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History, TeopCe, MiCwaukee "River, Tarks, Indian History, Municipal North Shore JiCtration TCant, Apartments and ConcCos, MisceCCaneous.
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MIMI BIRD, 1933-2002
Mimi Bird knew just what she wanted for a final resting place. After all, she spent years of her life exploring the Town of Milwaukee Union Cemetery, tucked away north of Bayshore Mall in Whitefish Bay. She remembered running through the cemetery as a girl "to scare ourselves on Halloween". Years later, as a neighbor and a historian, she began tending the little cemetery and quite literally, uncovering its history.
Bird died of emphysema Thursday at the Glendale condominium she called home the last four years. She was 69. "She really died from cigarette smoking" said husband John D. Bird. "That's what did it."
She was born Miriam Young in Milwaukee. When she was 4, her parents moved to Whitefish Bay. That was where she grew up and spent her adult life. It was also where she became the undisputed expert on local history, both in the village and the greater North Shore area.
In her earlier years Bird had worked as a secretary. She met her husband when their mothers — concerned about their two twenty-something children remaining unmarried—managed to fix them up for a date. She spent the next decades in volunteer work, including at their children's schools, and working part time for the Whitefish Bay Public Library. In 1976, she began to research her genealogy and that of her husband's family. As that was winding down in the early 1980s, Bird heard about the Whitefish Bay Historical Society.
Her first project involved locating, photographing and researching hundreds of the oldest homes in the village. All kinds of other research followed. Some of the leads took her to the Town of Milwaukee cemetery. There she looked for sunken spots, sticking a spade into the ground. She found dozens of old fallen tombstones, buried by time under the earth. "I just had this wonderful feeling of elation when I'd find an old one," Bird said in a 1983 interview. "The tombstones were the only (surviving) records of births and deaths."
Bird filled volumes with everything from real estate records to the early details of village life, its farms, businesses and people. She pored over the minutes of every Village Board meeting from 1892 until 1950. She interviewed old- timers, acquiring old letters and documents. Bird eventually researched the rest of the old Town of Milwaukee, which includes what's now the North Shore area, and the adjacent Town of Granville. And when Whitefish Bay had a 100th anniversary in 1992, she produced a book on local history. In 1991, Bird was recognized by the Milwaukee County Historical Society. Her research continues to be available at the Whitefish Bay Library, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Golda Meir Library, the County Historical Society and the Milwaukee Central Library's local history room.
Survivors include her husband, John; sons David J. and Peter E.; brother Carter H. Young; grandchildren; and other relatives.. .Her ashes will be buried at the Town of Union Cemetery. [Obituary by Amy Rabideau Silvers for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 10/14/02.] Whitefish Bay Archives Glendale, vol. 31
• History (p. 1-110)
• People (p. 111-142)
• Milwaukee River (p. 143-178)
• Parks (p. 179-202)
• Indian History (p. 203-230)
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© ® Mimi Bird 19 92 HISTORICAL TID-BITS ""Upper Milwaukee" is the name of a new city just laid out in the SWi Sec. 29 T8 N R22 E on the W bank of the Milwaukee River, ten miles above its mouth and ^ mile from the lake. This town was formerly the site of an Indian village and forms the lower part of a beautiful prairie, the only one in this region. The waterpower here is so considerable that it will be sufficient for any number of machines and the soil is fit for any agriculture. The roads from Milwaukee to Green Bay, Sauc Village and Sheboygan lead through here. Here is the only place where the canal to connect the great Mississippi with the Milwaukee River can possibly terminate. THis canal will take the Menomonee River as a tributary above the falls and then and here. This "Glorious Prairie" is east of the Green Bay road somewhat below Bender's water-powered sawmill; one has to add this." From "Milwaukee" by Rudolph Koss. (The prairie was on the south side of Bender Road, running S to Silver Spring Dr. There were several Indian mounds in this area, destroyed by the progress of roads and houses.)
LOCAL BRIDGES The early Green Tree Rd. bridge, Silver Spring Dr. bridge and the bridge over the river on the Port Rd. were built by William Stabelfeldt, with helpers; built of wood. From Anson M. Buttles to Mimi Bird, 1989. The Green Tree bridge originally was a little south of its present location and was rebuilt in 1917 by the House of Correction prisoners, due to the lack of a labor shortage because of World War I. The old Bender's bridge was named "the old red bridge" since it was built of steel and rusted. (From Gilbert Sellin, who lives at 6345 N. Sunny Point Rd., site of Bender's early saw mill.) It was originally built on a NE/SW angle north of its present location and led from Bender's sawmill, located on the E side of the river, to the W side of the river.
C&NW RAILROAD'S NEW TRACK NORTH OF BENDER ROAD This track was laid in 1927/28 after the removal of the N/S tracks running through Shorewood and Whitefish Bay. The new track connected to existing tracks on the west at 43rd St., south of Mill Rd., curving to the north just E of Richards St. (St. Monica Blvd.) to connect with the existing north/south track. There had been a large hill in Kletzsch Park, created when the sand and gravel had been removed from that area and sold. The dirt from this hill was pushed by 120 mules and pulled by another 120 mules to create the new hill for the RR trestle. The mules often broke their legs on the steep incline of the new trestle hill. (Also from Anson M. Buttles.) Dirt was also removed from the now flat area north of the
® new tracks between St. Monica Blvd. and Port Washington Rd. The Marsh Co. put in the railroad bridge over the river north of Bender Rd. The Hickcox barn, located in present Clover- nook Subdivision (subdivision named after the Hickcox farm) was used to house the mules and also for feeding the railroad construction workers.
GRAVEL PITS Beginning in the late 1890's, local farmers sold off parts of their farmland for the removal of sand and gravel, to make ends meet. The gravel was used for road repair and creating new roads; there was a heavy demand for this material. There are existing ponds W of Green Bay Rd. created from digging out the sand and gravel. The Kleist family owned much of the land around the Green Bay/Green Tree Rds. area and had their own gravel company. West of the Silver Spring House and the Kehillat Torah Synagogue, in the 6700 block of Green Bay Rd., these ponds exist. Several subdivisions have been built around other ponds in Glendale. There were gravel pits under present Bay Shore Mall, later used as dump sites by the Village of Whitefish Bay and Town of Milwaukee. The Grober and Lutz families operated these pits and dump sites. POSTING OF NOTICES IN 1866 and THE CEDARBURG ROAD The five most public places to post notices in the Town of Mil waukee were Ernst Mesicke's Tavern, Krocker's Tavern (S of the present Silver Spring House on Green Bay Rd.), at the tollgate on Washington Rd. (Port Washington Rd. - perhaps in the Keefe Ave. area), at the tollgate on Green Bay Rd., and at the 4 Mile House on the Washington Rd. (Schuetz's "Heidelburg Inn" in the present 5400 block of Port Washington Rd., now site of the defunct Holiday Inn motel, 5423 N. Port Washington Rd.) The Seven Mile House was on the Cedarburg Rd. (43rd St.) at Good Hope Rd., the Ten Mile House was located on Brown Deer and the old Cedarburg Rd. (now the Green Bay Rd. overpass at Brown Deer Rd.) Both were in the former Town of Granville. The Cedarburg Rd. was merged with and became Teutonia Ave., merged again with Green Bay Rd. N of Bradley Rd. and only exists today in the Village of Brown Deer as Deerwood Ln. and in a small area SW of Green Bay Rd., S of Dean Rd. (if Dean Rd. existed in that area.)
LINDWURM ISLAND - LINCOLN PARK INFO. Located in the Milwaukee River at site of present on-ramp to 1-4 3 S of Hampton Rd. Named for William Lindwurm who owned most of the land know known as Lincoln Park (formerly Lindwurm Park). The island was removed during the reconstruction of the river, along with other islands, because of the massive overflowing of the river south of Henry Clay St. There is a natural rise of stone under the river on the E side of the Port Washington Rd* bridge - about ^ block E - and it was at that location that the Indians crossed the river because of the river's shallowness. The C&NW RR tracks crossing Port Washington Rd. S of Henry Clay St. were originally laid on the ground; the tracks were elevated in the 1920's. The large hill on the S side of the tracks, W side of 1-43 was created when the river was dredged and rerouted in that area to stop the flooding across the Port Rd. The mud and muck taken from the river was deposited on the S side of the tracks to create the present hill. The old District #10 school was located on the S side of those tracks, W side of Port Washington Rd., built in 1868 on land leased by Lindwurm to the School District. The school was razed in 1919 or 1920. The tracks were laid in 1872.
CRYSTAL SPRING PARK AND TAVERN This was located on the W side of Port Washington Rd. at approximately River Front Dr., beginning in the late 1880fs, early 1890's by Max Zabel. There are still springs underneath the ground in this area, as many residents can attest to, with their wet basements, and the Dept. of Transportation discovered during the reconstruction of 1-43 in the spring of 1991. These springs created a small lake to the west of the Crystal Springs tavern, large enough to row boats on, with picnic areas around the edges. At one time, there was a sign on the tavern saying "Hoppen Walz - Gatten Haus" meaning "love to dance" and a ballroom was later added to the tavern. There were also small cabins around the tavern used by "women of the night." During prohibition, gallons of beer were poured into the horse trough in the basement of the Crystal Spring tavern. In the late 1920's and early 1930's, the lake was filled in, the area was subdivided into lots and named the Crystal Spring Subdivision.
BOTANICAL GARDENS and TOWN OF MILW. TOWN HALL Gustav Trostel (Trostel Tannery Co.) purchased 41 acres between the old Port Washington Rd. and the Milwaukee River, site of present Nicolet High School. Trostel sold a 5 acre parcel to Charles Solomon, who built the house at 6789 N. Elm Tree Rd. in 1910, still standing. Solomons then sold the house and land back to Trostel. Trostels then used the house as a summer retreat, developing the remaining 36 acres into a private botanical garden and working farm. The subdivision known today as Clovernook, located on the W side of 1-43 and Jean Nicolet Rd., was purchased in 1902 by the Gilbert Hickcox family. The 20 acre land was turned into a dairy operation, but they converted a portion into the Wild Life Protective Society, for use as a preserve. The society was incorporated and then sold off a portion to the Wisconsin Town Lot Co. for $6000.00 on 4/28/1926 - the beginnings of de velopment in that area. The Hickcox family named their farm "Clovernook" and the name is still preserved in the subdivision. The house at 901 W. Green Tree Rd. was built in 1889/90 by Waldemar Wernich, who sold it and 10 acres of land to Wilhelm Alfred Richter in 1890, for $5000.00. Richter turned his land into a fruit farm, registered as "Waldhof Fruit Farm & Nursery" and left it to a son, Walter. Howard and Louise M. Greene of City of Milw. conveyed to the Milw. Arboretum, a corporation of Milw., WI, on 8/22/1908 a piece of land approximately 92' wide on the N side of Bender Rd., running 1000' N, but widening out into a bulge in the middle of its N/S length. This natural preserve was just N of the present North Shore Walter Filtration building, on the NW corner of Bender and Jean Nicolet Rds. The old Town of Milw. Town Hall sat in front of this preserve, on a piece of land 50 x 1001 wide, N side of Bender Rd., loaned to the town by Max Zabel. The frame building, built 1872, replaced the meeting room in Benderes grist mill where town elders met on its 2nd floor.
TRUCK FARMS/GARDENS Most Town of Milwaukee farmers had small farms; there were few farms over 30 acres. The soil was not as good in this area as that farther to the west. The truck farmers "trucked" their produce to City markets or to Commission Row during summer months. Many small farms grew lettuce. The Grober family raised strawberries on their farm on Port Washington Rd. Meissners, also on the Port Rd., near Henry Clay St., raised cucumbers for their pickle factory. Geilfuss' on Bay Ridge Ave., just S of Silver Spring Rd., raised cauliflower, claiming to have introduced it to this area. Later, nurseries became popular. Alex Schmidt had a sizeable wholesale nursery on the E side of River Rd., just N of Good Hope Rd. The Grades and Schroeders had nurseries on Good Hope and Port Washington Rds. George Kitzerow had his nursery on the W side of Port Washington Rd., just N of Silver Spring Rd. Florist Ave. was supposedly named for farmers growing flowers there in the 'teens through the 1940's. Apple Tree Rd. was so-named by the Degner family - early settlers - for their apple orchard on the E side of Port Washing ton Rd. The two largest dairy farms that I am aware of were the Kryzsch family's, on 80 acres they rented from William Swain between St. Monica Blvd. and Idlewild Ave., Silver Spring Rd. to Henry Clay, and the Hickcox dairy in present Clovernook Sub division. Gardeners shown in the 1902 Town of Milw. directory with their Post Office addresses: Armhein, Ignatius - Station E Benzing, Engelbert - 515 Cramer St. (lived in Shorewood) Bischoff, William - Silver Springs Dassow, Gustav - Whitefish Bay Dickmann, Theodore - Silver Springs Dulau, Charles E. _ East Milw.
% Ernst, Gottlieb - Silver Springs Filter, Emil - Silver Springs Geilfuss, Bernard - Silver Springs Grober, William - Station E Grober, Gustav - Silver Springs Haessler, Herman - Station E Hupfer, Charles - Silver Springs Ische, John - Silver Springs Keipper, Philip - Station E Koehler, William - Silver Springs Mayer, John - Station E Mohr, Philip - Whitefish Bay Neumann, Samuel - Station E Paul, Ernst - Silver Springs Peterson, John - Dillman Pulze, Theodore - Whitefish Bay (should be Poize) Sawtell, Jos. E. - Station E Schmidt, John A. ditto Schoof, William ditto Schuetz, Charles ditto Schulpius, Chas. A. ditto Sellin, Frank - Silver Springs Siewerth, William - ditto Timpel, Ernst - Whitefish Bay Webber, Joseph C. ditto Witte, Adolph - Silver Springs
BENDER'S GRIST MILL, SAW MILL, MILL RD. AND BENDER RD. The grist mill was built by Peter Bender's sons right after the Civil War, named Bender's Superior Mills. It stood on the W side of the Milw. River, at the approximate location of W. Mill Rd. and the river and stood 3 stories high. The 2nd floor was used for Town Hall meetings until 1872, when a Town Hall was built near the NW corner of present Jean Nicolet and Bender Rds. In later years, the grist mill was used as an ice house, along with many other ice houses in the area along the river. Ice blocks were cut out of the river, wrapped in insulating paper, completely covered with hay and straw and kept until summer when it was used for ice boxes - forerunners of our refrigerators. Farmers were able to supplement their incomes this way. The grist mill was torn down when Jerry Klein purchased the land and built his Town 'n Country Nightclub on the site in the late 1920's. It was an era of roadhouses throughout the county and country! Jerry Klein's father, Frank Klein, had the old tavern on the NE corner of W. Mill and Green Bay Rds. Its site is at the SW edge of Kletzsch Park; the tavern burned to the ground in 1982 (owned by Larry Gruen at the time.) Directly across the river from Bender's grist mill was his saw mill. The angled portion of Sunny Point Rd., immedi ately N of Bender Rd., led directly to this mill, located at the river's edge at present 6245 N. Sunny Point Rd. The early bridge across the river was built S of the mill and its stone work can still be seen on the E side of the river, N of Bender Rd. The 1st bridge angled NE to SW. On 11/13/1850, Every Agnes and wife, Elise, to Charles G. Everts, all of town of Milw. for $100.00 for 4 acres in SW^ Sec. 20 to be used for a ditch to lead water from the Milw. River to a mill to be erected on the E fraction of Lot #1 Sec. 30 T8 on E side of river and the right to leave the earth excavated on E side of said ditch beyond the 25 ft. men tioned. (See BENDER family for complete land description in deed.) This ditch was a mill race for Bender's saw mill. A deed dated 10/8/1851 states "land on which premises is a sawmill owned in part by Peter Bender subject to a mortgage of $1200.00 " and "a strip of land lying west of and including the mill race and a strip of land on the E side of the mill race." To Peter Bender, 1/17/1852 for $50.00 for constructing a dam across the Milw. River opposite to and adjacent to land of Garrett and Mary Ann Barry in the NE^ Sec. 30 T8 N R22 E. Remments of the mill race can still be seen within Kletzsch Park, S of Green Tree Rd., leading to the S edge of the curve of the river at "Sunny Point." By digging this ditch, Bender was able to forego sending logs down the river and around the large curve there; the mill race continued on the S shore of the river along what is now Sunny Point Lane. Bender's 1st dam was constructed of logs and stood in the approximate location of the present dam in Kletzsch Park. In the area of Green Tree Rd. at the Milw. River, John Henry Thien had built a log dam for his grist mill, located on the E side of the river, S side of Green Tree Rd. The dam was just N of the old bridge. Dams were needed for a rush of water to power their mill wheels. The area known today as Bender Rd., between Port Washington Rd. and the river, was originally named "Brown's Rd." for James Brown, a large landowner/farmer on the N side of that road. Bender's Rd. was between the river and Green Bay Rd. After Alvin Peter Bender married Evelyn Rhoda Brown, dau. of James, the entire road was renamed Bender Rd. I do not know when Mill Rd. was named, but there were mills at both ends of this road in the 1850's - one out at the W end of the Town of Granville near 124th St. and Bender's mill at the E end of this road, thus ensuring the name of "Mill" Rd. The millrace and mill at the W end was on the Menomonee River. One of the 1st houses built of logs sawn at Bender's saw mill still stands at 6365 N. Sunny Point Rd. - the Agnes house. The Consaul house, 716 E. Silver Spring Dr., also had siding sawn at this mill. Information comes from descendants of the Agnes and Consaul families to Mimi Bird.
