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Town of Trenton

Author: Krista Grensavitch
Long shot of St. Augustine Catholic Church's facade and side. The building sits on the left. The cemetery is on the right. The church's facade features an enclosed and roofed porch. Fieldstones compose the exterior wall of the building's base, topped with a gable roof. Four round-arched windows appear on the side. A small structure with a white-colored exterior wall rises atop the base with a steeple roof. Green trees are on the church's left and in the background.
The Town of Trenton is located on the eastern edge of Washington County and originally occupied a six-mile square, or thirty-six square miles of land. This land area diminished after an extensive series of annexations by the neighboring Town of West Bend, the construction of the West Bend Municipal Airport, and the incorporation of the… Read More

Town of Waukesha

Author: Pilar Melero
The first town hall for the Town of Waukesha, pictured here in the 1930s, was built in 1842.
The history of the Town of Waukesha parallels that of Waukesha County. It was established originally on January 2, 1838 as part of the Town of Muskego within Milwaukee County (as was the rest of what is now Waukesha County). In 1839, it became a separate township under the name of Prairie Village, changing to… Read More

Town of Wayne

Author: Krista Grensavitch
Bird's eye view of an extensive area of the Theresa Marsh State Wildlife. Trees and shrubs appear as far as the eye can see. A flock of birds flies above the landscape in the image's center. Two agricultural structures are visible on a hill in the background.
Named in honor of the Revolutionary War’s General Anthony Wayne, the Town of Wayne is located in northwestern-most point in Washington County. It borders Fond du Lac County to the north and Dodge County to the west. When European incomers arrived and settled the area, beginning in 1846, they found a dense hardwood forest. Much… Read More

Transportation

Author: Joseph A. Rodriguez
Grayscale long shot of a man sitting atop a horse-drawn wagon carrying a metal tank in an empty street. The two horses that pull the wagon face to the left. The man holds the reins while making eye contact with the camera lens. A long wooden fence appears in the background. A building is visible on the far right back.
The Milwaukee area has been a crossroads for travelers throughout its history as an inhabited place. Milwaukeeans and their goods have gotten around by foot, horse, and engine power, using transportation technologies ranging from wheeled wagons to trains, streetcars, automobiles, busses, boats, and ships. Milwaukee’s transportation routes link people together within the region and to… Read More

Transportation Policy

Author: Karen W. Moore
Grayscale long shot of automobiles, horse-drawn carriages, and trolleys traversing E. Wisconsin Avenue. The vehicles run from the background toward the left foreground. Overhead wires are visible. The lane near the camera lens is almost empty. A few people walk on the right side of the image. Tall buildings line either side of the street.
Milwaukee sits at the confluence of three rivers: the Milwaukee, Menomonee, and Kinnickinnic on Lake Michigan’s western shore, some eighty miles north of Chicago. This location has always been central to its appeal. The first sailing vessel to dock on its shores arrived in 1778, seventy years before Wisconsin became a state. For centuries, native… Read More

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

Author: Jenna Jacobs
Elevated view of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church building soaring in the distance. Other buildings are visible in the foreground and around the church in the background. Beneath this sepia-colored photograph is a text that reads "Trinity Church, Cor. Ninth, and Prairie Streets."
Standing at the corner of North 9th Street and West Highland Avenue in downtown Milwaukee, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church has been called the “Mother Church of Missouri Synod Lutheranism” in Milwaukee. Designed by German immigrant Frederick Velguth for Milwaukee’s oldest German Lutheran congregation, the Victorian Gothic structure, completed in 1880, is recognized as a municipal… Read More

Ukrainians

Author: Bill Reck
Exterior view of St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church in grayscale tone. The image shows the church's facade and side. The facade features three bays with an entrance and stairs in the center. A three-pointed arched window is on the left and right bay. Two windows of a similar type are above the entrance. Atop them is a small structure topped with a steep roof. Several arched windows are on the building's side.
The small Ukrainian-American community in Milwaukee began with immigrants in the early twentieth century and received additional migrants after World War II and the fall of the Soviet Union. For over a century, religious institutions, affiliated either with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church or the Ukrainian Catholic Church, have provided a place to sustain and maintain… Read More

