. The street railway review . e destroyed a less solid settlement. The con-solidation of the various villages in May, 1839, mark thereal beginings of the citj-, and efforts were made tobridge tiie river. This ended in a hot war, mob rule andriots of several grades of rancor and hatred. In 1846Solomon Juneau was elected mayor of the city of Mil-waukee, incorporated that year with 9,500 inhabitants. The improvement of the harbor facilities of Milwaukeebegan to be agitated in 1S35, but not until 1855 was the work properly done, and until 1876 the improvement waprosecuted. The Milwaukee and Missis
. The street railway review . e destroyed a less solid settlement. The con-solidation of the various villages in May, 1839, mark thereal beginings of the citj-, and efforts were made tobridge tiie river. This ended in a hot war, mob rule andriots of several grades of rancor and hatred. In 1846Solomon Juneau was elected mayor of the city of Mil-waukee, incorporated that year with 9,500 inhabitants. The improvement of the harbor facilities of Milwaukeebegan to be agitated in 1S35, but not until 1855 was the work properly done, and until 1876 the improvement waprosecuted. The Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad began workin 1849, and in 1857 the Father of Waters was reachedat Prairie du Chien. This was the moderate beginningof the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul. The crisis of 1857 crippled the citys credit and setba( K its growth, financially, several years. The city has suffered fifty-eight destructive fires sincethe first conflagration wiped out Sam Browns house in1836. The losses ranged from $25,000 to $1,000,000,. MILWAUKEE IN 1859. and include the twice burning of the city records. Thefirst church was organized November 19, 1836, and wasof the Baptist denomination. Since then, thirty housesof worship have been built. The first bank was thebank of Milwaukee, chartered in 1836 and repealed in1839. Of *he famous breweries, the Lake, establishedin 1840 by Owens & Company, was the first. The firstpropeller was launched in 1842, she was called the Van-dalia. The first newspaper was the Sentinel, issued June7 i^37i aicl made a daily Januar} 12, 1S50. So hath Milwaukee grown and waxed great, as isshown in another article on the Milwaukee of is a romance. True, of the practical type, but stilla romance of men, growth and grit. It will be found to(late when the Milwaukee of to-day is taken up.
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