THIEN/HERMANN/PIERRON GRIST MILL - GREEN TREE RD. Carl Hermann purchased 24 acres in NW^ Sec. 20 Town 8 - land on the S side of Green Tree Rd., E and W sides of the Milw. River, including 20 acres of the former John Henry Thien's mill property. Thien left the area to found Thiens- ville; Hermann purchased the above land in Jan. 1866 from Thien's estate and 4 acres from Xaverus and Louise Stark of Racine Co. Thien's mill was a grist mill; Hermann and his step-sons, William and Charles Pierron, converted it into the Silver Spring Mills, manufacturing starch and cereals. Later, it became a split pea factory and they built an ink factory on the W side of the river, S of Green Tree Rd. Thien had built a log dam just N of Green Tree Rd.; an early bridge existed just N of the present bridge. The dam was used for waterpower for the mill. (From Janet Pierron Jacobi Holland, great-granddaughter of Louis and Catherine Pierron; Catherine marr. as her 2nd husband Carl Hermann. Janet's grandfather was William Pierron.) When Kathrina Hermann, widow of Louis Pierron and Carl Hermann, died 1897, she left among other real estate, the SW fract. of NW^ Sec. 20 lying E of the Milw. River, including dwelling house, mill, other buildings and improvements. The mill no longer existed when Janet Holland was a child in the 'teens.
POST OFFICES Most postal stations were located at/near railroad stations; others had mail dropped at a RR intersection, then taken to a nearby saloon or grocery store for pick-up. By 1902 there was rural delivery in many locations - horse drawn wagon delivering mail to farms. The 1902 Town of Milw. directory lists the following as area postal offices: Berthelet: Changed from former Lindwurm Station. Lo cated at Milw. Cement Works in SW^ Sec. 4 T7 Town of Milw., about i mi. N of Milw. City limits. Daily mail. Brown Deer: Station on CM&St.Paul RR (Lake Superior Div.), also known as Ten Mile House, on Cedarburg Plank rd., 7 mi. N of Milw. City line in NW^ Sec. 12 Town of Granville. Louis Heuer, postmaster. Daily mail. Dillman: P.O. on Port Washington rd., NE^ Sec. 8 Town of Milw., about 8 mi. N of Milw. city limits. Station is on C&NW RR in swi Sec. 4, about ^ mi. distant. Mail Tues. and Sat. (Station was on Brown Deer Rd. at approximately Regent Rd.) East Milw. (now Shorewood): An incorporated village in Town 7, Milw., between Milw. Rier and Lake Michigan, just N of north city limits. Good Hope: Discontinued post office; mail now to Brown Deer and North Milw. (This was the intersection of Good Hope and Green Bay rds., the Good Hope Inn was located on the NW corner, a saloon and overnight stop while traveling.) Lake Shore Junction: Station on C&NW RR about ^ mi, N of Milw. city limits. Lindwurm: Station on C&NW RR in NE^ Sec. 5 Town 7; post office is Berthelet. (Lindwurm station was on the S side of
(?) Hampton rd., W of St. Monica Blvd. at the C&NW tracks.) Silver Springs: P.O. and station on C&NW RR in SE^ Sec. 30, Town of Milw., on Green Bay Rd. about 3 mi. N of Milw. city limits. Daily mail. George Hammer, postmaster. Ten Mile House: See Brown Deer. Whitefish Bay: Station and incorporated village on C&NW RR in NW^- Sec. 33 Town of Milw., about 3 mi. N of Milw. city Hits. Connected with Milw. by street railway, daily mail. Postmaser, John D. Singles. Williamsburg: Territory N of Milw. city limits between the Milw. River and Cedarburg Rd. (Teutonia Ave.) Post office changed to Station E.
TAVERNS Saloons/taverns played a large part in the lives of early settlers and the generations after. Taxes were paid, town meetings, sheriff's sales and land auctions were held there; several were rest stops for travelers and their horses. Men stopped in any time, women were allowed in only with men and usually for a social event such as a dance. The 1902 directory lists the following: (Use P.O. addresses listed above) Dittman, Fred - Station E, Milw. Gaulke, Otto H. - Station E. (NW corner Hampton ad Port Washington Rd.) Grober, Louis - Whitefish Bay (6030 Port Wash, rd., site of present Pizza Hut restaurant) Hammer, George - Silver Springs Hartman, Peter - Silver Springs Herbst, Christ. - Brown Deer Hoffmann, Herman - Silver Springs Johns, Mrs. Frances - Station E (NE corner Green Bay and Hampton rds.) Hubert, Karl - East Milw. Keipper, Phil. - Brown Deer (Keipper's Park was on E side of present Green Bay Rd., N side of Dean Rd., if Dean Rd. continued east in this area.) Kleinhans, George - Station E Kleist, John - Silver Springs (Silver Spring House on Green Bay Rd.) Koeppel, Wilhelmina Mrs. - Station E Konopka, Henry - Whitefish Bay (Whitefish Bay Resort on side of Lake Dr., N side of Henry Clay St.) Kuetemeyer, John - Dillman Luebke, Arthur C. - Berthelet Maierfeldt, Fred. - Dillman Manegold, George J. - East Milw. Mead, Peter J. - 1043 Oakland Ave. Mueller, Fred - Station E Patzer, Emil - Silver Springs Rahn, George -Station E Reichenbach, J. Frank - Station E Rust, Henry - Station E Schuetz, Henry - Station E (old Heidelburg Inn, W side Port Washington Rd,, 5400 blk.) Schultz, Edward - Whitefish Bay (SE corner Silver Spring and Port Wash, rd.) Schweitzer, Theophile - Brown Deer (tavern still there on SW corner River Lane and Deerwood Lane.) Timm, Louis - Station E Toll, Charles - Station E Tretlin, Louis - Whitefish Bay (saloon on Lexington Blvd. near Lake Dr.) Winter, Herman A. - Berthelet Wondergem, Isaac - Whitefish Bay (Crystal Springs Park, W side Port Washington rd., approx. 6000 blk.) Zaage, Henry - Station E Zelade, Ernst R. - Station E Ziegert, Herman - Brown Deer
Some of the saloons had blacksmith shops next to them; one I know about was Otto Gaulke's on the NE corner of Hampton and Port Washington rds. The blacksmith shop was E of the tavern. Wilhelm Schroeder sold that NE corner to Schlitz Brew ing Co.in 1885; Gaulke built the tavern in 1891 and, naturally, only Schlitz beer was served! In 1915, George Bentley (who began the present Pandl's Whitefish Bay Inn) ran the tavern and finally, in its last years, it was Venzl's. Today, an apart ment building is on the site.
FAIRMOUNT RIDING ACADEMY Located on the W side of Lydell Ave., at Fairmoun Ave. in present Glendale. Land for the building was sold to that corporation 6/18/1928 and the large wooden building was built shortly afterwards. Used mainly for horseback riding lessons until the late 1940's; horses were also boarded on the premises.
® THE EARLY BEACH ROAD IN FOX POINT AND FOX POINT BRICK YARD Several of the Dutch settlers farmed along Lake Michigan on the top of the bluff and below, but their land was not locked in. The Beach road, known today as Beach Drive, existed fromthe late 1840's on, beginning its southern extremity at the east end of Green Tree Rd. A dirt trail led from there, down the bluff, to the present road behind the homes in the 7000 to 7300 blocks. That trail still exists as a path for those who traverse the area. The Fox Point brick yard was located on the "flats" with its pier on the site of present 7328 N. Beach Dr. There, the road turns west, away from the road at the edge of the beach, continues a short distance, then turns south towards Green Tree Rd. The "flats" were so-named because of the flat expanse of land on the west side of the road. The brick was made of the sand and gravel found right there and sent away in boats that docked at the pier. The pier was built between 1848 and 1854 by Gerret Wolters who lived in the area; he purchased in 1848 and died in 1854. The only example of the Fox Point brick I've seen was shown to me by Anson M. Buttles. It exists in a house at 5965 N. Bay Ridge Ave., WHitefish Bay. Originally the brick was used for a farmhouse (whose I don't know); when that house was torn down, the brick was reclaimed for the existing house. The brick is a dark brown speckled brick. Fox Point brick was apparently not as substantial a brick as the Cream City brick made in the City of Milwaukee, and went out of business. The old Beach road traversed the same route the present road does, continuing northwards, but today's road ends at the site of 8130 N. Beach Dr. In those earlier times, the dirt trail continued up the bluff to meet the southern end of today's Fox Lane. Portions of this old trail also exist for those who walk in this area.
IV BRIDGE LANE'S HISTORY FOX POINT Bridge Lane, in the 7200 - 7300 block, originally served as a portion of the old Lake Drive. It "bridged" the ravine allowing carriages, wagons and early cars to continue on from Lake Drive from the north, across this ravine, to Barnett Lane. From Barnett Lane, one continued onto E. Green Tree Rd., heading west to either the Richards Rd. (Yates Rd. today) or Port Washington Rd. farther west. There was no continuation of Lake Drive south from Green Tree Rd. into Whitefish Bay until the mid-to-late 1920's. It is unknown as to when the first wooden bridge was built over the ravine, but by the time the Village of Fox Point was incorporated in 1929, the wood bridge had become dangerous for vehicular use and was designated only for pedestrians. By 1931, the bridge was closed off even for walking due to its rotting boards. A second wooden bridge was built, but only for pedestrians. There were several attempted suicides from this bridge; one was successful it was reported. There is a creek 70' below. Today, the 272' steel frame bridge is also only for use by walkers and cyclists. The bridge was repaired in 1968 with a new deck, railings and struc tural repairs costing $94,511.00. Lake Drive was moved one block west to its present location when it was put through north of Green Tree Rd. to meet the other portion at Calumet Rd.
(?) PORT WASHINGTON ROAD RELOCATION - 1859
On June 30, 1859 at E. Diercks house (was in present 8700 block of Port Washington Rd., W side), the road supervisors vacated the old Washington road - "all that part of said road lying between the burying ground in Sec. 29 T8 N R22 E (Town of Milw. Cemetery) and the NW corner of William Sohns' land in SE^ Sec. 32" that the road is of no use to the public. We vacate all that part of the old Washington road and locate the same as follows:commencing 64 rods rods and 4 ft. N of town line commencing 64 rods and 4 ft. N of town line between towns Town 7 and Town 8 (Hampton Rd. is dividing line between Town 7 and Town 8) in N & S \ section line of Sec. 32, then N 255 rods and 12i ft., then N 21 chains and 80 links, then N 36° 30' E 45 chains 48 links to intersection of the old Washington road near the SchoolHouse in Sec. 29."
From Arthur Anello to Mimi Bird 1982: records from Town of Milw. Road Supervisors minutes.
CRYSTAL LANE From the 1860's until the mid-1930's, an east/west dirt road existed between St. Monica Blvd. and Lake Drive, about ^ block south of 6224 N. Berkeley Blvd. It ran east into the driveway of present 6226 N. Lake Dr., when that land was the Scheife farmland and connected three families to old Richards St. (St. Monica Blvd.) Lake Drive did not continue north beyond Day Ave. until the mid-to-late 1920's. (To go north out of Whitefish Bay, one had to go to Port Washington Rd. or Richards St., continue north to Green Tree Rd., turn east on Green Tree and continue to Barnett Lane. Barnett Lane then led into Bridge Lane to connect with Lake Dr. near Calumet Rd.) "Crystal Lane" was just named as a private lane in early land deeds to give the Scheife family (who settled in the 6200 block of Lake Dr.) access to Richards Rd. In a 11/4/1925 QCD to Ernest C. Cornelius, who had built a house no longer standing at 6225 N. Berkeley Blvd., at the NW corner of Berkeley (which then didn't exist) and Crystal Lane, the lane is named as "Christian" Lane and that it was 12' wide. In a 1929 Deed, the name is corrected to read Crystal Lane, but I never did find out why it was so-named! BENDER'S MILLS/MILL ROAD On 11/13/1850, Every Agnes and his wife, Elise, to Charles G. Everts, all of town of Milw., for $100.00 for 4 acres, beginning at the SW corner of Lot #3 in the SWi Sec.20, then 25 ft. wide on the W line of Lot 3 until a certain ravine is intersected, then NE along the ravine to N line of Lot 3 in the Milw. River; the 4 acres to be used for a ditch to lead water from the Milw. River to a mill to be erected on the E fraction of Lot #1 of Sec. 30 T8 N R22 E on the E side of the river and the right to leave the earth excavated on the E side of said ditch beyond the 25 feet mentioned.
The above description was for the mill race that was constructed from the Sunny Point bend of the river (at the end of N. Sunny Point Lane) south to where the sawmill was built - at the edge of the E side of the Milw. River on property at present 6245 N. Sunny Point Rd. On 10/8/1851, Deed: Every and Alice, his wife, Agnes to Lyman P. Swift for $1500.00 for one undivided half of the E factional Lot #1 Sec. 30 on which premises is a sawmill owned in part by Peter Bender, subject to a mortgage of $1200.00; Swift to pay $240.50 with interest according to conditions of said mort gage, and all of lot 5 or the SE fraction of Sec. 19 lying W of and including the Mill Race to said above mill and all that piece of land on S^ Lot 3 Sec. 20 lying W of and including the mill race and a strip of land one rod wide on E side of Mill Race and running from S line of Lot 5 to the N line of S^ of Lot #3.
In the mid-1860's, Peter Bender also built a grist mill on the W side of the Milwaukee River, at the E end of present Mill Rd., IF Mill Rd. continued E to the river (which it did in the "old" days.) The grist mill was a tall 3 story frame building located a little north of the saw mill on the E side of the river. Town meetings for Town 8 were held in this grist mill until the Town Hall was built in 1872, on the site of the pres ent North Shore Filtration plant, NW corner of Jean Nicolet and Bender Rds.
A mill was also built in the 1850's at the far west end of W. Mill Rd. on the Menomonee River, town of Granville - thus insuring the name "Mill" Rd,
Bender built the first dam on the river north of his grist mill for added water power for the mill's paddle wheel. Later, that log dam was rebuilt and still exists today on the river in Kletzsch Park.
o*^ EARLY TOWN OF MILWAUKEE NORTH SHORE CHURCHES The 1st church in pesent Fox Point was known as the Reformed Church of Bethlehem, also known as the Holland Church since it was begun by Dutch settlers. In 1852, John Vruwink donated a plot of ground on what is now Fox Lane, S of Doctor's Park, for a church, school and cemetery. All that remains today is the cemetery. The school was built in 1853; church services were held there until a church was built on Bradley Rd., not on Fox Lane.
In 1854, Rev. Gerard Brandt and wife, Helena V. V. Brandt moved to present Fox Point from Oostburg and purchas ed a 1 0 acre farm on the E side of Port Washington rd. S of Dean rd. On 1/15/1856 the Brandts sold to the trustees of the First Dutch Reformed Church of Bethlehem, Town 8 for $150.00 for a "cite" for a church 20 rods E and W, 40 rods N & S from the SW corner of E^ of SE^ Sec. 8. This parcel was on the present NW corner of Seneca and Bradley rds. The trustees were Gerard Brandt, Abram Loison(Looisen) and H. Schiet; witnesses were C. G. Everts (who lived in present Whitefish Bay) and Kate T. Brandt (I believe she was the Brandts' daughter Catherine.) Brandt was killed in 1859. On 9/1/1860, James Jacobus Brandt, administrator of Gerrit Brandt's estate, sold to Maria Muiderman, (2nd wife of Gerrit Brandt) "now wife of Peter Tellier" for $200.00, the 10 acre farm the Brandts had owned. The land surrounding the church was sold the same day by the then trustees Abram Looisen, Johannes deSwart, Johan F. Wilke and Hendrick Jan Vruwink to Gerret J. Davelaar, for $180.00, "except for a piece of land 2^ rods E & W by 32 rods N & S taken off from the SE corner.'8 On 2/17/1868, John and Susanna Vruwink sold to "the religious society known as the congregation of Reformed Church of Bethlehem" for $1.00, a piece of land on the NE corner of Dean rd. and Lake Dr. Eventually, the Dutch settlers moved out of the area and the land reverted back to the Vruwink heirs, In Nov. 1880, a German Evangelical Church was dedicated on the NE corner of Port Washington and Calumet rds. The land was donated by the Van den Huevels (another Dutch family, who stayed in the area) and services were held there until 1912. The building was razed in 1917 and the land reverted back to the Van den Huevels who used it as a garden plot. Today, St. Eugene's Catholic congregation owns the land.
On 8/5/1859, August and Dorothea Wussow sold to Gottlob Buettner (Bittner), Friedrich Fink and Ludwig Magritz, Trustees of Ev. Lutheran Religious Society, for $5.00 a parcel in the NW corner of NW^ NW^ Sec. 7, beginning at said corner stake, then 5 rods E, 8 rods S, 5 rods W and 8 rods N = \ acre, for a private school house site. Perhaps a church was also associa ted with this school? The land was on the SE corner of Brown Deer and Range Line rds.
