
American System Built Homes-Burnham Street District
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church
APPOMATTOX (Shipwreck)
APPOMATTOX (shipwreck) (Boundary Increase II and Additional Documentation)
APPOMATTOX (shipwreck) Boundary Increase
Arndt, Rufus, House
Astor on the Lake
Baasen House-German YMCA
Barbee, Lloyd A., House
Barfield-Staples House
Baumbach Building
Bay View Historic District
Blatz Brewery Complex
Blatz, Valentin, Brewing Company Office Building
Blommer Ice Cream Company
Bogk, Frederick C., House
Bossert, Thomas, House
Brewers Hill Historic District
Brewers Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Brown Deer School
Buemming, Herman W., House
Burnham, J. L., Block
Calkins, Elias A., Doublehouse
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Carpenter, Michael, House
Cass-Juneau Street Historic District
Cass-Wells Street Historic District
Central Library
Century Building
Chief Lippert Fire Station
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church
Church Street Historic District
Church, Benjamin, House
Coakley Brothers Warehouse
Commerce Street Power Plant
Concordia Historic District
Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue
Cook, Thomas, House
Cords, Erwin, House
Cudahy Chicago and North Western Railway Depot
Curtin, Jeremiah, House
Dahinden, Edward J., House
Damon, Lowell, House
Davis, H. R., House
Day, Dr. Fisk Holbrook, House
Desmond-Farnham-Hustis House
Dover Street School and Social Center
Eagle Knitting Mills
Eagles Club
East Brady Street Historic District
East Oregon and South Barclay Industrial Historic District
East Side Commercial Historic District
East Village Historic District
Elderwood
EMBA (self-unloading barge) Shipwreck
Esbenshade, Abraham H., House
Exton Apartments Building
Federal Building
Fiebing, J. H., House
Fiebing, Otto F., House
Fifth Street School
First Church of Christ, Scientist
First Unitarian Church
First Ward Triangle Historic District
Florida and Third Industrial Historic District
Forest Home Cemetery and Chapel
Foth, Christian, House
Fourth Street School
Friedmann Row
Gabel, George, House
Gallun Tannery Historic District
Garden Homes Historic District
George, Warren B., House
German-English Academy
Germania Building
Gesu Church
Gimbels Parking Pavilion
Goodwill Industries Building
GRACE A. CHANNON (canaller) Shipwreck
Graham Row
Grand Avenue Congregational Church
Grand Avenue Elementary School
Grant, Paul S., House
Greendale Historic District
Greene, Thomas A., Memorial Museum
Greenfield School
Hardie, Harrison, House
Harley-Davidson Motor Company Factory No. 7
Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Factory Building
Hart, Thomas B., House
Hatch, Horace W., House
Hatch, Seneca W. & Bertha, House
Henni Hall
Highland Avenue Methodist Church
Highland Boulevard Historic District
Historic Third Ward District
Hoelz, Alfred M., House
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church
Home Office, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Honey Creek Parkway
Hopkins, Willis, House
Howie, David W., House
Hunt, W. Ben, Cabin
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
Iron Block
Jenkins, Halbert D., House
Johnston Hall
Joseph Schiltz Company Brewery Complex
Juneau Highlands Residential Historic District
Kalvelage, Joseph B., House
Kane, Sanford R., House
Kegel's Inn
Kenwood Park-Prospect Hill Historic District
Ketter, Frederick, Warehouse
Kilbourn Avenue Row House Historic District
Kilbourn Masonic Temple
Kinnickinnic River Parkway
Knapp-Astor House
Kneeland-Walker House
Knickerbocker Hotel
Koeffler-Baumgarten Double House
Koelsch Funeral Home
Kopperud Park Residential Historic District
Lake Park
Lawson Airplane Company-Continental Faience and Tile Company
Lincoln Creek Parkway
Lindsay-Bostrom Building
Lohman Funeral Home and Livery Stable
LUMBERMAN shipwreck (schooner)
Machek, Robert, House
Mackie Building
Mansfield, George C., Company Building
Mayer Boot and Shoe Company Building
McEwens, John F., House
McIntosh-Goodrich Mansion
McKinley Boulevard Historic District
McMicken, Alexander Herschel and Pauline G., House
Meyer, Henry A., House
Meyer, Starke, House
MILWAUKEE (steam screw) Shipwreck