Unitarian Universalists

Author: Laura Rominger Porter
Grayscale long shot of the First Unitarian Society building sitting on a street corner. The building has several arched windows, dormer windows, and arched entrances. An empty street spans from left to right in the foreground.
Unitarianism in Milwaukee dates to 1842 when a contingent of liberal Christians gathered to hear a visiting preacher and proceeded to form the First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee. Approximately forty members began meeting in the old city courthouse, and soon erected a church and secured a permanent minister from Massachusetts. As liberal Protestants who privileged… Read More

United Church of Christ

Author: John Helt
Grayscale long shot of Plymouth Church UCC building sitting on the street corner. The image shows the church facade and side. The facade is on the right, featuring an arched entrance and a large arched window above. The side is on the left, featuring a smaller arched entrance and several windows. An intersection and cars parked on the street's side are visible in the foreground. Leafless tall trees grow on the road verge.
The United Church of Christ (UCC), founded in 1957, and its predecessor denominations can trace their history to the earliest settlement of greater Milwaukee. The UCC is a twentieth century union of four American Protestant churches: Congregational, Christian, German Evangelical Synod, and German Reformed. Congregational, German Evangelical Synod, and German Reformed congregations gathered in this… Read More

United Migrant Opportunity Services, Inc. (UMOS)

Author: Joseph A. Rodriguez
Grayscale long shot of migrant laborers leaving a cucumber field in Portage, Wisconsin. A woman and a man walk in the foreground. The woman appears on the left, in the middle of a path that stretches from the right background to the left foreground. The man in a hat carrying a bucket appears in the right foreground. They walk toward the right. Other workers are visible in the background. Rows of cucumber plants can be seen here and there.
In the early 1960s, up to 15,000 migrant workers, mostly Mexican Americans from Texas, were arriving in Wisconsin each year to harvest crops and work in canneries. However, the increasing mechanization of Wisconsin agricultural production, bad weather, and overproduction that resulted in crops being plowed under instead of harvested left some migrants from Texas without… Read More

United Performing Arts Fund

Author: Michael Gonzales
Grayscale long shot of a long banner that reads "Don't just applaud, send money" carried by several people on the stage in Uihlein Hall. The banner hides some of the Milwaukee Youth Symphony members that sit behind it. The conductor stands on the right, facing the orchestra members. The spectators' heads are visible in the image's foreground. They are seated while watching the performance.
The United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF) is a collaborative, non-profit organization that has been central to the growth of Milwaukee’s performing arts community. Its mission is to “promote the performing arts” and to provide “financial support of the performing arts in Southeastern Wisconsin.” UPAF has raised more than $250 million since its inception in the… Read More

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Author: John H. Schroeder
Bird's eye view of UWM building complex and its vicinity in grayscale tone. Other buildings and trees in the neighborhoods are in the foreground and background. Lake Michigan spans the far background.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is the largest university in Milwaukee and the second largest (behind UW-Madison) in Wisconsin. In 2016, UWM enrolled 27,000 undergraduate and graduate students with a faculty and academic staff of more than 1,600. That same year, UWM was classified as a top-tier, Category 1 Research University by the Carnegie Classification of… Read More

University of Wisconsin-Washington County

Author: John Degnitz
Bird's eye view of UW-Washington County Campus and its vicinity. The building complex and parking area are surrounded by green landscapes adorned with trees beginning to turn with fall colors. Other buildings appear in the far background.
The University of Wisconsin-Washington County (UW-WC) is one of thirteen University of Wisconsin colleges, this one primarily serving students from Washington, Ozaukee, Dodge, and Milwaukee counties. Located in West Bend, UW-WC offers courses leading to 250 majors at this freshman/sophomore campus. Collaborative bachelor degree programs with UW-Oshkosh, UW-Platteville, and UW-Milwaukee allow students to obtain four-year… Read More