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i" When Milwaukee River Sparkled .Walter H. Bender, president of the Mil- Ks;waukee county park, commission, recall- tions are those associated with! dam. That was a perfectly de^j ing his boyhood on the Milwaukee river lightful area for boating, ... |* in a letter to Donald C. Siichter, presi- fishing from the dam, the cur Evident of the Greater Milwaukee Commit- I want to support as strongly | |ee. in which he pledge* co-operation in rent carrying my baited line improving the river. down stream. The catch con as I can every measure for the I don't know whether you river's restoration because of sisted of black bass, northerns, the great contribution which its ||ave ever had an experience jarge shiners and catfish. Pwhere a physical situation has restoration can make to prejh Then school called me to the ent day Milwaukee. |ie ^&4N''&<^f^4V^ ^ 17 ® DISTILLERY IN PRESENT LINCOLN PARK To August Grau, 5/1/1866, for $4000.00 for 1/3 part undivided land beginning at a point in the middle of the Milw. & Green Bay Plank rd. 56.30 rods E and 68 rods S 11° E from the NW corner of SEi Sec. 31 T8 N R22 Ef then S 11° E along middle of said road 36.59 rods, then due E 33 rods to the low water mark of the Milw. River to a point of said bank and to a line running due E and W 56.80 rods N from last mentioned point 28.88 rodsf then SW 34.40 rods to the beginning = 7.362 acres with distillery and all fixtures therein and all the wood. Sold by Heliodore J. Hilbert and Josephine, his wife. This distillery was located on the E side of Green Bay Rd., S of Villard Ave. By 1876, there was another distillery on the S side of Hampton Rd., along the Milw. River, on William H. Lindwurm!s land, E of the bridge over the river in present Lincoln Park. DAM ACROSS MILWAUKEE RIVER, E OF PORT WASHINGTON RD. Johann Schroeder purchased, among other property, a 6 acre parcel on the N bank of the Milw. River on the W line of Lot #133 "Comstock & Williams" Subdivision of Lot 1,2,3,4 & 5 in Sec.5 and SE^ Sec. 4 and NW^ Sec. 4 Town 7=6 acres in the 1860s. This was a long triangular piece of land beginning on Hamp ton Rd. on the W side of the road through Estabrook Park to the river - a pie-shaped parcel. Johann leased this land to his son, Wilhelm, in 1874, then left it to him, among other land, through his will. Johann died in 1876. William, in turn, left the land to his heirs, his will dated 6/5/1895. The 6 acres were subject to a reservation contained in a deed recorded in the Office of Register of Deeds, Milw. Co., Vol. 144 Deeds p.502: "reserving to said parties of 1st part, their heirs and assigns, the right of building and maintaining a dam across the Milwaukee River opposite to or below the land hereby conveyed and of banking the water of said river in front of such land to such height as said parties of 1st part, their heirs and assigns may from time to time elect, and also reserving the exclusive right of taking stone from the bed of said river opposite to said land. n > fj&vUd View of Historic Old Mill This is the flour mill which stood on the east bank of the Milwaukee river just below the Green Tree rd, bridge in the early 1900's. The dam which furnished its power gave way in 1910, undermined by the back flow of water underneath the structure. On this site John H. Thien, for whom Thiensville was named, built a saw mill around 1840. He sold it to Carl Hermann in 1858, who built a flour mill. That building burned down in 1879 and was replaced by the structure above. . $&u^ &-Z7-/??&; * ft -ILJg—_ T i i -m <•• r <*£**<* <*«Cs *• <^-> JLI. In an age of community centennials, Glendale is an infant. But that doesn't stop the celebrating. Incorporated in 1950, the city is currently r-v •»'--! *,- " observing its 35th birthday. .* The city's annual dinner honoring community volunteers was used this year to mark the ^-- occasion/ .>',, On it dump "4 built solid i By Susan Westergard In an official contest to name the new" * During the *50s Glendale growth exploded. The new city hall and police department *>• city, Wood Dale and Riverview were strong conten- - ders. Interestingly, no votes were cast for the name , were first used in 1955. The same year saw the, lendale's birth process was a long and opening of Nicolet High School, the largest subur difficult struggle. Incorporation didn'ticome Glendale. &T.*/;.^-/"; ~ -; / . M/ Glendale was- chosen, however, because of Ian ban high school in Milwaukee County. G easily. Parkway (1956), and Good Hope (1963) elemen Originally part of the Town of Milwaukee, "«£active Glendale»Advancement Association and. because W. Glendale Ave. was one of the principal * tary and Glen Hills (1971) middle schools were built. Glendale had to -do battle with the" City of Green Tree (1976) and Riverview (1971) schools were Milwaukee for its identity. thoroughfares at-the time. - . Original Glendale boundaries were Capitol Dr. on closed. ; The fight began in 1946 when Milwaukee chal Between 1950 and 1980, about 3,500 single-family lenged that the area requesting incorporation was the south, Bender Rd. on the north, an irregular boundary along N. 27th St., on the west and the homes were built. Bay Shore Shopping Center \ not suitable for urban,development. Glendale was emerged in_ 1954 and business and industry L the site of valuable industrial land at the;tini|,:aTid western edge of Whitefish Bay on the east. Between 1950 and 1955 Glendale grew to its flourished.//! J"- <•-'"''•-" | Milwaukee could ;see benefit m^raexii^tli%area -~ / Over the years Glendale went to battle again with ; " fnr itself /-<::t**: . . ••*-•'." X •'&*?& :&±''-]*& -v present size through six annexations of the remain Glendale was also the site of two sanitary-landfill ing portions of the Town of Milwaukee and one the City of Milwaukee concerning wataer supply. In annexation of the Town of Granville. * **. 1958 Glendale was relying oh 14 private subdivision projects back then. Whitefish Bay and Shorewood water systems and was reportedly the largest city in were using the land where Glendale City Hall - In Glendale's last attempt at expansion, the city the United States without a public water supply. stands today, and Milwaukee was dumping on the voted to annex the remainder of the township. The-' Rebuffed by Milwaukee in its quest for water,- site of the present Bay Shore Mall/1 ;^/v v v~ T.. Bayside area objected, saying they wanted to create Glendale finally banded together with Whitefish their own village, which they did in 1953. Bay and Fox Point to establish their own water Opposition continued: Milwaukee forceda halt to - v y a special referendum in which 937 voted for The population at incorporation was 1,300. Today * *- system, the North Shore Water Commission. _ . incorporation and 257 voted .against it. Over a year it is 13,924. - ^- ,, -_ r . At the time of incorporation, city officials operated In "Glendale: a Citizen's Guide to the Commun out of their own homes, affairs were conducted by a later .a judge ruled in favor of the referendum's r legality. - .-...-..--, .-^. ity,'' it says, "Glendale is the only North Shore ;„ town chairman and two town supervisors, and major /'•" The city was officially incorporated Dec. 28,1950; ^matters were decided at the annual town meeting.,_ suburb which has, from, the beginning, permitted ^ TodaylGrleiiaale is governed by a common council. and encouraged extensive, but well-controlled, •- composed of a part-time mayor and six elected industrial and commercial development while main- V aldermen. ''."'- , tainin£highquality residential^area«.w ..; ^;; >, *"; The position of full-time business administrator v v I was added in 1971. . * ~/;- (^tC^ZnyL^jOijd £>7^ ~KJ2J25t <~fO Condominium complexes : have been I good for the city, Maslowski said, because they * command little in the way of service from the school system and city, yet are good generators of property • taxincome. , ; IVlajor industrial, commercial and housing addi tions to Glendale in the '70s and 80's include [ Manchester Village, Johnson Controls, W.H. Brady j Co., The Hilton, Midway, Budgetel, and Excel Hotels, Milwaukee Medical Clinic, Manpower / Industries, and, most recently, the Coventry com- v plex. ; .^;:,i: • • This active development, Maslowski said, has' allowed Glendale to maintain the lowest tax rate in Milwaukee County without reducing services. He cited the following as the city's major I accomplishments of the past 10 years: r • Sponsorship,/ begun in 1978, of paramedic • services to Glendale and the North Shore. • Improvement of the transportation system, including the reconstruction of N. Port Washington I Rd. in 1975 and the proposed reconstruction of N. \ Green Bay Ave. in 1987. § l • Attraction of solid commercial and industrial ; development which, he said, has not hindered the quality of life in Glendale. I Careful planning has made the city equipped to adjust to future decreases in federal and state I revenue distributions, Maslowski said. He characterized the Glendale of 1986 as a ; financially healthy and progressive community. 7=kuJ# j/aif/fsc % STATISTICAL FACTS WHITEFISH BAY Incorporated, 1893; valuation, $295,913.00 1957 total assessment, $46,413,620.00 Growth, $46,117,707.00 Population 1957, 19,005; when incorporated, 316; gain , of 18,689 Buildings 1957, 4,651; when incorporated, 77; gain of 4,574 SHOREWOOD Incorporated 1912; total assessed valuation, $2,418,000 1957 valuation, $43,890,830 Growth of $41,472,830 Population 1957, 18,000; when incorporated, 325 (103 of which were voters) Buildings 1957, 3,888; when incorporated, 750 resi- ' dences; gain of 3,138 FOX POINT Incorporated 1926; valuation, $1,920,903 1957 valuation, $23,548,300 Growth, $21,627,397 • Population 1957, 7,000; when incorporated, 233; gain , of 6,767 Buildings 1957, 1,875; when incorporated, 80; gain of 1,755 .'•••• RIVER HILLS Incorporated 1930; total valuation, $2,284,550 1957 valuation, $5,528,105 Growth, $2,243,555 v Population 1957, 11,050; when incorporated, 438; gain of 10,216 Buildings 1957, 280; when incorporated, 75; gain of 205 GLENDALE Incorporated 1950; assessed valuation, $18,292,000.40 1957 assesment, $37,302,900 Growth of $19,010,899.60 Population 1957, 8,710; when incorporated, 3.162; gain of 5,548 Buildings 1957, 2,325; when incorporated. .1,931; gain of 1,294 BAYSIDE Incorporated 1953; valuation, $2,037,083 j 1957 valuation, $13,194,740 ' Growth, $11,157,657 Population 1957, 2,950; when incorporated, 350; gain" of 2,600 , J Buildings 1957, 793; when incorporated, 102; gain of) A separate story tells of Brown Deer's growth, r" faf/3 /J&uUJ J5~~/f-/'9<5'e «r Equalized Values Residential Property Year Equalized Value Dollar Inc. Percentage Inc. 1951 12,057,250 1952 16,152,850 4,095,600 34% 1953 17,691,150 1,538,300 9% 1954 . 22,238,700 4,547,550 26% 1955 27,342,700 5,104,000 23% 1956 32,789,250 5,446,550 20% 1957 38,780,900 5,991,650 18% 1958 42,861,300 4,080,400 11% 1959 47,369,500 4,508,200 10% 1960 54,583,200 7,213,700 15% 1961 62,791,800 8,208,600 15% 1962 67,388,500 4,596,700 7% 1963 71,528,500 4,140,000 6% 1964 75,997,800 4,469,300 6% Mercantile Property Year Equalized Value Dollar Inc. Percentage Inc. 1951 2,435,600 1952 2,874,000 438,400 18% 1953 3,122,900 248,900 9% 1954 5,716,850 2,593,950 83% 1955 6,919,750 1,202,900 21% 1956 8,354,350 1,434,600 21% 1957 8,516,850 162,500 2% 1958 10,216,700 1,699,850 20% 1959 .. 11,002,800 786,100 8% 1960 13,662,400 2,659,600 24% 1961 13,751,600 89,200 1962 14,490,700 739,100 5% 1963 15,074,400 * 583,700 4% 1964 ... 16,197,900 1,123,500 7% Manufacturing Property Year Equalized Value Dollar Inc. Percentage Inc. 1951 19,143,700 1952 24,954,100 5,810,400 30% 1953 25,891,800 937,700 4% 1954 23,905,100 —1,986,700 —8% 1955 24,661,100 756,000 3% 1956 25,040,700 379,600 1% 1957 26,875,700 1,835,000 7% 1958 27,740,700 865,000 3% 1959 .27,694,300 —46,400 1960 33,923,200 6,228,900 22% 1961 34,319,800 396,600 1% 1962 .-:• 34,979,500 659,700 2% 1963 ...35,282,300 302,800 1% 1964 36,101,300 819,000 2% Agricultural Property **!r Equalized Value Dollar Inc. Percentage Inc. 1951 521,050 J2f? 934,600 413,550 79% J22 897,650 -36,950 * -4% J£j 1,429,700 532,050 59% JJg 1,433,550 3,850 J2S 1,476,900 43,350 3% £2 1,328,900 - -148,000 10% J2S —• 1,274,300 -54,600 -4% JS 1,255,500 -18,800 -1% JS£ 1,385,000 129,500 10% J2J 1,385,000 *££ AH * ' • •;/ ,', *'645,°00 260,000 19% 1963-AH agricultural lands shifted to residential classification. Map TVo. 6 SCALE—mginch to mile. MILWAUKEE TOWNSHIP PAVED ROADS i OZAUKEE COUNTY WW ••*( CITY t>..u:.t..J I... TK. Tl.i-Sfi- Pr«« RnrlrfnnL IllinoiR >& ;.if d IT Y OF GLENDALE (Showing Section Lines) • t ! P' I 1 • It VkH-p- s-'n t! a"S-4s*s jl 4 M * ~" *~" ~*''\i ? j. '. (Continuation of Glendale ffcropi preceeding page) River Road, south of Silver Spring Drive, becomes 13th Street. This is a section line road. It is named Sunny Point Road for the section between River Rd., and 13th Street. - j m M m 3 Iii:N];;iHh!^n^: . jJl'lJLlwJLO..! '.1.I.J.JL l.JL JL.I J^;*i*r:*rjri, Last Habitat VH'JP mm 10 Acre Wooded Bird Haven in N.S. Threatened With Housing Development By Jennie Houghton. and clapper rails—can be seen The story of the- retreat of among the reeds. The sandpiper, wildlife as civilization advances the plump bird that bobs up and may be repeated soon in' the down like a mechanical toy, can •North Shore. The spot threat be ,found, searching for insects. ened with extinction is a 10 acre In the springtime, when the wooded swamp in Glendale. It old river bed is flooded, nesting •is about the last natural habitat ducks—mallards* , bluebills ^and for a large variety of birds in wood ducks—make their homes Milwaukee county. f there. Springtime is also the The .swamp, located between time of migration and many visi W. Riverview dr. £nd the Mil- tors appear, in the swamp. Ob 1%£ukee River pkwy., is espe servation on an average day cially . noted, as tne haunt of about the middle of May will many water birds. But houses reveal a score of different kinds are mushrooming in the area, of birds. and the sound of bulldozers and Mrs. Jackson, a birdlover and well drilling rigs may soon member of the City club's bird drown out the songs of purple group, has observed wildlife in finches and cardinals. A sign the area for rnany years. One of advertising "For sale—25 acres the most unusual phenomena in ready for development" has the swamp's history was >the,ap gone up on the tract that in pearance of a crimson ilycatch- cludes the swamp. er, a species common to , the*] ? The site is the old bed of a deep south* ./The stranger ap-J |bejgCjaLl^"fi Milwaukee xi&er. parently was blown in >b# a Jbrighj ICriarut oak, willow and elm trees wind one spring/during an un-] gr<$w there. Nearby, on' the seasonable spell of. warni weatlv] property of the Walter Jacksons, •0r. .. ." ;/ ^m* ;•"* h*v/ \H 1100 W. Riverview dr., are un f The Jacksons attempted sev usual rock elms and a giant eral years ago to save the bird sugarbernr tree, the largest in sanctuary by buying the swamp, this part of the country, experts 'but the owner would not sell. at the public museum say. Now, it is slated for, real estate The vegetation of the swamp development. ;\t t:^ . makes it a paradise for birds. v The city of Glendale and the High bush cranberry, honey state conservation commission suckle, with its manjf little red have been informed of the $itua- berries, wild grapes arid choke 1uon, !but no action, has; been cherry are examples of the plant taken, to date to preserve the life. The underbrush provides spot for nature lovers.,,! y camouflage as ;well as food. \ Mrs, Jackson feels that the There are stalks and pods that place with its variety,. of bird are a facsimile of the bittern. life would be*especially valuable It takes a trained eye and a [for education /of the f children. !in| good pair of field glasses to dis tinguish the bird when it stands Milwaukee county. The Iziaak motionless in the water with its Walton League has also been long bill pointed skyward, approached but has said that the blending perfectly with the sur project is too small for them. roundings. If the natural sanctuary is ex The stately black crowned tinguished, it will go the way of night heron frequents the a former one, now filled in by swamp. Sometimes members of the Bender dump. The Ameri the shy rail family—-king rails can egret, a -rare heron with snowy-white plumage and a yel-,J low bill, was founpt at that.spot.(- %. > ft*4«S\%zrxl 9 m M/ Time has changed this corner of the world Port Washington and Silver Spring Roads. A sample of sign obstruction throughout the County. On this corner an officer is necessary to route traffic to prevent accidents, due to the signs, and the beauty of the surroundings are entirely ® obscured, and efforts are being made to have them removed. <& and a basement. An advertisement of the time construction, Hanson built a car wash on the site.' By Mimi Bird described the building as. "remodeled, with newly When WISCO left, Union 76 and Scrub-A-Dub; s armland in 1850, the corner of N. Port ^ equipped curb, bar and table service heing . car wash became tenants. - - ./ ' - Washington Rd. and W. Silver Spring Dr. has maintained along with free dancing.* The corner The southwest corner of the^Port-Silver Si F;see n many changes over the years. area was offered "free parking space.* intersection was the sittdtartihg in 194% in a With nearby 1-43 dumping and gathering traffic ; When the tavern was moved, a. Standard service well-known North Shore restaurant named Pap- at all hours of the day and night, and Bay Shore.. station was erected on th£ corner site. Periodically' ay's rim by "Buckets arid Marion Goldenburg. The;} Mall drawing daily crowds, the intersection is v ~ remodeled, it has remained there ever since. building, a remodeled three-story farmhouse built , today one of the busiest in Milwaukee County. The tavern is now known as the Northway. * in the 1870s, was destroyed by fire in December . It wasn't always so, of course, The northeast corner's only commer- \ - 1958..-.;. r ' ••'-; '•••-."- ^ V fat Sixty years ago, when Whitefish Bay was the - cial enterprise has been another gasoline station, a After the fire, the restaurant relocated in theV-JT j only incorporated community in the North Shore, Shell station, here since tke 1930s and, again, four-year-old Bay Shore shopping center. .-." 