History of Milwaukee, city and county . EAST WATER STREET, SOUTH OF WISCONSIN STREET, IX THE FORTIES ?. A BUSINESS HOUSE (iN CHESTNUT STREETCorner of Fourth si r>>.-t, occu] 1 bj Bauer & Steinmeyer until L8T< THE ERA OF [NTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS 209 Often in these pictorial prospectuses could be seen a fiwi11i_f streamwinding its romantic course through the heart of an ideal city thus creating water lots and wharfing facilities even though no stream existed on thespot. But where a real stream, however diminutive, did rind its way to theshores of the lake, no matter what was the cha
History of Milwaukee, city and county . EAST WATER STREET, SOUTH OF WISCONSIN STREET, IX THE FORTIES ?. A BUSINESS HOUSE (iN CHESTNUT STREETCorner of Fourth si r>>.-t, occu] 1 bj Bauer & Steinmeyer until L8T< THE ERA OF [NTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS 209 Often in these pictorial prospectuses could be seen a fiwi11i_f streamwinding its romantic course through the heart of an ideal city thus creating water lots and wharfing facilities even though no stream existed on thespot. But where a real stream, however diminutive, did rind its way to theshores of the lake, no matter what was the character of the surroundingcountry, some enterprising promoter would hasten to the nearest land officeand secure the tract at the Government price. Then the desolate waste ofsand and Fens, says a historian of the period, was suddenly elevated intoa nrghty city with a projected harbor and lighthouse, railroads ami canals,and in a short time the circumjacent lands were sold in lots. Not the puniestbrook on the shore of Lake Michigan was suffered to remain without a cityat its mouth, and whoever wi
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