Milwaukee Athletic Club
Milwaukee Breakwater Light
Milwaukee City Hall
Milwaukee County Courthouse
Milwaukee County Dispensary and Emergency Hospital
Milwaukee County Historical Center
Milwaukee County Home for Dependent Children-Administriation Building
Milwaukee County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy Historic District
Milwaukee Fire Department High Pressure Pumping Station
Milwaukee Hospital
Milwaukee Journal Complex
Milwaukee News Building and Milwaukee Abstract Association Building
Milwaukee Normal School-Milwaukee Girls' Trade and Technical High School
Milwaukee Paper Box Company
Milwaukee Pierhead Light
Milwaukee-Downer "Quad"
Milwaukee-Western Fuel Company Building
Mitchell Building
Mitchell, Alexander, House
Morgan, George E., House
Muirdale Tuberculosis Sanatorium
New Coeln House
Newberry Boulevard Historic District
Nohl, Mary L., Art Environment
North 47th Street Bungalow Historic District
North First Street Historic District
North Grant Boulevard Historic District
North Point Lighthouse
North Point North Historic District
North Point South Historic District
North Point Water Tower
North Sherman Boulevard Historic District
North Third Street Historic District
Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District
Norton, Pearl C., House
Nunn-Bush Shoe Company Factory
Oak Creek Parkway
Old St. Mary's Church
Old World Third Street Historic District
Oliver, Joseph B., House
Oneida Street Station
Pabst Brewery Saloon
Pabst Brewing Company Complex
Pabst Theater
Pabst, Frederick, House
Painesville Chapel
Peckham Junior High School
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Enamel Plant
Plankinton-Wells-Water Street Historic District
Pritzlaff, John, Hardware Company
Prospect Avenue Apartment Buildings Historic District
Prospect Avenue Mansions Historic District
Prospect Hill Historic District
Public School No. 27
Public Sevice Building
Pythian Castle Lodge
Quarles, Charles, House
Range Line Road Bridge
Root River Parkway
Saint Anthony Hospital
Saint George Melkite Catholic Church
Saint James Court Apartments
Saint Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Saint Vincent's Infant Asylum
Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church Complex
Salem Evangelical Church
Schlitz, Joseph, Brewing Company Saloon
Schlitz, Victor, House
Schoonmaker Reef
Schuster, George, House and Carriage Shed
Second Church of Christ Scientist
Sheridan Apartment Building
Shorecrest Hotel
Shorewood Village Hall
Sivyer, Fred, House
Sixth Church of Christ, Scientist
Smith, Lloyd R., House
Soldiers' Home Reef
South Branch Library
South First and Second Street Historic District
South Layton Boulevard Historic District
South Milwaukee Passenger Station
South Milwaukee Post Office
Spencerian Business College
Sperling, Frederick, House
Square D Company-Industrial Controller Division
St. James Episcopal Church
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Complex
St. John's Roman Catholic Cathedral
St. Josaphat Basilica
St. Martini Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. Matthew Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
State Bank of Wisconsin
Steinmeyer, William, House
Sunnyhill Home
Town of Milwaukee Town Hall
Trimborn Farm
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Tripoli Temple
Turner Hall
Uihlein, Herman, House
Ullius, Fred W., Jr., House
Van Altena, William, House
Van Devan, G. B., House
Wadhams Gas Station
Walker's Point Historic District
Walker, Harry B., House
Ward Memorial Hall
Washington Highlands Historic District
Wauwatosa Arcade Building
Wauwatosa Avenue Residential Historic District
Wauwatosa Woman's Club Clubhouse
West Allis Post Office
West Center-North 32nd Industrial Historic District
West Mitchell Street Commercial Historic District
West Side Commercial Historic District
West St. Paul Avenue Industrial Historic District
West Washington-North Hi-Mount Boulevards Historic District
Williams, Frank J., House
Wisconsin Consistory Building
Wisconsin Leather Company Building
Woman's Club of Wisconsin
1957 World Series Champions
1992 NASCAR Champion
41 Twin Outdoor Theatre
6600 Schoolway
A Changing Landscape
A German Heritage
A Village Emerges!