4: | the intersection boasted only advertising bill- modernized over the years. % " s Immediately south of Pappus site during the \ -- I boards. The photograph on this page taken about- - The northwest corner had a geographic liability 1930s, was a small building housing Beekman's JSJ915, was designed, according to the caption since its land was swamplike and sloped toward Eskimo Village, which offered food, drinks and \ * I accompanying it, to show an example of "sign the river. The corner made up for lost time, ' dancing nightly, "with an orchestra on Friday and/ [ obstruction" in the area. : - however, with the opening in the late 1920s of the Saturday nights" according to its ads. ~ •' ^ > --'v | Said the caption: aOn this corner an officer is Port Silver Oasis. Owned iby Harold and Marian West of the original Pappus, Milwaukee Braves* . necessary, to route traffic to prevent accidents due (Asen) Kihn (she was the (daughter of Whitefish . j. to the signs, and the beauty of the surroundings baseball star Eddie Matthews operated his Base- >; Bay's fire chief), the restaurant was a tiny frame ball Ranger-a pitching and batting entertainment"^ I are (sic) entirely obscured, and efforts are being .- building that did a big business in Wil-Mor root | made to have them removed." . center. This, too, was destroyed—nothy fire hut by v beer, along with tray service to cars. Plunked the highway construction. :. • >; ,. (What kind of an aesthetic commentary would down on dirt and gravel the Port Silver Oasis was be made today?) „ \ ~ . ; x When Pappus fire debris was cleared away, a .-*'• the first local drive-in. - -*• -^ Howard Johnson restaurant was built on the site. ^ Originally, Port Washington Rd. was A creative innovation came when a real street- . The Ground Round restaurant took over the * _ :^ located a little to the east. An 1858 map shows the car complete with the original wicker-type seats, building in 1975, remodeling and later enlarging / road (then known as Sauk-Washington Rd? it. * •/ .- ..'•- -- ... * . 1 was attached to the Oasis, The streetcar's bell was ^ j because it was part of the old Sauk Indian Trail) kept operative in its new location. Aroot beer Land from both the Papp/s and Beekman sites';., [ crossing Silver Spring (unnamed at the time, barrel, painted silver and placed on toj) of a pole* was later leased to an Exxon Oil testing garage, "•$ b except as a section line road) at the present on the roof, was the KiraVs advertisement. then to another gas station. The Security Savings V L.-'Moltawk-Avp. In. 1859JBojgtJj^ashfagton-Rd.«ta&_ r building was constxuctec^nthe land in 1981^_ sf-^1 h re-surveyed and a few years latfer.lt was laid out In the early 1940s thelamily built a " close to its present location. 5 ; new Port Silver Diner at 5260 N. Port Washington" Once again, change is looming for the Port - : [ Both Port Rd. and Silver Spring were paved in Rd. and Willard Hanson took over the corner, Washington-Silver Spring intersection. The state 1914. At about the same time, the first bridge was constructing a Wisconsin Independent Oil Co. Department of Transportation has recommended ^ constructed over the Milwaukee River at Silver (WISCO) service station. (The Port Silver Diner improvements to the 1-43 interchange at Silver ~ f Spring. Prior to that, crossings had to be made at enlarged and remodeled several times, is now Spring. Though a specific design'has not been - Hampton Ave. or Green Tree Rd! called the Iron Horse.) With the station fronting agreed on, it is likely that new on- and off-ramps By 1920, Schultze's tavern anq dance hall had on Port Rd. Hanson used the area to the west for will affect the surrounding area. A second bridge , sprung up on the southeast corner of the his Farmer's Daughter, a quick food/dairy store is also planned over the Milwaukee River. intersection. The building was nioved a little south .- built in 1953. This was torn down in 1955 to make Construction on the project is scheduled for j in 1933, given a new name—Mac Donald's Ltd.— way for the new highway 141. After the road 1989. s» * sjfaw M^(U^LO^ ^ JU&L f?3? *4 «e^r /9&) W.firf- l~3~ f Left: a dump site can be seen in upper right area. The ditch ran east and west from Port Wash ington Rd. to the Milwaukee River and is now under the parking lot between the Exel Inn and Holiday Inn on Port Washington Rd. 1-43 freeway also runs over part of this area and the new Bavarian Inn grounds are on the remainder of land. Photo taken 12/4/1951 looking west from the old Port Road. The water in the ditch came from Fox Point, flowing south along the west side of St. Monica Blvd. to approximately Belle Ave., then flowed SW, crossing through Dominican High School's land, across Silver Spring Dr. and, still flowing SW, ran on the north side of the house at 5490 N. Mohawk Ave. From there the stream ran west across the Port Rd. to this ditch. Right: photo taken 12/4/1951, looking east towards the old Port Rd. The one story white building is on the east side of the Port Rd., still there - 5464 N. Port Washington Rd. The cottage-type house was on the west side and became Berg's Interiors at 5459 N. Port Rd. It was torn down in the mid-1950s. The dump site was to the west and south of Berg's Interiors. The new Heidelberg Inn was built just south of this ditch, on the Port Rd. in 1917 and was renamed "Bavarian Club" during World War II. It was torn down in 1967 for the Holiday Inn. 37 This view, in the top photo, looks NE at the Bavarian Club's soccer field and the former Pappy's Restaurant (in an old farmhouse) - arrow points down to building. Pappy's was on the SW comer of Port and Silver Spring Roads. Photo taken 12/4/1951 Same ditch as in photo below. Photo taken 7/27/1938 The ditch shown here varies in width from 4 to 6 ft., with an average depth of 18 to 20". According to Jacob Luy of the Town of Milw. (his farm was in the 1000 block W. Calumet Rd., still there), this waterway has been there for 60-70 years with no change in its course. Mr. Julius Lew of 5020 N. St. Monica Blvd. (who has also lived here all of his life) asserts that to the best of his knowledge, no changes have been made in this ditch within the past 60 years. From talks with Luy and Lew HEIDELBERG" PARK-7-27-38 •# in July 1938. AT "OLD ^^T^]^6ut^U^C' Townsmen Post Annexation Petition^ Town ancT4 Neighbor Commbnfties M to Discuss Town's 'Fate^Ox:" v Further division of the Town of Milwaukee took several steps; pTi'hose'^Ho^sighed' theTnortli forward last week with the post posting are Edward Kaiser,. ab j Maple Dale or Green Tree school ing of a large, area in the Town sentee owner of 8005 N. Beech districts which might be added by two River Hills residents the rd., Fox Point; Elmer Borchardt, to Fox Point^ would be lower posting of two other segments . 8550 N. Regent rd., and Vernon ^^jtl^Sn'the total tax rate for per- fA. Richards, 8566 N. Regent rd, Q*iS*nfl presently in the village of for annexation to Fox Point and f Kaiser, one of the signatores (f;JJFtox Point or presently in the the adoption by the Glendale. I for the north posting, is eager ^ town and in either,'the Mapl£ council of two , annexation or | to have his i 60 vacant acres in i 'Dale or Green' Tree school dis^ dinances. ' I the town become a part of Fox jtrictsJ y A second meeting of officials l Point because he * plans to de-, v f^"On'the-<>therMha^&r:assess | velop theni into a fine residen : of the Town and four adjacent f : /ments insthe village%re some tial section., • " '\ what higher than they are in- f Recently he received an offer the town so that there probably- municipalities is scheduled for f to have 450 prefabs erected on Oct. 14th in the River Hills viM would be no substantial increase his acreage. These houses would in actual tax payments, if the lage hall. At a meeting Aug. sell for about $12,000 and would 19, representatives of River\ ' area , were annexed to Fox ! probably bring 900 more chil- Point." He added that through Hills, Fox Point, Bayside and dren to the Maple Dale school, Glendale unofficially agreed hot; annexations the residents would I which just opened a new; addi- receive substantia! services not to make an orphan of the Town.! |tion this year. ^ •f'7 They studied a plan for dividing available to them or likely to be the Town. This division would; I (Kaiser is loath to have his available in the city of Glendale.' give Glendale a comparatively,' | land take this form of develop- , More Services small portion. / jj-ment and is/nopeful tl*at he will **For example city water, Tlie Fox Point postings are in; I be succesfsul in securing annexr would become available to the corridor between the vil-J | ation to Fox Point so t}iat he neighborhoods where an ade lages of Fox Point and River; lean develop an area of beautiful quate number made a proper re Hills and includes about 165 Jcountry homes. quest for it, if the area were an | Petitioners are studying the nexed to Fox Point," Cutler said. acres, ; situated between; Indian\ creek and the creek south of Jbest anil fairest methods of dis Another advantage, he points Calumet rd. and in the northern seminating reliable information out, is that Fox Point's zoning! portion of the town, about 80' I'concerning the advantages and has given the village a residen-* acres, which pushes north to 240$ I disadvantages of annexation to tial character while Glendale has .j j Fox Point and Glendale. Cutler permitted the construction of in-! south of EL Brown Deer rd. f dustrial, shopping center and - On behalf of residents in t&e 'prefabricated housing develop-* Town of Milwaukee and in the! proposes holding a public debate , ments near residential neighbor- interest of clarifying the pictu^ between representatives of the , hoods. • ••••r'ky>'->-yk':-':-:-- • -*• for persons living in the Arei^ Pro-Gledanle groups and Pro- Attorney Richard W. ; Cutler> Cutler further stated that Fox Fox. Point. ( , Point fire, police, snow removal, Thursday announced that the Such a debate, Cutler points rubbish collection, highway peptitioners for Fox Point would, out, would require an impartial 1 maintenance, tree planting, rec not circulate a petition for an and able chairman "so that the reation and other services are nexation until after the Oct. 14th disorder and confusion which of a superior character. meeting when representatives MI has characterized so many meet Fox Point and Glendale are to ings on this subject1 can be Annexation in the Bradley announce their respective an* f avoided." , , ' road area, he added, itiay make nexation policies toward Ijhit' possible a future consolidating town area. •'* • j~ "'- > ,\ W''v', ; Keep School Districts of certain governmental services "Once the residents in the? Any annexation by Fox Point, between River Hills and Fox Cutler points but will not in any Point if the two villages should farea have received that ihforma-j way disturb the Maple Dale or in © Sewer in Ditch Could Eliminate ©s% Segment i Glendale Insists Ditch Be Closed Necessity may prove a boon to those residents in Whitefish Bay's District II storm sewer, who would be served by the installation of the last of three storm sewer legs planned for the district. j Also it is a question of the (first may be last, for it now seems that there rriay be no need for the third leg if the village substitutes a sewer for the existing open ditch in Glendale, which drains off storm water from village. Glendale officials have asked that Whitefish Bay close up the ditch because a number of homes have been built in the area and an open ditch is not desirable to resi dents of the area. Village Engineer John I Katzban, working with the public works committee, believes at a slight addi tional cost a larger sewer might be installed. This would save tlie cost of an expensive third leg later on for District H. Plans for the sewer will orobably be ready for discus sion at a February meeting 3f the village board. Plans would be to divert waters from Kent, Bay Ridge anil Lydell into the sewer, which would start at Lydell and fol low Silver Spring dr. to the river. The ditch now extends diagonally through Glendale' to a Doint opposite the Old Heidelburg. The project, according to Katzban would not require a ^eep sewer. It could be built ^t a lower cost now because the street is not completely developed and there would be no household services to tap in. Trustee Tom Hayes is chair-1 man of the oublic works com mittee studying the project, ^lans for the first leg of a storm sewer in District TV, at the south end of the village, will probably also be ready by Feb. 1, said Katzban. w Photo taken 12/4/1951 Looking west behind the present Holiday Inn site, towards the Bavarian Club's land, west side of Port Washington Rd. to the Milwaukee River. After the earlier Four Mile House burned in 1917, a new saloon was built on that site, at 5423 N. Port Washington Rd. It was named the Heidelberg Inn and later renamed (during World War II) the Bavarian Club. When the Bavarian Club sold its frontage on the Port Washington Rd. to the Holiday Inn in 1967, a new Bavarian Inn was built to the west, on the Bavarian Club's land. The new building is located at 700 W. Lexington Blvd. This view, above, looks toward the site of the yet-to-be built Bavarian Club at 700 W. Lexington Blvd. 1-43 freeway has yet to be constructed over this land. Glimpses of Glendale s Past l £ i\i, VJ;' The wide open spaces along W. Mill rd. in Feb- side of this scene now is occupied by homes on. ruary, 1934 when this photo was taken have since N. Willow Glen la., N. Pine Shore dr. and N. been developed residentially. The area in the right Garden Grove la, ; '• ' .— Herald Photo t AvotO Ai** -^ ^U^fxU^ (mi). Ki> wyi* •.•^•rl cour Governmental Units Unofficially Agree Not to Make Orphan of Town Will Report Tenor of Joint Meeting to Official vj 7 dents will be the''ultimate lac- tors in the to^vn'si fate. '* , •Bodies and Reconvene for Further Talk Oct. 14 "'{• j Proposed Division , 1 A map showing the natural and that Glendale would be the | * Thg northern part of the town, division of what remains of the town's logical choice. 4 according to tna plan wpnlrf, be town of Milwaukee was exhibit -He added that most of the i divided ^ betiyeen Bavside . and ed at an unofficial meeting of town's officials no longer live f, Rivevvavuri .Hills.AAJLx^a'. witwuhu bothconunun-uuui commun-^' representatives of the town of in the town. He himself lives «' ities overflowing into the town Milwaukee, River Hills, Fox in Bayside. up to the new Port Washington Point, Bayside and Glendale Planners Advise rdV which ™J>u™JnJ^ Wednesday night. The meeting William L. Nelson, a planning ; oa< was held in the River Hills vil- consultant for Fox Point, and \ a£& ''This r **! according to jlage hall with everyone agree Roland S. Hertel, planning con- \ state highway commissibn plans, ing that none * of the town sultant for Glendale and the } will be located west of the pres should be left in a state of iso county, were in accord that ent road and win hfi a, finper most of the remainder of the \ highway with over and wade:Ler lation. passes. \ y --A\ • " - , "'*• But, as chairman Ralph Uih- town should be joined to neigh- \ y boring communities'rather than f Attorney Edmund B. Shea, a lein, a River Hills trustee, ex Fox Point planning commission plained at the start of the meet to Glendale. They gave their \ reason that the long corridor, member, wished to know where ing there would be "no division crossing separations would be[ of the town." That decision he which would connect the north- ; L ern end of the town to Glendale \ •"bum on tne new highway. * said would rest with the towns I *~"i$e~was told, they would prob men. would make for expensive city services, such as garbage > and j ably be at Fairy Chasm. Brown Town of Milwaukee Presi ash collection, police and fire'; DeerT Bradley. Calumet and dent Edwin Eich let it be known services, sewer and water ex- \ Gxeen Tre^ x&. that he felt the majority of the tensions, because there would \ It was brought out. that unless town of Milwaukee residents be long streets in one direction \ a concerted effort is made to would prefer to become a part but very short ones crosswise* help the town of Milwaukee de of the city of Glendale. He cide its fate it could take 25 urged that something be done . .'•'/„.^To>vn.Shrunk..(^;._J;.4^ years to dissolve tlhe town. soon for the town will have dif Since the formation of Glen Trustee Evan Scjiwemmer of ficulty continuing on economic dale and Bayside, the town \ of Fox Point expressed himself as ally in the near future. Milwaukee has shrunk to 3.5 ] impressed with the plan,but that He pointed out that the town, square miles. It was indicated <> he could not speak for,,the rest, from which all the other com that this would hardly be large of the village. "After all, we munities had been carved, had enough for an independent gov are all just' messengers," , he built up the police and fire ernment. Whitefish Bay and, said, "we must go back to our services of the city of Glendale Shorewood occupy less space. communities with this message In fact Shorewood is just a little and. find out what our com more than one mile square. munities think. * Before Nelson put up ,his Kind of Development :, map, he1 explained that the The meeting seemed to be drawing had been prepared more concerned with what kind solely with consideration to * of development would take, \S\ Q^iiJu^n^^ deeper lots in its northern areas P Fulfills Obligation and if it would take over the He continued that Glendale rest of the town, he assured lot has been fulfilling its moral ob restrictions would be even ligations ' by annexing portions 1 GLENDALE-TOWN TIMES | stricter! of the town as residents of vari He pointed out that when ous areas petitioned to be an 1 Friday, Aug. 21, 1953 - Page 13l built up Glendale will probably nexed. be better looking than Fox He said that a petition for Point. 'further annexation is before the President Alfred J. Kieckhef- board and that the common er of River Hills said he had council would like to act on this j come to the meeting to see what matter soon. ™"' Richard CutlerJ *who is also a the planners came up with and Four Petitions member of the Fox Point plan to see where River Hills might The area in question would ning commission, pointed out fit into the picture." move Glendale 40% further in* that independent annexations by The narrow two mile corridor to "the corridor." The petition four communities could develop of the town now separating iFox ers live west of N. Port Wash-; . uneconomic boundaries and Point from River Hills should ington rd. between Green Tree might lead to "monstrosities." logically be attached to Fox and W. Bradley rd. If Glendale "River Hills has no feeling annexes this area a 100 foot one way or another," said ,Uih- Point, said Nelson. The southern r portion, Nelson said would best strip of land on the west side of lein. •.