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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLT3_golda-meir_Milwaukee-WI.html
The UWM Library is named for Golda Meir. Born Goldie Mabowehz in the Ukraine, she migrated to Milwaukee in 1906, was educated at Fourth Street School, North Division High School, and in present Mitchell Hall of Milwaukee Normal School (1916-17). S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLS3_carl-sandburg-hall_Milwaukee-WI.html
Carl Sandburg (1878-1967), poet, balladeer, biographer of Lincoln, soldier in the Spanish-American War, came from Illinois to Wisconsin in December 1907 as a state organizer for the Social-Democratic party in eastern Wisconsin. After marrying Lill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLMP_wisconsins-oldest-newspaper_Milwaukee-WI.html
The Milwaukee Sentinel has chronicled the events of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the world longer than any other newspaper in the state. Founded as a weekly on June 27, 1837 by Solomon Juneau, Milwaukee's first mayor, the Sentinel was first published…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLMN_pabst-theater_Milwaukee-WI.html
Designed by Otto Strack and built by Milwaukee brewing magnate Captain Frederick Pabst, the Pabst Theater was constructed on the site of an earlier opera house destroyed by fire in 1895. The Pabst was completed in just six months and opened on Nov…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLII_macarthur-square_Milwaukee-WI.html
MacArthur Square was designated on September 17, 1945 to honor General of the Army Douglas MacArthur for his leadership of Allied forces in the Pacific during World War II. MacArthur, his father General Arthur MacArthur, and his grandfather Judge …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML8I_revolutionary-war-veteran_Wauwatosa-WI.html
FrontPatriot James Morgan was born April 5, 1748, in Frederick County, Virginia. At the age of 30, Morgan enlisted in the Revolution for a three-month tour in Colonel John Evan's Virginia Regiment. He served with General McIntosh's campaign in the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKV6_erastus-b-wolcott-m-d_Milwaukee-WI.html
Dr. Erastus B. Wolcott was an originator of the idea for a national soldier's home in Milwaukee.
A spirited leader in medicine, business and government, he was state surgeon-general during the Civil War and an ardent advocate for what is now th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKTZ_first-milwaukee-cargo-pier_Milwaukee-WI.html
Near here, at the foot of Huron (now Clybourn) Street, the first cargo pier in Milwaukee harbor was built by Horatio Stevens, Richard Owens, Amos Tufts and J.G. Kendall during the winter of 1842-43. The first vessel to dock at North Pier was the C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKTX_meadowmere_West-Allis-WI.html
This tract of land was once a part of the estate on which General William (Billy) Mitchell (1879-1936) lived as a boy. His fearless and inquisitive personality as a youth carried over into his military career when he spoke out against overwhelming…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKTM_invention-of-the-typewriter_Milwaukee-WI.html
At 318 State Street, approximately 300 feet northeast of here, C. Latham Sholes perfected the first practical typewriter in September, 1869. Here he worked during the summer with Carlos Glidden, Samuel W. Soule, & Matthias Schwalbach in the machin…