A "Greenbelt Community"
A.W. Rich Shoe Co.
Abraham Lincoln
Adrian C. "Addie" Joss
Al McGuire
Alan Ameche
Alan Kulwicki
Albert Fred Schoendienst
Albert "AB" Nicholas
All Saints Episcopal Cathedral Complex
Allan H. Selig
Allan H. "Bud" Selig
Allan H. "Bud" Selig
Alonzo Hauser (1909 - 1988)
Aloysius H. "Al" Simmons
American Candy Company
American Indians in the Menomonee Valley
American Wholesale Grocery Company
An Ideal Location
An Ideal Location
An Outdoor Gallery
Andy North
Andy Pafko
Anthony Robert Canadeo
Archie Hahn
Architectural Gems on the Riverfront
Arlie M. Mucks
Arnie Herber
At the State Fair on these Grounds
August "Mike" Michalske
Automatic Temperature Control System
B.J. Surhoff
Barry Alvarez
Bart Starr
Baumbach Building
Bay View's Rolling Mill
Bay Views Immigrants
Ben Oglivie
Ben Sheets
Bernard E. "Bernie" Heselton
Beth Heiden
Bill Castro
Bill Hall
Bill Schroeder
Bill Travers
Bill Wegman
Birthplace of China-Burma-India Veterans Ass'n.
Birthplace of the American League
Birthplace of the Department of Wisconsin American Legion
Birthplace of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Black Botanical Heritage:
Blessed Virgin of Pompeii Church
Bo Ryan
Bob Harlan
Bob McClure
Bob Uecker
Bob Uecker
Bob Wickman
Bobby Thomson
Bodamer Log Cabin
Bonnie Blair
Borchert Field / The Milwaukee Bears Negro National League 1923
Boyhood Home of Jeremiah Curtin
Bradley & Metcalf Shoe Co.
Brig. Gen. Rufus Kings Home
Broadway Produce Co.
Brown Bottle Pub/Sternewirt Priveledge
Built by Thousands
Burleigh Arland Grimes
Byron Kilbourn
B'Ne Jeshurun Synagogue
Cal Eldred
Calvary Cemetery Civil War Veterans
Camp Harvey
Captain Frederick Pabst
Carferry SS Milwaukee
Carl Frederick Zeidler
Carl Marchese
Carl Sandburg Hall
Cawker Building
Cecil Cooper
Cecil Cooper
Central Library
Charles A. "Kid" Nichols
Charles Allis House
Charles E. "Buckets" Goldenberg
Charles E. "Gus" Dorais
Charles Hart Homestead
Charles John Grimm
Charles "Chuck" Daw
Charles "Chuck" Fenske
Charlie Moore
Chris Bosio
Christian "Chris" Steinmetz
Chuck Crim
Church Street Historic District
Civil War Camp
Clarence H. "Ginger" Beaumont
Clarence H. "Pants" Rowland
Clemens H. Kalvelage Warehouse
Cohen Brothers Manufacturing Company, Clothiers
Cold Spring Road
College Women's Club
Condenser House
Connie Carpenter (Phinney)
Conrad M. Jennings
Corey Hart
Court House Square
Craig Counsell
Dan Jansen
Dan Plesac
Darrell Porter
Darryl Hamilton
Dave May
Dave Nilsson
David J. "Davy" Jones
David N. "Dave" Schreiner
Del Crandall
Dianne Holum
Dick Bennett
Dittmar-Robertson Building
Don Gehrmann
Don Kindt
Don Money
Don Sutton
Donald Driver
Donald Eugene Conley
Donald "Don" Hutson
Doug Melvin
Dr. Alvin C. Kraenzlein
Dr. Edward Strong Merrill
Dr. Silas J. Sawyer and Jennie E. Sawyer
Dr. Walter E. Meanwell
E.R. Godfrey & Sons Co. Commission House
Earl Gillespie
Earl L. "Curly" Lambeau
Early 1900s Business District
Ed "Strangler" Lewis
Eddie Mathews
Edward Diederichs House
Edward George Ryan
Edward John Konetchy
Edward P. "Ned" Allis
Edward Rohnert Coffee Roasting Factory
Edwin Lee "Eddie" Mathews
Eleanor Was Here!