<•: ' be incorporated into Glendale the area will remain as a cor- j All agreed * that they would and River Hills, with the for ridor to the town of Milwau work together to/find "a home", mer taking the eastern portion. kee. * for the rest of the town and Nelson emphasized that it is Another petition before Glen decided to go back to their re almost impossible for the town dale asks that the area between spective governmental units of Milwaukee to continue on'as N. Port Washington rd, and Fox j with photostatic copies of the a separate entity. "It isn't a Point rd. from W. Green Tree . map and to return to another and a line north of the Mall meeting Oct.' 141 At this time rural area anymore," he said, become a part of the city ofj "but a fringe of unincorporated ?;:: , v they would report on their will urban areas. Glendale. ' '• '' -•••• '- ^* ingness to take over parts of the Two other annexation peti- J Prefer Glendale town so that no part of the town tions are now before two other | would be left a waif- Town of Milwaukee Attorney north shore communities. Steps After the Oct. 14th meeting, Lawrence Wickert and Town have been started to make the] Witt said he would /call a meet Chairman Witt challenged Nel Bacon estate, a tract, east of N.| ing of the entire town to learn son's reasons for denying the Port Washington rd. and south % how the community felt I about / feasibility of Glendale taking of the Bradley rd., a part of Fox; a division. He repeated again over all that remains of the Point. that the interests of the town ! town. ' Residents in an area between" were linked with Glendale, that Witt pointed out that the city ' W. Green Tree rd. and the north friendships were strong and so of Milwaukee is spread out in limits of Glendale have peti were other bonds. *'i tioned for annexation to River "all kinds of ungodly^ shapes"' !Hills. < Nelson pointed out that these and manages to serve these al Witt Speaks bonds are becoming diluted most isolated areas through "As top representative of the' daily as more and more new wards. He held that Glendale town," said Witt, "I think it is people move iriY He pointed out, could .set up a separate fire sta only fair that Glendale continue that the new people today are tion in the northern portion, to annex and go all the way about two to* every resident just as Milwaukee has more through the town." \ with long time or deep roots in than one fire station. However, there was/no con-\ the community. b . Finger in the Pie sideration given to the willing-* Nelson agreed that Milwau ness of other communities to kee has a "queer" irregular annex portions of ,the town, un shape but added that "No plan til Wickert broached the ques- ; ner in his right mind would jus tion. tify Milwauke's annexation pro-i President J. Victor Loewi of fgram" He went' on to state: Bayside was asked to state Bay- The Glendale annexation; that the jutting fingers Milwau-: side's views. He said Bayside will take effect Jan. 6 after a kee annexes are fingers by' is having a considerable prob mandatory 90' day waitings which she can at a later date lem providing services within period. One of the areas, an-* annex other adjoining areas. its present boundaries but "that nexed include a narrow strip; Mayor Gerald J. Kenehan ex jthe general attitude seems to be west from N:'Por1T Washing pressed the opinion that Glen ito round out our boundaries in ton rd. along W. Green Tree \ dale "has a moral responsibility close by areas." * '••• '> north to a line 100 feet from to the rest of the town of Mil Attorney Edmund B. Shea, a River Hills' eastern boundary waukee" from which it cut it Fox Point planning commission ' as far as a lot line south.of self off when the city was member, indicated that "Fox W. Bradley rd., then east to formed. He said Glendale has Point is open minded on the . Port and south, to, Glendale. recognized this responsibility all question*? and would not be • The other area is a block along ajid that there had been averse to taking over a portion ; bounded by Port, Good Hope an unwritten pledge between of the town. ••••> k rd., the Fox Point boundary the two communities that both and E. Mall pi. * would again become one, after] the city had been incorporated. \ © /. _\'_j ^ .',....v\.V Possible Future Boundaries •- :v»vf"1 Of Four Municipalities Are Mapped; Town Division Seen Glendale Council OKs; * Attachment of Area V An ordinance annexing a por tion of the Town of Milwaukee. extientiiin/g roughly from Green Tree rd. to Bradley rd. and from N. Porft Washington rd. to Ayith-, '- in 100 %\ of River Hiils - wfas intawluiced ait ** the Glendlale epiunieil meefcirug TuesdJay night. I •The annexation/will become;! a fact 90 days af)ter the required ,j official puMic&bion unless a i cofuri; suit is brought, Jn the ? 5 f meantime.; y , - ' ;. • .','! ,1 'i Other Annexation : >»[} The"" doutiioil delayed action) until Sepit. 8 on another annex-1; aition petition covering a simiall < * '.. ' .<' '. /< * <* , Ninety perjcenlt of the electors \ of the arela covered by the pend-tf ing orditoanjcie signed the peti-$ tioh re\qwesiting annexation.-4 to hlave 7 it- incorporated,' into*? Glendlale noon „ after:? Glendale f becamie ' a Tcilty, Mayor Gerald I Kenehfan^ said. He pointed out I Presort! Suggested that the reeddenjts attiempited to '? Area Annexatiom gtetin incorporation of the Town., of Milwaukee as early as 19(26. * There wtete again a strong move-?; menit in 1046 to have the Town) of Milwaukee incorporated.J Many of Glendale's mjunicipal i employees , are among the, 50, families in the area, Kenehant skid. >\ ' ',. ' • J Progo$%j( peiocqtkaft f Official Approval Given | o! ' Signers of the annexation pe- j Port Washington R± itiltion were Elmer Laieblbe, 7949 j N. Port. Washington rd., Freder^i ick A. Manger, 7745 N. Fort* A suggested plan of division (of the 3.5 square miles re Washington rd. and.Ediward B.J maining in the town of Milwaukee would give the northern Perth, 7835 N. Port Washington j portion east of the relocated Port Washington rd. to 3ayside, s the west to River-Hills. The long jneck between iRiver (Hills rd. - *«• i . -.,*•< . K \ and Fox Point would go to Fox Point. fThe small remaining Annexation of the tract has 1 portion to the south would be ^allocated to River Hills and been recommended by the Glen-: Glendale. A pending (Glendale ordinance would annex a dale planning commission. In portion assigned on this map to [Fox {Point. See story am other oipeM action, the city t right. Map courtesy of the Milwaukee Journal: clerk and planning consulifiant' checked on the sutecienlcy of! signatures,'-. and reported that! the petition was in order* ) W (2^<^<<-£*J^ "pMM-c&tx^ tt&jyz Annexation . .•'. • ' *"•' (Continued from Page 1) The council agreed" Tuesday"" night to postpone discussion of any further annexations until Oct. 14. * Representatives of mtunicip>alities bordering the - FTBPsr-rw ,£», ^ Town of Milwaukee will meet Avoid Narrow Corridor then to discus an overall plan for division of the Town. The ' plan as presented at a meeting , Glendale Sets Its Northern Limits on Aug; 19 gave the territory covered in Glemdiale's annexa One Lot Line North of Mall Road \ tion proceedings to Fox Point. (See mlap.). Limitation of the northern Town, lying between River Hills The piendale representatives boundary of Glendale to the and Fox Point would be "very for the'Oct. 14 meeting will be lines established by the so- hard to service" with storm and instructed (by the council to called Luebbe and Nahrath an sanitary sewers. He said ' that nexations was approved by the Glendale could expect to spend fstress that wishes of the resi dents regarding annexation pro Glendale council Tuesday, with $50,000 immediately if it should ceedings miust be given every . three vojtes favoring the limita annex the area of the Bay Shore consider'ation. tion. Alderman Edwin Grober manor subdivision. » i Have Moral Obligation abstained from, voting. ^ • In response to * a question, Mayor Kenehan stated that The council followed a recom Webster said that annexation 'taoriai obligations" should pre- ; mendation made by the plan north'to the$ Bradley rd. "would vail over and guide the delib ning commission last Thursday. be an advantage in light of the erations of the planners. "There City planning consultant Ro last two petitions"—the Luebbe have been cerfaitn areas of the \ land Hertel told the planning and Nahrath areas. ' commission that further annex Any portion north of the, Town of Milwaukee where this ; 1 moral obligation has been dissi- \ ation in the "corridor' area be Nahrath annexation, which] p^ted,? the mayor said. He| tween River Hills and Fox Point goes on lot line north of Mall ] would present difficult < $>rob- rd,. would be "an extreme lia- \ added that " a relationship of j f (Continued, on Page 16) f lems of utilities, drainage, ash bility," Hertel said. He stated \ and garbage collections and that the proposed extensions i social standards among people highway maintenance. "A com of River Hills and Baysid* * is important when carving out munity is better off if there is "seem logical." • large sections for annexation." some consolidation of mass Glendlale aldermen expressed area," Hertel said. j An exten their opposition to annexing any sion of Glendale father north in farther north than the Bradley the "corridor" would create a rd. Alderman Lloyd Sweeney long, narrow strip. V /J; commented that "the people of Hard to Servicel, 'i *' Bayside are fearful that we in CJty Engineer Donald Web tend to rezone a portion of Re ster said that the portion of the gent rd. for industry,, but this is a false rumor. Limits Suggested It was brought out that other suburbs were considering cer tain limitations in their annex ation quests. For example River Hills officials have indicated they are not anxious to take in any cut-up area that would create sewer and zoning prob lems. Bayside is limited finan cially in the amount of land it can handle. Fox Point's chief interest lies west to the pro- \posed new Port Washington rd. If the Glendale ordinance be comes effective, the Town of Milwaukee will again be faced with the business of dividing up its assets and liabilities. The area covered in the coun-ll ciTs ordinance passed Tuesday night is described officially as "a part of the Bast Vz of Section 17 and of a part of the East % of Section 20, all in Town 8 North, Range 22 East, Town of Milwaukee." rV W ; OLENDALE TOWN TIMES annexations * by "puttingMlij Thura., Feb. 25, 1934, Page 5 their puppets in each area. li Ask Town to Edwin Eich, 8155 N. Navatf that five electors signed it one ave*, spoke against cjhalleng day prior to the expiration of ing the Heiser petition*;,?^f$S Challenge the ten day waiting period.. In response to a question, Wick-i ert said he hadn't checked Annexation petitions for anexation to Bay-; A group of Town of Milwau sideband River Hills to deter kee electors asked the Town mine whether they 'fulfilled board on Feb. 18 to challenge the legal requirements. ,•••/;' the legality of the pending v ;^ Rule Out 5 Names V- Heiser annexation to Fox Sidney Lattow, 8101 N. Sen Point, but no action was taken eca ave., said that if the case by the board as Witt explained were brought into court1 that "It was not a meeting of elec all fhe judge could do" Would tors." b^?tb rule out the five names. Fox Point has already Secured "too early.";' ; I passed aft ordinance annexing ' Circulator of the ' petition^ the tract covered by the Hei William R. Heiser, 100 En ser petition, and the, action Bradley rd., said that 75 peri will become effective March cent of the people living inl 8, unless it is challenged. the area in the:. process of being annexed to Fox Point, A majority of the 35 elec had signed the petition and tors at the Town board's that at least half of the re-^ J regular meeting Feb. 18 op maining 25 per cent were in| posed the Heiser annexation. favor of joining Fox Point. * They apparently wanted to Leaves an Orphan breathe new life into a peti ^J. W. Miner, 7329 N* Navajo tion to annex the . whole rd., speaking for, those who &#&*£ ^Town of Milwaukee to Glen wish to test the validity of the! dale* Heiser petitidn, said one of [FoxPtSTakes the objections to the annexa , u { Such a petition was started &U i %^.. ^* ;^ last October and is still being tion is that it leaves an orphan circulated, Roland Weber, 425 area of 10 to 12 families be lii'TWrdf^^ W. Manor cir., said. It over- tween FQX Point., and Glen B-^V ppsts large areas in the proc dale." ' ess now of annexation to Bay- Miner said he had not ap Section of Town proached Fox Point officials to % side, River Hills, Fox Point ask whether that village would rn A third annexation petition and Glendale. take in the ''orphans." Miner % was favorably acted upon by '. Harold Fransee, 8146 N. said he had been advised by K the Fox Point village t board Navajo rd., said he was one of Lawrence Wickert. He and ft Tuesday night. The board the originators of the big peti other petitioners are seeking ?< agreed to annex more than tion to Glendale, but is now annexation to Glendale, but at P 100 acres in the town of Mil- convinced that annexation to a meeting of the Glendale l waukee posted for annexation Glendale is impossible. "Glen council on Jan. 19, Mayor Ger I* to Fox Point, This area is dale has said they won't take ald Keftehan told Miner that &^120 feet south of the Brown in ' any more territory," he Glendale could do nothing ^^Deer^ rd. and extends west- pointed out. Weber countered v Ward tofa **ew with the argument that so far about the orphan area. Washington "Glendale has never turned Heiser Area ^H$er~Tnfi? down any petition presented to The Heiser annexation" runs .Dean rd. - *»« them." along the south, bank p| Indian f Town Attorney Lawrence Creek westerly to the east side ft . This leaves the town of Mil- Wickert said he thought the of the proposed new Port rd.; "V waukee 1 with but two small Heiser petition could be thence south to include Brad "isolated sections, not .yet "knocked out" on the grounds ley rd.; east to a point 180s posted for annexation to any feet east of the present Port; p community. .• • One is in the Washington rd.; south parallel »: north part of the county- and to the Port Washington rd. ' toi;; "should logically become part an intersection with a drain p * of Glendale v and tire other is age ditch just north of Mali* p in the south portion, adjacent rd.; then diagonally northwest ^ to 5 bot4 h Glendal,T e and Fox to the boundary line >parallel '6;Point: . •"? * a V to Port Washington rd. \ *V Fox Point in previous ac- It is understood that Weber f tions annexed to other tracts and others who oppose the Fox I—one for 157 acres and an Point annexation hope to start; other for 60 acres. River Hills a movement for a referendum has annexed 668 acres from on April 6 to determine what i tW- town of Milwaukee and community Tow# electors iiBaJrside 720 acred want to join. Weber charged that Fox Point and other mu nicipalities had "engineered" *V W, & Loc1 :ng North Across Glendlale This aerial view of Glendale, taken in March, looks north across coln park with the Milwaukee river rambling through it and off to \ Hie city. The plane was at 2,000 feet over W. Capitol dr. at the time. the right. The cloverleaf at W. Silver Spring rd. and the expressway 1 The double lane road (1) extending north and south in the left half is just right of (4) while (5) marks Bay Shore shopping center. The .: of the photo is N. Green Bay ave. The new expressway (2) winds dark east-west line at (6) is the Chicago North Western railway its way north through the right part of the picture, running alongside just north of W. Bender rd. The Milwaukee, Gas Light co« is at (?) 4 (3) the old N. Port Washington rd. The center of the photo is Lin while (8) is the Brown Deer area. — ciair wu*m <^W^>^K^L Vr^f-yf^^ Glendale Seeks [Make Changes i To Align R.H. ' 'The map o^ Glendale un-? Boundary derwent som£ minor changes Glendale ' and River Hills at Tuesday <' night's *K council, may, be doing some boundary meeting.", The first change swapping in the near future as voted by the council, will open a result of Glendale plan com W. Green Tree rd. to serve^ mission action Monday night. the area y/est of^N. Range' City Engineer D. W. Webster Line rd. ' - ' > I presented a map of the Green True to its promise to El-f Tree rd. highway 141 inter mer Engler* 3139 N. Newhall section to the commission. He ave., the council voted to con noted that the jogs and jut- demn land to open the road. tings of the boundary between The execution of its order the two communities at that was referred to City Attorney point were going to present dif George Prentice and the city ficulties both for the police and plan commission. •, maintenance departments. The second map change in Level Line. volved plans for the develop The commission decided to ment of the area southeast of ask River Hills for a leveling Silver Spring dr* and Port of the boundary line to ease Washington rd.** \ { . problems for both communi Following a public hearing, ties. the council approved a street Since the land in question is plan for the area which will all state property, there should extend Birch ave. west to N. be no difficulty in arranging 4th st. and bring 4th st. south detachment and annexation, ac ftp Henry Clay st. . s cording to the commission. Approving Rezoning i i &ezoning for the area was also approved by the council, jt-4 VLeruy 7/4/nsj compatible 1; with its street plans. All property east of :& 4{h .st \& favdeU ave^jvas placed in single family zon- ing, and an area bounded by N. 4th and 5th jst.. Birch ^ve.i extended and kicnter pi. was changed trom multiple lamily zoning to two family zoning. \ No objection to either the road plan or zoning change was heard from residents at (the public hearing. Herman 'Richter, 5425. N. 3rd St., told the council that he plans to sell his land for development this spring, permitting sewer nlans for the neighborhood to go' ahead. i f«l •Vfrlllkri *'"'"'**' Glendale Begins ."i • 4 Municipalities Meet Paul Annexation Annexation of another piece of the Town of Milwaukee be gan Tuesday when the Glen To Divide Town's Assets dale council accepted a peti tion which has been circulated Town Clerk States Glendale Entitled by Edward Paul, 500 W. Green Tree rd., and instructed City To $6500 in Liquor Taxes Alone Attorney C. R. Dineen to draft an annexing ordinance, r A meeting of the Town of Milwaukee's creditors in \ The tract covered by the an effort to arrive ai a general formula.