University of Wisconsin-Waukesha

Author: Ellen Langill
Exterior view of the UWM building at Waukesha Commons in daylight. The building's facade is elaborate. The entrance sits behind a series of large columns. Someone in a backpack walks past a front stair towards the entrance. The stairs are in the far right foreground. Landscaping plants appear in the foreground. The blue sky is above.
In the 1960s, Wisconsin experienced a large spike in student enrollments as the baby boomers graduated from high school and looked for advanced educational opportunities. Waukesha County, in particular, saw a tremendous increase in population as families moved west from Milwaukee along the new Interstate 94 corridor. Wisconsin’s flagship university in Madison could not accommodate… Read More

University School of Milwaukee

Author: Aaron Kinskey
Grayscale long shot of the German-English Academy building. The 3½-story structure sits in the background behind several trees growing on the sidewalk. The building has two wings connected by a small hyphen that features a roofed entryway. Groups of rectangular windows are dominant in the building's right wing. Three two-story arched windows are in the left wing, hidden behind trees. A series of arched-windowed dormers appear at the top of each wing. A street spans the foreground.
The University School of Milwaukee, located in the suburb of River Hills, was created by a merger of the Milwaukee Country Day School, Milwaukee Downer Seminary, and Milwaukee University School in 1963. It is comprised of students ranging from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade. The Milwaukee University School, formerly the German-English Academy, and its distinct teaching… Read More

Up North

Author: Barbara Haig
Grayscale long shot of Rudolph and Alice Gruettner waving from a boat floating on Rice Creek. Weathered tree trunks appear on the surface of the water in the image's foreground. Tall lush trees grow along the bank in the far background.
According to the Wisconsin Department of Tourism, “Up North” is a relative term, more of a state of mind than an actual place. That’s especially true for people from Milwaukee. The Movoto travel guide states, “if a Milwaukeean says they’re headed ‘up north’ for the weekend, it means they’re taking a few days to simply… Read More

Urban Ecology Center

Author: Katie Steffan
Exterior view of the Urban Ecology Center's main building facing slightly to the left. The building has a balcony and porch on the left and wooden garage doors on the right. Atop the doors is inscribed "Urban Ecology Center" in green. Two vehicles are parked in front of the garage. A pole with street signs appears in the right foreground. The blue sky is above.
The Urban Ecology Center (UEC) is a nonprofit organization that promotes environmental awareness in Milwaukee. In 1991 residents of the area around Riverside Park began organizing park cleanups as a way to teach children about the environment, as well as to fight pollution and crime. They soon organized as the UEC and began hosting classes… Read More

Urban Renewal

Author: Sean O’Farrell
Grayscale elevated view of a demolished lot on the left and other buildings on the right and far background. A two-story commercial place appears on the left back with a sign that reads "Baensch Food Products Co" attached to the upper floor wall, and another sign reads "Leading Machinery Co" on the ground floor wall. Utility poles stand in the foreground next to a dirt road stretching right to the left.
In Milwaukee, urban renewal largely took place between the mid-1960s and the early 1980s, primarily in Midtown and adjoining neighborhoods during the mayoralty of Henry W. Maier. In preceding decades, due in large part to the economic stagnation and dislocation caused by the Great Depression and World War II, significant portions of Milwaukee’s infrastructure had… Read More

US Bank Center

Author: Catherine Jones
Long shot of the U.S. Bank Center tower soaring above other buildings in the vicinity. The Lakefront Park is in the image's foreground. Several green trees and red-colored landscaping plants grow in the park. The blue sky is above.
The US Bank Center was constructed as the home of the First Wisconsin National Bank. In 1969 the company unveiled plans to move from its headquarters at 735 N. Water Street to a new downtown headquarters building at 777 E. Wisconsin Avenue. When finished in 1973, the surpassed Milwaukee’s CITY HALL as the tallest in… Read More

UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena

Author: Diana Belscamper
Long shot of the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena sitting on a street corner. The image shows the facade and side. The facade face to the left. The building's name sign and logo appear on the top front of the structure. Red bricks compose the building, topped with a large arched roof. A large street stretches from left to right in the foreground.
The Milwaukee Arena was the city’s major sports and entertainment facility when it opened in 1950. The Arena was home to Milwaukee’s first National Basketball Association team, the Hawks, and hosted events including the Tripoli Shrine Circus, Holiday on Ice, and orchestra concerts. One of the nation’s first venues designed to accommodate television broadcasting, the… Read More
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