Eleanor's Visit
Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch
Enrico "Hank" Marino
Erastus B. Wolcott, M.D
Eric Heiden
Ernest "Ernie" Nevers
Every Building Tells a Story
F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co.
Father Marquette's Camp - 1674
Federal Building - U.S. Courthouse
Felix Mantilla
Fernando Viña
First African-American Church Built in Wisconsin
First Baptist Church
First Congregational Church
First Court House
First Milwaukee Cargo Pier
Floating Freight on Liquid Highways
Forest Home Cemetery Civil War Veterans
Forest Home Soldiers' Lot
Fox Point School and Burying Ground
Frank A. Parker
Frank Elmore Bolling
Frank J. Murray
Frank N. Fox
Frank Torre
Fred Beell
Fred Roethlisberger
Fred Vogel Jr. Building
Frederick C. Miller
Frederick William Luderus
Frederick "Fuzzy" Thurston
Friend & Marks Co., Clothiers
G. Patek Warehouse
Garden Homes
Gazebo is Our 'Gathering Place'
General Mitchell Field
General Office/Executive Building
Geoff Jenkins
George F. McBride
George Poage
George Scott
George Thompson
George Washington
George Ziegler & Co. Candy Manufacturers
Gertie
Golda Meir
Golda Meir 1898 - 1978
Goll & Frank Co. Notions and Dry Goods
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Gorman Thomas
Green Bay Road
Greendale is 'Alphabetized'
Greendale Was Roosevelt's Idea
Greendale, Wisconsin
Greendale's 'Backward Houses'
Greenfield: The Last Town in Milwaukee County
Greg Vaughn
Guy M. Sundt
Hales Corners A Crossroads Community
Hales Corners A Farm Village
Hales Corners A Suburb
Hambach Store and Residence
Hank Aaron
Hank Aaron - Changing Times
Hank Aaron - Changing Times
Hank Aaron - Changing Times
Hank Aaron State Trail
Hansen Storage Co. Warehouse #2
Harlan B. "Biddy" Rogers
Harold E. "Bud" Foster
Harrison Ludington Farm
Harry Dalton
Harry "Buddy" Melges Jr.
Harts Mills
Harvey Kuenn
Harvey Kuenn
Haymarket Square History
Henry Aaron
Henry Aaron
Henry Aaron
Henry "Hank" Aaron
Henry "Hank" Raymonds
Historic Milwaukee
Historic Milwaukee
Historic Milwaukee
Historic Milwaukee
Historic Milwaukee
Historic Milwaukee
Historic Milwaukee
Historic Milwaukee
Historic Milwaukee
Historic Root River / Root River Parkway
Historic Site in Journalism
Hoffmann & Sons Co. Grocers
Holy Trinity - Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
Honey Creek Settlement
Hose Tower and Grounds Building
Howard P. "Cub" Buck
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
Immigrants and Silver City
In Honor of the 1901 Milwaukee Brewers of the American League
In Honor of the Men and Women of the 25th Ward
In memory of Franklin Van Valkenburgh
Indian Village Site
Invention of the Typewriter
Iron Block
Ivan B. Williamson
Jacob Best
Jacques Vieau, in 1795
Jaime Navarro
James Fitzgerald
Jane and Lloyd Pettit
Janesville Plank Road
Janis K. Doleschal
Jason Downer House
Jeff Cirillo
Jeromy Burnitz
Jerry Augustine
Jerry Kramer
Jewett & Sherman Co. Merchant Mill
Jim Colborn
Jim Gantner
Jim Gantner
Jim Otto
Jim Slaton
Jim Taylor
Joe Adcock
John Day Buckstaff
John Jaha
John M. Sisk
John Messmer
John Powless
John V. "Blood" McNally
John Voight - Boerner Botanical Gardens Director, 1941-1979
John Walsh
Johnny Briggs
Johnny Logan
Jon McGlocklin
Jose Valentin
Joseph A. "Red" Dunn
Joseph J. Krueger
Joseph Paul Torre
Joseph Schlitz
Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company
Joseph "Unser Choe" Hauser
Judith Sweet
Junior Bridgeman
Kalvelage Wholesale Commission House
Keenan Building
Ken Sanders
Kenneth "Ken" Keltner
Kevin Seitzer
Kilbourntown
Kilbourntown House
Kneeland-Walker House
La Vern "Lavvie" Dilweg
Lake Park
Lake Protestant Cemetery
Lakeside Power Plant
Lawson Airplane Company
Lee Kemp
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Lisle "Liz" Blackbourn
Little White Schoolhouse
Lowell Damon House
Lueddemanns-On-The-River
Mabel Wanda Raimey
MacArthur Square
Major General W. "Fritz" Breidster
Marine Terminal Building
Mark Johnson
Mark Loretta
Marlin M. "Pat" Harder
Mathias Stein
Matthew Keenan House
Meadowmere
Memorial Church
Menomonee Valley Campsites
Menomonee Valley Native Plants
Mercantile Building
Merrill Park
Mike Caldwell
Mike Fetters
Mike Webster
Milwaukee Braves, 1953-1965
Milwaukee County Asylum Cemetery
Milwaukee County Cemetery
Milwaukee County War Memorial
Milwaukee Fire Department Engine House #15
Milwaukee Fire Dept. Engine Co. #10
Milwaukee Interurban Terminal
Milwaukee News Bldg. & Milwaukee Abstract Assn. Bldg.
Milwaukee River Flushing Pump
Milwaukee Road Shops
Milwaukee Terminal Building
Milwaukee-Downer College
Milwaukee-Downer College Buildings
Milwaukee's Bridge War
Milwaukee's Changing Lakefront
Milwaukee's Last Operating Tower Clock
Milwaukee's Miraculous Mallard
Mitchell Building
Mitchell Park
Monarch Manufacturing Co., Clothiers
Moose Haas
Mrs. Isabella Ryder Building
National Distilling Co.
National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
National Soldiers Home
Nearly a Century of Planning
North Point Light Station
North Point Lighthouse
Northwestern National Insurance Company
O.C. Hansen Glove and Mitten Mfg. Co.
O.R. Pieper Co. Grocers
Oak Hill Cemetery
Old Honey Creek School Site
Old North Point Water Tower
Old Sauk Trail
Old St. Mary's Church
Oneida Street Station
Orville Cadwell
Oscar Palmer Robertson
Otto Kuehn Leaf Tobacco Warehouse
Pabst Brewery
Pabst Brewing Company Saloon & Boarding House
Pabst Theater
Pat Listach
Pat Richter
Patek Brothers, Paint, Oil & Glass Manufacturers
Patrick J. "Pat" O'Dea
Paul Hornung
Paul Molitor
Paul Molitor
Pere Jacques Marquette, S.J.
Pere Marquette Historic Site
Pete Vuckovich
Phoenix Knitting Co. Plant #4
Phoenix Knitting Co. Plant #6
Phoenix Knitting Plant #3
Phoenix Knitting Works
Picture This - Our Own Theatre!
Power House
Prehistoric Burial Mound
President Abraham Lincoln
Prince Fielder
Prohibition Years
R. D. Whitehead Monument
Ralph H. Metcalfe
Ray Berres
Ray Nitschke
Red Lights on the River
Reggie White
Rescue of Joshua Glover
Revolutionary War Veteran
Richard H. "Richie" Mitchell
Richie Sexson
Rob Deer
Robert C. "Bob" Zuppke
Robert Ray Buhl
Robert Stuckert
Robert "Red" Wilson
Robin Yount
Robin Yount
Rollie F. Williams
Rollie Fingers
Roman Catholic Church of the Gesu
Ron Dayne
Roundy, Peckham & Dexter Co. Grocers
S. Heller Elevator Company
S. Jung Company Liquor Wholesale
Saint James Court
Saint John Cathedral
Saint John's Infirmary
Saint Mary's School of Nursing
Saint Stephen Lutheran Church
Sal Bando
Saloon
Schlitz Bottling Works / Bottlehouse A
Schlitz Brewhouse A
Schlitz Brewhouse B/Technical Building
Schooner Lumberman
Selva Lewis Burdette, Jr.