^or dividing the petition is bounded by N. Port Town's assets and liabilities has been set for Mar. 13 Washington rd. on the east, the Milwaukee river on. the in the chambers of circuit court judge William 1,1 west. Daphne rd. on the south O'Neill. : t ^ and River Hills and the Green Tree school site on the north. Four municipalities have! It includes the new union free claims against the Town's as4 Assets— hi^v h school acreage. sets as the result of recentf (Continued from Page 1) f :The* planning-* eorrtmlssicm' Xi annexations, and all will be in-f stated last fall that it looks vited to send representatives! Town. Town Chairman Alvin Ifavorably on annexations of to the March 13meeting. Theyf Witt said "the main bone of the territory covered by the are Bayside, Fox Point, Riverf contention is income taxes." Paul petition., City Planning1 Hills and Glendale. V || He explained that the state re \ Consultant Roland Hertel told Meanwhile, a meeting be1! turns almost 50 per cent of in the council that his check tween officials of Jhe Town! come taxes to localities where shows 72 per cent of the elec and Glendale Tuesday at the^ they were .collected in two dis tors owning 82 oer cent of the Service Buliding produced noi tributions, one in May and property in the tract had result. The meeting was called! another in August. Bayside signed the petitioti. There to discuss apportionment of| was incorporated on Feb. 13, were 34 signers. -assets and liabilities arising! 1953, and the question, Witt The area covers 99.5 acres from three ' annexations toj said, is whether Bayside is en and has an assessed valuation Glendale of July 16, 1953, and titled # to a share of the 1952 of .$175,050/ • •**""'- * \% Jan. 6 and 13, 1954. | income taxes which were Glendale's Mayor Geraldi "only assets on paper" when Kenehan also pressed for pay-j they incorporated. The Town ment of the city's share; of] maintains that Bayside should liquor taxes collected by the] not receive any of the 1952 in Town and a two month's bill! come taxes distributed in May for fire protection. • jl and August of 1953. Town Clerk Morton C. Koen^f , Fuhrman said the "Town ders admitted the Town owes] j doesn't wish to give any pref Glendale about $6,500 in liquor] erence to one creditor over an- taxes and payment for. fire! ! other." He stated that "Bay- protection. Koenders said he" j side and the Town are not as could pay these claims if the j far apart as it would seem on Town board would give him the surface." authority, "but the check .Parnell's Order might bounce." i j Under an order entered by Harold Fuhrman, attorney. I Judge Andrew Parnell of Ap- for the Town, explained that pleton in Milwaukee circuit about $105,000 of the Town's' court on Jan. 21, Bayside is money was tied up as the rejj entitled to some $101,000. How suit of a garnishment action ever, if ? liabilities are sub brought by the Bayside village' tracted, Fuhrman said, the 4 Town actually owes Bayside on Jan. 22. * , } between $70,000 and $80,000. Fuhrman said the Town's! He emphasized that Judge cash "isn't completely tied! Parnell's order "is not an un up," but all settlements J qualified order to pay Bayside ought to await the outcome f $101,000. The case is now being of the meeting on March 13. i appealed to the Supreme Court. One hearing has already I Fuhrman claimed that been held in Judge, O'Neill's* Judge Parnell's order should chambers to discuss legal 1 have recognized as a liability questions arising from litiga-i j the amount of liquor taxes the tioii between Baj?side and fhq Town owes Glendale by con-y (Continued on Page 9) 'i .'if Itract. __ 1r -^ 3*.tf-ttSf <$i&^^ f^OLd m. zjj&L£^ ^^^/A^^LJ^_^^±^. .A^UK. ^ HERALD, April 29, 1965 -- Glendale Commemorative Edition Page 35 ROBERT H. G1ERIMGER HAPPY BIRTHDAY Flowers & Landscaping to 5485 N. PORT WASHINGTON RD. A 15 Year Old — Glendale from A 30 Year Old —- Greaves Nursery a little behind? "Adolescence you have reached now Those CROWING pains you've put behind! in ur n htin ? You have CROWN up—so take a bow— r^^l • • • y° g g Municipal success in mind. "CROWING pains smite us each season, then But ours we never will out CROW Rare plants—unusual—the reason CROW in our Nursery row on row." visit Milwaukee's newest Lighting Fixture Showroom 6170 N. PORT WASHINGTON RD. ED. 2-3252 V7 P.S.: "Greaves Enterprise—Great Lakes Marine Now makes its entry on the Distinctive Lignting Fixtures, Accessories scene. "Salutes great Glendale's and Glassware at Sensible Prices 'Ship of State' Though we insist all ships Bay Shore Shopping Center 332-2090 are great Be sail or motor or for bait. Hours: Mon., Tues., Wed.—10:30 to 5:30 "Come see our boats—-sail, Mon. Gr Wed. Evenings by Appointment Only motor, too Thurs. b Fri.—-10:30 to 9 Relaxing, fun—and good for you/' 6170 N. PORT WASHINGTON RD. ED. 2-3253 tration plant, Milwaukee Gas Gene Fransee Light co. service center, Treas ure Island shopping centers and Landscape Firm Glendale nursing home. A veteran of World War II, Fransee, 39, has lived in Glen Here Since 1946 dale since 1953. He graduated Gene Fransee, landscape con from Riverside high school and tractor and nurseryman, 7641 N. attended Milwaukee State Teach Port Washington rd., has been in ers college. He ana his wife have business here since 1946. Area six children. landscaping projects he has di rected included Nicolet high Fransee is a member of the school, the north shore water fil Glendale personnel commission. (SS) Early Families Told of Experiences Sauk Indian Trail Through Area When the first whitemen came Old Gun Barrel here to settle about 130 years ago, they found an Indian civilization that had existed for many unre corded generations. The Sauk Indian trail passed through a good portion of what is today Glendale. The northern part of N. Port Washington rd. follows the actual route, accord ing to records kept by ancestors of Anson Buttles, 8027 N. Navajo rd. One of them, Joel Buttles, was the first man to buy 160 acres of land in what is now Glendale. He bought the tract at the US government land sale at Green Bay (also called Fort Howard) on Oct. 5, 1835 for $1.25 per acre. This then was the Michigan ter ritory. To Bay Shore The Sauk trail came south along what is now Port Washington rd. and at the present location of the Golden Palace, 6040 N. Port Wash ington, the trail turned to the east, making its way through Union cemetery, then what is now Bay Shore shopping center and along what is now the 5400 block of N". Navajo ave. The trail's route crossed E. Hen ry Clay St., followed south just east of the Milwaukee Gear co. plant, then went along the west side of the John Oster Manufac turing co. on Lydell, crossed W. Hampton rd. at Lydell and en tered Estabrook park. From there, the path generally was what is today the road through Estabrook south to E. Capitol dr. Cross River Near the present north entrance of Estabrook is a trail leading west, down to the river. It was at that location that the Indians and early settlers forded the riv er. There was a natural rise in the lime rock riverbed. During the depression years, a WPA proj Anson Buttles, 8027 N. Navajo rd., holds an old gun barrel, that ect removed the rise to deepen was unearthed near Indian mounds on the old Hiram Bender farm, the river. which was located en the tasf side of the Milwaukee river north of In his diary, Anson Buttles, W. Bender rd. The barrel was taken from under a green white oak grandfather of the present Anson* stump that was about 200 years old. It was under the center of the Buttles, wrote that the first meet stump and about six Inches under the ground. No trace of the stock ing of town of Milwaukee offi could be found. cials was held at the home of James W. Jones, a supervisor who A fascinating entry in his diary other things and when through, revealed: jumped up and shook hands again lived on the east side of the river, with each one of us, saying 'How just opposite from where the Mil "One morning as we were about waukee cement mills later were through with breakfast, a very d'ye do, How d'ye do' and started situated. (The mills were on the large young Indian entered the off a happy Indian." west bank a few hundred feet house without knocking and went The Peter Bender farm, estab east of WTMJ.) to each of us shaking hands and lished before the Civil war, was Worn Deep by Ponies saying 'Goodbye, goodbye/ My the site of an old Indian camping From his home, which was then mother asked him to breakfast ground. It extended north along not on any road, but now is the and he accepted the invitation. • the west side of the river into site of 820 W. Bradley rd., Buttles Placing his gun in a corner he what is now Kletzsch park. went south along the trail which sat at the table. There happened in places was a foot deep and to be a bowl which contained at a foot wide—worn by "Indian po least a pint of bacon fat. The nies traveling in single file." Indian seized the bowl and drank every drop of the fat without a halt; then he helped himself to (& Mounds Are Gone ID^ Qjj „ j$Cp $ In that area were Indian burial mounds. Whites found many In dian relics and artifacts. How ever, the farmers' plow and gra vel-digger's scoops destroyed all traces of the old mounds. Many valuable "finds" are *vned by Anson Buttles, includ ing a gun barrel which was found under a green white oak stump about 200 years old. Buttles sur mises that at about the time the gun was lost, the tree started j growing over it and continued to grow until the barrel (as when found) was immediately under the middle of the stump and some six inches under the surface of the ground. There was no trace of the stock. The old barrel was found by Hiram Bender on the family farm At the southeast corner of what is now the intersection of Green Jeff Davis Surveyed Good Hope Bay and Good Hope, a huge old elm tree stood until a few years ago, when it was cut. On that site Long Before Leading Confederacy had stood barns or stables where A generation before his name called "Good Hope" when they stage coaches changed or horses became indelibly inscribed in were born. in the early days. American history as president of Stage Coach Stop the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis One of the first businesses at Moved Roads played an important role, in the the center was the Good Hope Green Bay ave. in that area oc area that today is Glendale. And House, operated by George cupied three different locations. because of it, the present inter Schmidt in 1848, the year Wiscon When originally laid out, it ..ran. section of W. Good Hope rd. and sin achieved statehood. It was a east of the aforementioned elm N. Green Bay ave. undoubtedly stage coach stop and a post office tree. Later, it was rerouted to is the most historic location in for mail coming from Green Bay west of the tree and in about 1916 Glendale. by stage. Mail was picked up was given its present route. - The first Good Hope school, of In 1833 or 1834, Davis and his there by early settlers living in ISbOA^tffo crew camped at the site while what is now Glendale, River Hills logs, was at the east side of they were surveying the road and Fox Point. Green Bay, but another story in from Green Bay to Milwaukee for Once or twice a week, settlers dicates it was on the west side— the US government. Anson But walked or came on horseback to which is possible, because of road tles, 8027. N. Navajo rd., has proof Good Hope House to pick up locations. The second GQPXL Hope, that the road was surveyed at that mail—and when weather or roads school, built in the (^60? time. were bad, trips were less fre stands north of the intersection quent. The get-togethers when on the Klabough hall property, Seek Source When built, it was north of the Belief is that the name "Good people came for mail always led Hope" was attached to the site .to talk about local business mat Good Hope tavern.Csam< uvh War meeting was to be held at Pfeil the supervisors at the River Gro L- " Just 100 years ago this month, (on Green Tree) "in relation to cery (now Kletzsch park) and "About 11 o'clock A.M. left home war was the main concern. But the war" on Aug. 12. Practically had a good meeting. The drafted on some very unpleasant business tles wrote in his diary Tuesday, "The. whole town" turned out but men in the town got their notices which was to examine a teacher today, which makes quite a at the Good Hope school. Found April 16, 1861: not one man volunteered. "Took a ride over to the Good Buttles' diary shows that an stir." He then wrote about many he had been in the habit of smok men calling at his home for help ing in the school and t Ifa t he Hope post office this A.M. and other war meeting was held Tues heard considerable southern day, Aug. 19, at Mud Greek sa to have them removed from the could not teach the English lan list. He got two removed. guage, but the majority of the dis ' news. Will have war and no mis loon. (Mud creek is now Lincoln take." ^ creek, which crosses Green Bay Lincoln "Loses" trict wished him to remain and I On election day, Nov. 8, 1864, did not like to dismiss him, but On Tuesday, June 25, 1861, he ave.) will think the matter over." wrote, "I left home about 4 "War is very dull. I wish Buttles recorded that at the local o'clock P.M. to go to Milwaukie polls, Lincoln got 123 votes and Buttles also wrote .in his diary Father Abraham would push McClelland 333. about a dance in 1848 at the Good t but a very heavy shower of rain ' overtook, me, at the 4 mile house things," he wrote on Oct. 29, 1862. On March 22, 1865, he attended Hope House of George Schmidt, War Relief/ ^^ - who later operated the old Court and after the shower I came back a war committee meeting at the House saloon in Milwaukee. home." (The Four Mile House Draft notices soon were"* being Four Mile House at which bounty received by men of the area and money was divided. Bounty was Ox-Drawn Wagon was located where the Bavarian x Buttles was named to a commit raised by tax to pay to Civil Jasper Vliet was a frequent club now stands at 5423 N. Port tee related to it. He also worked war soldiers or their families—not visitor at the Buttles' home and Washington rd.) On Aug. 11, 1861, with a group that arranged relief to exceed $200 each. he undertook to pilot the group on his way to the post office, But for families of men who had been Buttles wrote on Friday, April across the river to the dance, as tles stopped to visit Charley Keil- drafted. • 14, 1865: "Heard the news today. there was no bridge then. Vliet, ing, a returned solider, who gave <• On Tuesday, May 20, 1863, But- Peace is declared." The next on horseback, led the way into him a cartridge "which was tak ties wrote, "I lent Hiram Bender the river, followed by the ox- en from the rebels at the Battle my revolver. He is taking the drawn wagon. About 100 rods of Falling Waters in Virginia.!' day, he wrote, "Heard that Presi draft list and wishes some pro dent Lincoln was assassinated north of what was known as On Monday, March 10, 1862, he tection." Six days later, he wrote, Bender's mill, now about the cen wrote: "Drove over to Good Hope last evening about 11:30 o'clock. "Hiram Bender and Fitzhugh Ifs awful." ter of Kletzsch park, the party and down as far as the Bender called today. They are taking the was in midstream when the oxen toll gate and around home. Have draft enrollment. One townsman On May 30, 1865, he wrote, lost their footing and had to been electioneering," made resistance. He turned his "Two very large Indians went by swim. The-girls climbed onto the No Volunteers gun on them, so they told me." our house this evening. Fright seats to keep dry, but all arrived The diary on Nov, 20, 1863, ened the children. They cr^ * **nd In the ensuing months, the the Indians laughed." at the dance safely. Union's need for soldiers grew stated, "Was compelled to meet In the party were a Miss Beck and reached out to the outposts, (Continued on Page 31) of Granville, Margaret Juneau such as Good Hope. Buttles wrote (daughter of Solomon Juneau) on Aug. 11, 1862, that his brother, and a young woman who later Orrin, had been sent by the war became Mrs. Buttles. •..• committee to recruit and that a c^ BUTTLES / | > HISTORIOGRAPHER ARCHIVIST - FOX POINT ' ANSON M. BUTTLES 8027 NORTH NAVAJO ROAD MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 53217 A letter written to Cephas Buttles at Randolph, Dodge County, Wisconsin by his father, Anson Waters Buttles, October 17, 1875. j Home Oct 17, 1875 Dear Son I suppose you will be very much surprised to receive a line from me. On reading your last letter I was surprised to see that you have an opinion that I do not care or think about you. You do not exactly use these words but from the tenor of them it means so. The girls or some of the folks are writing all the time and it never struck me that you would feel neglected or I certainly would have written you and most assuredly feel more anxiety about you now than when you were always under my eye. And I feel proud of you for the ambition you have in trying to make your way through this rough world. Were I now to commence the world again I would travel a different road from the one I have and having had the experience now can judge and see where I missed things and know when and where to give advice to the young and I feel certain that if you follow the course you are now pursuing and keep the same resolutions you will undoubtedly (one day make your mark in the world. And which will be an honor both to yourself and friends. Only persevere and lay up all the information you can and taking word for it you will not regret it. I am certainly astonished at the progress you have made in letter writing. Your composition is very good and your spelling is 200 per cent better of which I feel pleased for I do abhor a poor speller, still every one is liable to mistakes, but enough of that at present. Now I suppose you would like to hear of some of the matters and things at home and around our locality. To begin with we are all well and feeling as happy as usual. The Holland boys threshed for us had 288 bushels of wheat 103 of Oats 30 bushels peas 34 bushels Buckwheat and a 150 bushels of potatoes. Our corn would have been a success if the frost had not got ahead of it. We left it on the stalks as long as we could to let it ripen. But is now getting so late that we have part of it cut the greater part is very fine but not quite as hard as it should be. Uncle Gust had two potatoes sent to him last Spring. I got one of them weighed 2\ lbs. made 18 hills of it, planted it and this fall when dry dug them and made two half bushels heaping full and some 4 or 5 potatoes over and some of them very large. Will keep them for seed, do not know the name of them. Grandpa Mullie from a little stack of wheat thrashed 105 bushels. He felt very grand the day they threshed and after they got done and were all in the house he says - Well I feel so good about the wheat I guess I must drink a little whiskey. Mamma and I could not keep from laughing. Van den Heuvelfs have 130 bushels of onions and Mrs. Van den Heuvel has a young daughter. I now have something to tell you about your very particular friend little McElroy. He got too much beer at Krocker's last Tuesday night and between 11 and 12 o'clock at night 1 went to Mrs. Sellman s/ got through the window,went upstairs to the little girls bed (one 10 and the other 12 years) and wanted to take some (5p Jix. ~4L*U*JL 4^^^ BUTTLES Page 2 impropritie with them but she called her mother and that ended it. He offered first $5.00 then $10.00. I issued a warrant for him and was not as hard with him as if he had not been misled. Some one told him to go there and it would be all right but he was mistaken. I made him pay $13.00 and it will be a lesson for him. Came very near sending him to the House of Correction, A Bright Boy (Buttles was Justice of the Peace at this date) Now about our house. I cannot conceive why you think it would be better to wait until spring to build. Then the farm work will have to be done Lumber might take a rise all the hauling would have to be done. While now I can haul the stones for the cellar and which will take a great many for I am bound to have a fine large cellar or none. Would not give much for a house without a good one. Have visited a number of lumber yards and can buy all the lumber for about $260.00. Will have to have some of it planed - can have the work done for $1.70 the cellar will cost about $40.00 the plastering about $130.00 the nails 1,000 lbs. $33.00 then there will be the doors, sash and blinds, tin works. And the painting for I want to try and have a good one and for all of which I must borrow the money and in the mean time if we should be taken sick or anything serious happen to us it would be a very heavy hard case. But must trust Providence. If I keep my health am not afraid "No Venture11 "Nothing have" as the old saying is. But I have come to the conclusion not to build this fall but get the cellar dug and walled up and get the lumber out this fall and winter — don't you think that would be a good plan. Will get the money for about 5 or 6 years and will pay it if we have no draw back. But should anything happen us why you must all try and help save the home for I am determined to have a comfortable one. Some of these days if God spares me and gives me health. We are having exceedingly cold weather just at present the ice has been an inch thick down at the spring but that is always the ^ m coldest place in this country. I suppose you knowf Mar Juneau is teaching (/^f The German teacher's daughter got a Certificate and will teach this winter down at Messer's School House and Kate will begin the 1st of Nov. < Morris is making great strides to get elected Milwaukee County Superintendent of Schools. Got out some election cards in German with David Morris - Protestant Candidate for Milwaukee County Superintendent of Schools. I told JL > (Yked^(2A'4. JLe&stf f4#< ~*&' **>*^> *&& /^> ^piau^ *Pvw A Excerpts from the Anson W. Buttles 1876 Diary - Thursday June 29, 1876 Promised Hiram Bender I would come down and do some surveying for him - did not like the job for the reason that-the land lies a half mile on the Milwaukee river bank very steep and heavy swamp to go through. however I took my tools and went down Cornelia and Julia went along to keep Mrs* Peter Bender company. And I worked faithful all day got my feet all wet besides I did not get done and must go down in the morning again and try and finish it up if a favorable day , Drove the old pony down. Cornelia says she had a pleasant visit. Julia says she is very tired. Did not get home until after dark. Has been a very warm day but cool this evening Friday June 30, 1876 But I was very tired last night is awful hard work for me to walk so much now but I must stick to it as long as I can earn all the money I can honestly* Tony took me down to Benders this morning -*nd brot the team back and told him he need not come after me as could not tell when I would get done and would walk home Made a finish about 4 oclock and left my instruments with Hiram Bender and walked home and you bet I was glad when I got home Cut across lots in some places, awful cold tonight Sunday, July 2, 1876 This P.M. William Bender and his wife came along and they stopped for a while I have been handling the pen and pencil about all day and very busy too Am making a plat of Bender's farm will lay part of it out in Lots NOTE: William Bender and wife are parents of the late ) 0 Attorney Walter Bender Monday July 3, 1876 I had some notices to put up this morning which I was compelled to do being the last day required by law. so I done my duty and also had a return to make to our town treasurer concerning the State School Fund which I also accomplished and drove around by Bender's mill and got some feed must keep the horses up as they are looking well now would like to keep them so. ' For Bender surveying June 29, 30, 1876 - $15.00 C\ BUTTLES Page 3 him that was wrong but he would not listen or believe it. He will teach at the Lindwurm school this winter. He will not be elected by any means. Tell Mr. Brown I should be happy to form his acquaintance and perhaps it will take place. Should very much like to visit that County although Uncle Paul Juneau and I had a trip through there before you were born 1856 but I suppose the County has changed much since. Grandpa Buttles is still around but likes the stove this cold weather. Grandpa and Grandma Mullie are well and are expecting Aunt Jannette from Illinois every day. Uncle John's folks are all well and last tho not least we are all well and send love. Mamma says you must dress warm and not take cold. You will have very hard work to read this as I have been writing too much today. Am tired So Good Bye from your loving father. A. W. Buttles © •WW * — : ; River Hills, Ft. Sheridan Clash at Polo Sunday FAIRMOUNT RIDING STABLES Now that crisp, cool days of fall Located on Lydell Avenue, in have replaced the blistering Jieat of the present 4900 block, just summer, Shorewood and Whitefish Bay polo fans, of whom there is a south of Oster (Sunbeam) Mfg. steadily growing number, anticipate Company. with more zest than ever the regular Sunday afternoon games. This riding stable was here in A record crowd is expected to be the 1930's and 1940's. Fairmount on hand when the plucky River Hills Avenue ended here at Lydell Avenue, team meets the army team from Ft. Sheridan on the club field, near Me- quon. The game is scheduled for Shown are Mrs. John D. Bird, Sr. ' , 3 o'clock. and sons, John and Charles. The This will very likely be the last big picture was taken in 1939. outdoor game, since it is near the end of the season, according to P. Dud- . ley Pearson, manager. During the winter the games are played in the hall of the Fairmont, Riding Academy. The team includes several Shore- wood and Whitefish Bay residents. The players are: Capt. Glen Fergu son, Roy Hinze, Fred Lange, S. A. Weyenberg, Harry Weiner, William Wagner, and Milton Epstein. ..—' • Sep*, a, /f3 Dr. Warren Rich Is Known for Skill in Treating Lame Horses One of the best known riding stables in the United States is lo cated on the outskirts of Milwaukee. Scores of fine horses are sent to it for training each year from the south, the east, and the middle west. Its manager, Dr. Warren H. Rich, Is known for his skill in treating lame horses, as well as for his training ability, all over the country. This establishment is the "Unt Riding stables, north and West fairmount av. Equipped will! Ule largest private riding ring ^acrrspTlfrg~ine FTirniount KidlHF in Wisconsin, and with stable accom stables hold an amateur horse show, modations for nearly 300 animals, it open only to their customers. Next is a major gathering place for the November it is planned to resume horsemen of this region. thei annual open show, which former ly drew many of the finest horses Keep 8© Horses and riders in the United States. Around 80 head of fine saddle The saddle horse business is pick and hunting stock is stabled all of ing up rapidly all over the country,. the time, according to Dr. Rich. Dr. Rich says. He makes buying Many of the horses are boarded there trips ,each year to the regions where by private owners, many are colts in fine horses are bred, and keeps clos- training, and the balance are kept ly in touch withp rices and general for rontal purposes; Fine bridal conditions. The business of the Fair-* patho and cross country courses lead , mount stables is over 150 per cent from the stable door. •„ better than two years ago, he states; . ! £3 rwjfjswf T rv*?™->*r Fichaux Fines Nine; * Also Former Teacher > •-.. ; «. ^> - 1 Nine, drivers were ftned by Louis E, Fichaux in the Whitefish Bay Pen jlice court Wednesday night for ex ceeding the village speed limit and A paid fines ranging from five to fifteen :J dollars/in addition to costs. Fines of \ one dollar were assessed against each J of three riders from Jhe Fairmount Riding academy for driving their ; horses across the sidewalk on Lydell street. The case of a fifteen year old | boy who was found driving an auto* >| mobile without a driver's license was J ;r.i:'Phone EDgetrood 8069'^ extended by Judge Fichaux, for two?! ft1?-' •-•••' • 7<" • weeks." ;, -TL^.^ }? RIDING $1.00 PER HOUR t R.dnc.d r.tn rldlnc book—10-oae hoot An^old school day friendship was | j Coupon*. (10.00 ' ^ restored last night when Attorney | L. Mclntyre, Judge Fichaux's teacher i FAIRMOUNT STABLER while* he was attending the law V. Ne»r Ratabrook and Lincoln Parkb *s school at Marquette University, ap* I• .:•• ML W. H. RICH, M Fairmount Stables Saddle Horses for any Type of Ride m HORSES BOARDED FINE HORSES FOR SALE A y Largest Indoor Ring in Wisconsin ; :i?> '•'; Nice Bridal Paths, winding through two parks,* Cross Country Riding Pit MANAGER: • / "-j^;*^7 ; DR. WARREN H. RICH, General Veterinarian N. 3rd & W. Fairmount Ajve. '•",' EDgewood 8069 i -i *> h , (A ^ t^U^AjUe^ Curie Guvb^L ^ lib3 <^W<- **** ^ ypet^,t-h^< ^MUL old ^2&ienx gl yLl&M> - & The original Town Hall for the Town of Milwaukee. Now located on the grounds t of the Glendale Police Department, 5909 N. Milwau kee River Parkway. The Town Hall was built on Bender Road, where the North Shore Water Filtra tion Plant is now located, on the west side of the expressway, 1-43. Max Zabel donated part of his land (he owned 2 5 acres on the no rthwest corner of Bender Rd and Port Wash, Rd.) He and his^wife, Maria (Mueller) Zabel gave a "deed of conveyance" on July 18, 1872 for this. It was built between August and Octob er 1872. Recognition foniqwn hall The Town of Milwaukee Town Hall, '. Advisory Committee. They helped pre 5909 N. Milwaukee River Pkwy., Glen pare a 12-page application forms. Several dale, is one its way to national recogni .. committee members went to Madison to tion. . :." •• the review board meeting. The building's nomination to the The nomination goes now to the Depart National Register of Historic Places was ment of Interior in Washington, D.C. . approved earlier this month • by the Members of the committee will attend Wisconsin Historic Preservation Review the Review Board meeting on July 18 at Board. the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ..j Efforts to get landmark status for the " in Madison. The nomination will be ' building were led by a citizens Town Hall « considered at that time. .' ! . - feW mmasBfflm 1 —Journal Staff Photo New Riding Academy N earing Completion v Pictured above is Milwaukee's new $48,000 riding academy which is of it will be one story high and part two stories.- Steel trusses are being :v v nearing completion under the direction of Lindl &.Schut£e, designing used and the foundation is of concrete. .. ' . ^ " .-; ^. architects. The academy is'sponsored by M. E. Winson and Lieut. A C. Lieut. Elliot will move some of his own hordes to the building within" the next two weeks, but the formal opening will'be withheld -until Elliot, and is to be known as the Fairmount Riding academy. It is lo- November, when a horse show will be held, A showering and running ;cat;ed castot Lincolzj parjs, acrqss the Port.Washington rd. '^ Page 22 . THE HERALD, April 29, 1965 — Glendale Commemorative Edition Restoration of Historic Town Hall Built in 1872 Is Major Project of Glendale's Woman's Club by Mary Pat Cunningham It was the year that people bers of the Glendale Womans' The search uncovered that the were still talking about the Chi club. minutes had been read in both cago fire—the year Susan B. Name Committee German and in English and that Anthony tested the 14th amend- In 1962, when Mrs. Albert A. it was in a German newspaper, • ment by leading a group of wom Jacobs, 434 W. River Front dr. en to the polls to cast their bal was president of the club, she ap- the Wisconsin Banner, that the lots in the presidential election— . pointed a committee to set in advertisement lor bids on the •. the year General Grant was run motion, machinery to save the town hall was published. ning against Horace Greeley for town hall. •.;,:. .'•' r . the presidency—the year Mark ••Chairman of the group was The town board met on Aug. 5, Twain's "Roughing It" was pub Mrs. William V. Hays, 518 W. 1872 and awarded the bid to Louis lished—the year that for the first River Front dr. Members of her Severin, who bid $800, and who time Negroes were chosen as committee included Mrs. Oliver delegates to a national con Heine, 209 W. Clovernook la.; attended the meeting. This was vention, the Republican conven Mrs. Harry Reichert, 611 W. not the lowest bid, but the sec tion—the first mail order house Daphne rd.; Mrs. Erwin Kiedrow, ond lowest. However, the low bid opened for business, Montgomery- 1030 W. River Front dr.; Mrs. der was not in attendance. Ward—and Jehovah's Witnesses Gerald Kenehan, 335 W. River Decide Colors » was organized. Front dr.; Mrs. Rali-Albright, 865 The minutes for that meeting It was 1872. And on a dusty W. Montclair ave. and Mrs. Mer lin Langetieg, 7029 N. Pierron rd. note that "Mr. Severin is known little road in the town of Milwau to be a man of necessary re kee—just a good stretch of the Almost all of the women are still legs from the winding Milwaukee working on the project. sponsibility." The building was river, the citizens built their first Tell Plans started immediately and a few town hall. After a year of research, the weeks later the minutes read, "It is determined that the ceil A Nice Veranda committee went before the city council, and explained tentative ing shall be of flooring and shall There were 37 stars in the US plans for the possibility of mov be a silver grey. And the doors, flag when the last nail was driven ing the building to the municipal windows and cprnices shall be of and the final coat of paint dried. grounds, where a plot large dark brown color of good oil It was a rectangular building, enough existed and which was ad paint. The board concluded to dis clapboard set on a fieldstone jacent to fire and police protec pense with the inside hall door. foundation, with a nice veranda tion. The Woman's club offered to The paneling shall be colored to and plenty of buggy room in undertake the project of restor represent an oak grain as high front. ation if council would consent to as the chair, board. And above From 1872 until 1962 the little the move. It did and because the that to be of silver grey the same building stood on W. Bender rd., city was the owner of the old color as the outside. And the just west of N. Port Washington town hall, agreed to have the ac battings to be of a brown or wal rd., and for almost all the time tual moving done. nut color and the ceiling to be of it was in continuous use. Until Then the women proceeded with a white color slightly mixed with 1951, meetings were held there- their plans. A foundation had to' okra." just after the city of Glendale was be built on the new site, and ma ... Old Stove formed—then, until 1960 it was terials gathered to put the town With such a detailed blueprint, a polling place. hall back in its original condition. authenticity ceased to be a prob- ; t Artists' Favorite To date more than $6,000 has been lem. Cedar shingles are going on The little wooden meeting house donated in time and materials to the roof—a pot bellied stove, gift had weathered, but withstood the that end. From the actual moving of Mrs. A. J. McGarvie, 7140 W. years well. It had become a fa date in July, 1963, until today, Chambers St., is in place, the vorite subject for artists, a land work has progressed to a point cuuitcii, «uiu eApiauieu tentative mark, a memento of things past— where completion, down to the plans for the possibility of mov but not a window was shattered, last detail is coming_ very close. ing the building to the municipal not a board broken. No baseballs Search the Past grounds, where a plot large or snowballs had disfigured the In professional fashion, the enough existed and which was ad structure. What was to become of committee dug back into village jacent to fire and police protec this bit d! history? ; records to see what it could find tion. The Woman's club offered to It was owned by the city of in the town minutes to guide them undertake the project of restor in their plans. Prior to 1872, the ation if council would consent to Glendale, under the jurisdiction of town fathers had met in an old the move. It did and because the the city council. Just as it had grist mill on the west side of the city was the owner of the old caught the fancy of many passers river near the falls or in the town hall, agreed to have the ac by, the building captured the im school house on the Green Bay tual moving done. agination of several of the mem rd.~ - V Then the women proceeded with their plans. A foundation had to* be built on the new site, and ma terials gathered to put the town hall back in its original condition. To date more than $6,000 has been donated in time and materials to that end. From the actual moving Qduz <^LLO^ yulaf ^0-^4. $&*cde4s W "yujLLil < date in July, 1963, until today, work has progressed to a point where completion, down to the last detail is coming very close. (o% 4 / J*' wof, ^ !!&%*_, &s&* 21, ma (/rf ^ morels ^45 •ax&nra icjuwr fixe first aismal wlater horse show held &t the steely eas&pl&t«& Saimosmt Riding Ao&d««fiy was held In $eoe$&b*r* 1$S8# Fourth 3h#re hor$e .lawere participated, Pr^d Fabst entering his noted jmi&per* ^St^r** iudiisgtoii. Pattern, "Itertle. Grown** 1. B. Vin&ie, '"Bratstti^ y* W# Kagin, ^reyling"* Among these baring hoses were Meagre auaA.V*$&OBMMr A. C SLser, J. P# XoCane* C. J« Indrae* Eruee Ccnr&al'fcp Harry CteMXl end CIar$nee fhiole* The new riding aeadeiay wits sponsored lay H. JL Vinson ant. A* 5* 811otf and is located jnst west of the limits Of Whitefish Bay taptiwia. Sfe&ry Clay Street and Hapten Boad# Mndl and Selmtte were the mpowieing i&nd designing architects* Jhe concrete fouisdatiO&s of the faxiMi&g ssrw 240 x 141 feet, the central le&gfch of the structure'Wing tvo'etoirioo in hei$kt» An outside show ring and rujmiing coxur&e were ---const rnet eft adjacent to the new acadsay* .?