Sen. Herbert Kohl
Service Star Legion World War I Memorial
Sherri Steinhauer
Shirley Martin
Shorewood Armory
Shorewood High School
Shorewood Village Hall
Sidney Moncrief
Sinking of the Lady Elgin
Site of First Milwaukee County Courthouse
Sixto Lezcano
Solomon Juneau
St. Josaphat Basilica
St. Marys Church and Cemetery
St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Standard Bedding Co.
Standard Paper Co.
Steamer Appomattox
Steinkopf & Sons Tents & Awnings
Steinmeyer Building
Stop on the Underground Railroad
Straus Building
Ted Simmons
Teddy Higuera
Terry Brennan
The Beer Line Neighborhood's Amber Past / Through the Eyes of Milwaukee Kids
The Birth of Pizza in Milwaukee
The Cream City
The First House on the East Side of Milwaukee
The First Milwaukeeans
The First Unitarian Church of Milwaukee
The German Evangelical Church / Brachs Animal Hospital
The Land Survey of 1836 / Greenfields 1836 Greenery
The Machine Shop of the World
The Milwaukee River at Play
The Prospect Avenue Spite House
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
The Volunteer-'98
Third Ward Fire
This Historic Two-Story Building Was Built In 1938
Thomas Benjamin Hart House
Thomas E. Jones, Sr.
Tommy Bartlett
Town of Lake
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Complex
Turner Hall
Valentin Blatz Brewing Company Office Building
Verne Lewellen
Victor A. "Vic" Reinders
Villa Terrace
Village of Greendale
Vincent T. Lombardi
W. Toepfer & Sons, Iron Works
W.P. Reilly & Bros.
Wadhams Gas Station
Walter C. Sanger
Warren Edward Spahn
Warren Spahn
Watertown Plank Road
Wauwatosa Avenue Historic District
William A. "Billy" Sixty
William Grossman & Co. Coffee and Tea Mill
William Havon Bruton
William J. "Billy" Sullivan
William "Clarke" Hinkle
Willie Davis
Wirth, Hammel and Co., Horse Stables
Wisconsin Soldiers Home
Wisconsin State Fair Park
Wisconsin's Lime Industry
Wisconsin's Oldest Newspaper
Womens Club of Wisconsin
Wood National Cemetery Civil War Memorial
Wood National Cemetery Memorial Section
Young Saddlery Company Addition
"Badger" Bob Johnson
"Joey" Sangor
"Mr. Baseball"
"Stormin" Gorman Thomas
Sunnyhill Home
In 1834, Solomon Juneau and Byron Kilbourn, two pioneers, founded the town of Milwaukee, which quickly grew due to its strategic location on the western shore of Lake Michigan. With access to waterways and proximity to the Mississippi River system, Milwaukee became an important trading center. In 1846, the town was officially incorporated as the City of Milwaukee.
Milwaukee County was established in 1835 as one of the original counties in the Wisconsin Territory. As the population of Milwaukee grew, so did the county's importance. The city became a major industrial hub and attracted immigrants from various countries, including Germany, Ireland, Poland, and Italy. These immigrants played a significant role in shaping the culture and identity of Milwaukee.
In the early 20th century, Milwaukee County faced challenges associated with urbanization and industrialization. The county experienced growth and prosperity, but also social and economic inequality. Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, Milwaukee County has made efforts to address these issues through urban planning, social programs, and economic development initiatives. Today, Milwaukee County is known for its vibrant arts and cultural scene, diverse population, and strong sense of community.
Brief timeline of the history of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin:
- 1834 - Milwaukee County is established as part of the Michigan Territory.
- 1838 - The city of Milwaukee becomes the county seat.
- 1846 - Wisconsin becomes a state and Milwaukee County remains part of it.
- 1860 - Completion of the Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad brings economic growth to the county.
- 1893 - Construction of the Milwaukee City Hall is completed.
- 1939 - Completion of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus.
- 1950 - Milwaukee Braves, the county's Major League Baseball team, wins the National League pennant.
- 2000 - Completion of the Milwaukee Art Museum's iconic Calatrava-designed addition.
- 2010 - Milwaukee County opens the Oak Leaf Trail, a 125-mile multi-use trail system.
This timeline provides a glimpse into the major events and milestones that have shaped the history of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.