•* fc* '. ' , ^ "• ^.• 61 -Ji&tJU. j 1993 l?za ^ — •*^»— -» tlal board fence around the was started on Aug, 12, 1872| Is Town Hall Doomed? l/n/nff premises hereby conveyed it and was completed Oct. 1, is further understood and 1872. ' j The carpenter-contractor of: Whitefish Bay Heir to Town Hall Site agreed by the parties hereto, the building was Louis Sever-; that in case the ] object of an. Plans and specifications' which this conveyance made for the building were drawn Claims Land on 'Deed of Surveyance' r should cease, that lot of land up by Buttles. t What is to become of the old He recommended that no ren- herein described shall reverse The donor of the land, at the time he made his gift to the Town hall, which once served tal be paid to the party of the first part." the entire north shore, when The deed, of which Groote- town, owned the property on This deed was accepted by both sides of the Bender rd. it was part of the Town of maat has a photostatic copy, Town Chairman William H. Milwaukee? provides as follows: as far east as Bay Ridge ave. Lindwurm and, Supervisors Mrs. Dunlop is his grand 5 Now legally dissolved, ex "The foregoing conveyance John A. Schmidt and Jacob daughter. cept for a pending court case, being made and received by ^34fe8trrrsJuly 18, 1872i It was Town Chairman Lindwurm challenging the merging of the the parties mentioned therein recordedNby Clerk Anson W. lived on a farm which is now | town with Fox Point and Glen for the sole purpose of the Buttles. ^Gs'pPe,L . much of Lincoln park. Mrs. dale, the land upon which the building of a town house there Built in 1872 Zabel, nee Miller, grew up in ; Town hall has stood since 1872 on, and has the party of the The town hall, according to the old house, which stands at reverts /back to the heirs of the second part obliged itself to early town records, was built the entrance to Estabrook original owners, according to build and maintain a substan- park. the "deed Of surveyance" at a cost of $800. Construction given the Town of Milwaukee on July 18, 1872, by Max Zabel and his wife, Marie. The deed gives the legal description for a lot, 100 feet deep and 50 feet wide on the Bender rd. and specifies it is to be used as a lowri hall site until the township dis continues its use, when it j- shall revert black io the i family. b. Mrs. Earnest (Bertha P.) Dun la p, 1008 E/ Lexington blvdl, and her son and daugh ter are the only living heirs. * Mrs. Dunlop has asked that the city of Glendale remove the building immediately and pay her a rental from the time the town ceased to exist. * Attorney Oliver M. Groote- m a at, is representing Mrs. • .Dunlop. If £ay No Rental ( Attorney George Prentice I; for the Gity of Glendale ad- 6 vised the Glendale council last 'Tuesday that Mrs. Dunlop has •& lib blaim to the town hall, *«>*&&&' l^which is'owned by the city. Town Dies at ^w Age 114 Y^ars; Wants Town Hall Rosalia Hesse 6583 N. Sunny Pt. rd. lost her court fight with Moved Within Glendale Jan. 20. A jury rul i The Town of Milwaukee died^ ing gave Glendale the neces i>n Tuesday, May 31, at the; sary land for the extension of age of 114 years. ' - J Days N. Sunny Pt. rd. The exten The end of the town came* sion had previously been ap in a resolution adopted by the! A request that the old Town proved by the city after a pub town/board in the Town hall*! hall on W. Bender rd. be re lic hearing. 528 !W. Bender rd„ Glendale;}, moved from its present site The last of the town was am! within 30 days and that Glen City Attorney George Pren nexed to Fox Point on Mon4> dale pay a rental of $100 per tice told the city council Tues day. The Town of Milwaukee* month for June and July was day night that a three-man was formed in 1841 and once made to the council in a letter commission appointed bv the included everything north of by the attorney for Bertha P. court Feb, 2 would sef fh* Greenfield ave. to the county Dunlap. val"e of Miss Hesse's land. line. Many communities were The Town hall was part of formed out of the town, Gran jthe assets of the Town of Mil Prentice told the council that a ville, Fox Point, Shorewood, waukee taken over by the city " P.Dunlap had also s Glendale, Whitefish Bay and jof Glendale. V lost her action against the city. River Hills. I Mrs. Dunlap's demand has He said that she had sought The end of the town carne been turned over to the city to recover $100 monthly rent quietly despite the presence attorney for study. The Town n«Lhe,°ld town hen site daE of a "rebel" board formed t$r hall is the most historic build mg back to April 25, 1955. block the final annexations. ing in Glendale, r,J? etuaid ille eity refused to pay r the rent, contending that The last officers were Ro the gift of land made by her land Weber, chairman; Fred e t0rS r town hal G. Ring and Nic Ehr, super r/eH l J? ?. * cor visors; Harvey Stablefeldt, ned no obligation to maintain clerk,, and Peter Doering, a town hall on the site, The •*/«/< uss court ruled for Glendajt, L treasurer. ,»* v5y -n /•-&9L-IQ5*) fas/mf Rolling a barrel in front of the 93 year committee working to restore the build old town of Milwaukee hall in Glendale ing. In the background was Mrs. Oliver were Mrs. Albert A. Jacobs (left), of 434 Heine, 209 W. Clovernook la. Mrs. Hays W. River Front dr., and Mrs. William V. is head of the committee. All three worn-/ Hays, 518 River Front dr., members of a en are from Glendale. -journal photo ?3 $1^ -L*u** /vhjvxl -art***- ifOl> Zt) • JUoe^ JfV^ & • (l&M«ta.£f**'«' ate, -^****J) Convert Old Home" To Office Bldg. Jordan Jefferson Builders plan a new office building at J 412 W. Silver Spring dr. Representatives of the firm ••••.& appeared at Mondays plan commission meeting and got ^•{t>9 Juj. 4**~*«- &*€**«*, ft^** informal approval of their IrjCAsdhp y^rfvg^f*-** . " plans to convert an old resi dence at that address into an J office building. Plan consultant Roland Her tel told the builders that their plans had adequate parking facilities but asked them to dress up the building* front with "grass". At Work on W. Riyeryiew Dr. A construction crew was busy on a CWA proj was taken Feb. 13, 1934. Now residential com ect improving W. Riverview dr. when this photo munity, this was a farming area at the time. 0(W if-11-fits (^atducd^^w^ THE HKRAl.tl '. is Glendale Commemorative Etlltli Pag« 11 /';•('•( .7cri(/(i/(> Landmark mf^m m ...-•<& -*u. - !f"jj» •Wh\mm?mmmTmv m ~ M:: •-••-.- F«w if any north shoreens living today can Anton, who died seven yean ago, was the father remember when Frank Luy's D=.-ges Bay Half of Mrs. Elmer Luebbe, 79*9 N Port Washington Way KOUM was a popular tavern—but many re rd , whose husband is Glendale commtssloner of call in more recent name, Norma's Country store. public works. Although the Half Way House start- Left to right art Frank Luy, hi* daughter, bis wife rd as a tavern, it was used mostly as a grocery (seated holding baby) and an unidentified man. •tor* under nurrerout ewners, apparently since Located in the 7200 block of N. Port Washington well before 1900. Among the grocers were Mr and rd., it was built more than 100 years ago by Jacob Mrs Fred Breul, new of 737* N Port Weshmeten Luy, a brother of Frank. Jacob was town chair- rd., who operated it before World War I The man 22 yean and a town supervisor si« yean. Brows' son. Fr«d \t . All W Apple Tree rd . now Frank's stepdaughter ii Mn. Clarence 'Myrtle) a Glmdalr detective, was born IN the building Freckman, 616 W. Bender rd. Frank* brother. ^/^C^J ji^+L-r ^fj/ • A)C* t' -** v_W -UX-4- Wr -/n+4.t.{ ./-/<, ;...;,< J J.... ,i. KS<~*. ••••!'• Few II any north shoreans living today can Anton, who died seven years age, was the father . remember when Fri ->k Luy's Donges Bay Half of Mrs. Elmer Luebbe, 7949 N. Port Washington Way House was a popular tavern—but many re rd., whose husband Is Glendale commissioner of call its more recent name, Norma's Country store. public works. Although the Half Way House start Left to right are Frank Luy, his daughter, his wife ed as a tavern, it was used mostly as a grocery (seated holding baby) and an unidentified man. store, under numerous owners, apparently since Located In the 7200 block of N. Port Washington well before 1900. Among the grocers were Mr. and rd., it was built more than 100 years ago by Jacob Mrs. Fred Breul, now of 7376 N. Port Washington Luy, a brother of Frank. Jacob was town chair- rd., who operated it before World War I. The ;m«n.M years And a town, supervisor six years. S,Fr*nV*s. s**pd»uflht«r l» Mr*.' Clarence (Myrtle) Breuls' son, Fred jr., 621 W. Apple Tree rd., now Be>,#Wy«aWfcWS, W. Bender,-«Afc Frank's brother, a Glendale detective, was born in the building. "" ' • ••" .'V- -WMm-*-' • •• i>' • :\ 'Tii. i Jyejt xJ^^*-fU^ ^ -^w^^ 3? u 0M - ~~fcf&?U-£^ 15" This photo gives a better view of the "old" Port Washington Road, before it was widened, and before the expressway (1-43) was put in. Photo taken May 14, 19 55 from top of Water Tower, north end of Lydell Avenue, looking south and wesc. Bavarian roomr ^^fSi*^|^^ By Sandra Whitehead , The result—the Bavarian WaldhatiB?" " Inn—has a fest hall for 500, a dining any North Shore commuters pass hall for 150 and three meeting/party the Bavarian Inn, just west of I- rooms. Three soccer fields and a practice ' M 43 at Lexington Boulevard, on a field are maintained adjacent to the inn. daily basis. The huge natural wood | The park is still in use. building with its bright blue shutters The activities that brought the societ- " and colorful 75-foot May Pole is very ies together continue to be enjoyed by a ' visible from the expressway. Some have ventured into its spacious new generation. halls and stood beneath its cathedral ceiling, admiring its windows of stained- Hie societies' business is han glass lions, the mascot of Bavaria. dled by three corporations—a non-profit Many have hoisted a stein at the charitable corporation, a corporation to annual Oktoberfest held behind the oversee operations of the inn, arid a : building in what is known as Old : land-holding corporation.' ' Heidelberg Park. Today, the property is valued at about Others are regular customers at the $1.57 million. It is not tax-exempt and in inn's Friday night fish fry. 1988 paid $45,000 in property taxes to the city of Glendale, according to the What we know as the Bavarian Inn is : actually the home of the United Bava society. rian Societies, a group of five German The five societies have a total mem- ethnic clubs that was organized in 1934 bership of about 800, said Anton Moser 1 to promote activities from their native/ of Brookfield, president of Deutsches* v | Bavaria in southern Germany. Land, the land-holding corporation.' J The societies built what they call the The soccer club, which will celebrate ) Bavarian Waldhaus Inn in 1968. its 60th year this year, has a member- , ship of more than 600/ - j The United Bavarian Societies * ' > ' 1 started out in the area in 1945 when To those who have grown up ; they bought 20 acres of land between in the Bavarian culture, the United North Port Washington Road and the German Societies feel more like a familyr Milwaukee River, in what was known than a club, said Carol Schaefer of New : then as the Town of Milwaukee. The Berlin, Schaefer said she has danced property included an old farmhouse at with the Oberlanders as far back as she 5423 N. Port Washington Road, which can remember. She met her husband, the societies used as a clubhouse. John, at a club function when he, as The activities included dancing, sing part of a high school dance band, ing, sports and socializing. There were , provided music for an Oberlander event. . two dance clubs, the D'Lustigen Wendl- John gave Carol his class ring when ; stoana and the D'Oberlander, that spe they took a ride together on the Kiddie cialized in schuplatting, a traditional Land train in Old Heidelberg Park. The Bavarian folk dance. A choral society, rest is history. Gesanverein Bavaria, promoted Bava Now her daughter, Cindy, 19, is an rian folk songs. Oberlander and will be the 1989 Soccer teams were popular, long before OktoberfestjQueen. Y * the sport was known to most Americans. j Like her mother, Cindy comes home ""! Members of the Vergnuegungs Club, a I from college on Friday nights for the social club, got together for cards and N ; Oberlander meeting. conversation. ^ "'; | "The main ingredient (to the societies) Highway construction in 1958 cc^t . is that you do everything as a family. through the property, separating the That s what holds the society together," : clubhouse from Old Heidelberg Park. *' * Schaefer said. Soon after, the widening of Port , Belonging is a real commitment, she Washington Road brought a busier j emphasized. "You can't do it if it isn't a street to the clubhouse front door. part of your family," she said. "It In response, the societies J demands too much." decided to build a new clubhouse west of I The societies' members give many the highway (now 1-43) on the remaining I hours of volunteer Service in order to put, 16 acres they owned. on the festivals, coach the soccer teams *£ 1.8*1 in 4- pnd maintain the clubs, she said.> -t Quc-Ad^ (M. <*Xft(p4gz Tr- SOME OF Milwaukee's German heritage is preserved in Glendale by five German societies that have banded together as the United German Societies. They are^best known to the public as owners of the Bavarian Inn (above), 700 ""vvTTexington blvd.(I5agQgieties' tirsfclubhous^right) was a farmhouse at 5423 N. Port WashingtonF?dad Sfcquired in 1945. A 75-foot May Pole (far crux J^UHMJU I right) was donated to the Bavarian Inn in 1978 by local real estate man Harold Seamann on the 50th anniversary of D'Oberlander. It contains symbols of the five societies and is one of only two such structures in the United States. (Recent photos by Dan Johnson; photo of original clubhouse courtesy of Anton Moser) Jit l$3& £n*n ^itZ^ ut&tLA. JZ&UA- d#u*^ Fire Dep^s First 'Big7 Fire Was Its Own—Arsonist Burned Station Fire is the chief concern of the Glendale fire department—but on ; No Galls The new and modern $245,000 Biggest Fire one occasion back in 1927, it was The department has answered not only the chief concern but station was opened in November, 1963—and ironically, during the • hundreds of calls in its years of also a.very personal matter. The service, the largest being a blaze fire station burned—the work of period of moving and settling, the department did not " receive a at Bay Shore shopping center that an arsonist! caused an estimated $281,000 The memorable event occurred single call for about a week. When the town organized the damage Jan. 24, 1959. Another less than six months after the department in 1927, it named causing considerable destruction town board had established the Louis Antisdel the chief—a simi was at Pappy's Bay Shore res- department on July 15, 1927. An lar position he held in the po taurant, at Bay Shore, Dec. 29, American La France engine was 1958, causing $32,000. The latter purchased, so a station was lice department. Francis Sievers, : who joined the department at the was arson. needed and the town board ob same time, was appointed chief Glendale's new station, largest tained use of Messer's black- and has held the job the past 35 in the north shore, contains 7,290. f, smith shop at N. Port Washing years. square feet of apparatus floor ton and W. Green Tree rds. Grass Fires area, enough to meet needs for Someone objected. On Dec. 21, The American La France was many years. Also included are 1927, the building was destroyed the only piece of equipment until: 4,740 square feet of area for of by fire—the loss being about 1931, when a Model A Ford fire fices, classrooms, living quarters $15,000. Investigation revealed an truck was purchased. The truck for the firemen, lobby and com arsonist was responsible. included a 200-gallon water tank munications area, storage, and a The new engine was saved, with to help combat the many grass tower used for drill training and almost no damage. The next sta fires that plagued the depart hose drying. tion was Schoof's Fox Point ment. The fire station, as well as the garage at the same intersection. police station and city hall, was The location was used until April The department served an area three times as large as the pres-. designed by Donald L. Grieb As 18, 1931, when Hansen's Good sociates. Hope garage became the station. ent city of Glendale. The town--' This was the site until May, 1940, ship then included all of what is Until 1940, the department con when the new service building at now Bayside and River Hills, plus sisted entirely of volunteer fire 7030 N. Port Washington rd. was portions of Fox Point and the city men. In 1940, the first paid fire opened for the fire, police and of Milwaukee. Most of the area men joined the department. To public works departments. was farmland, with few commer meet the rapidly growing needs cial or industrial building. The of industrial and residential ex- • most recently announced valu pansion, the department has been ation of Glendale is $167,974,700. enlarged steadily to now include It *H st aQXmAs the full time chief, 13 full time firefighters and 35 volunteers. (H tUjal^lJ • O, s %, se: THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL Friday, March 31,1989 y\; Gas in Glendale traced to old well Fire Department and complained of t By ANNE E.SCHWARTZ an odor in the basement, according to of The, Journal staff i ; V Glendale Fire Chief, Norman Wich- ;. Glendale '^- An abandoned well man,! .p^.-; > ,r[ , 'fv^ was the source of carbon dioxide that Reuter told firefighters he was forced two Glendai^ residents out of having trouble keeping the pilot their home earlier this week, investi lights lit in the water heater and the • gators from the State Department of furnace, Wichman said. *\ *'v Natural Resources and the Glendale Fire Department determined late "We tested the home at that time, Thursday. « but found nothing. I knew something , DNR officials said the abandoned had to be amiss, because Reuter told well, In the yard behind the home, us he couldn't keep matches burning, \ had never been capped. As a result, but there was nothing else we could pipes that ted into the house carried do," Wichman said.*.;,/.' ; .\\£$£$," in carbon dioxide that displaced the Glendale firefighters returnedabl oxygen and could have caused suffo the home Tuesday after Router called.; cation. ? ; i / to tell them the pilot lights for,the:i It was not clear whether the seep furnace and hot water heater ha © \&* ^ei^U <7~3-/ approval. "They are seldom 5 ' By Shirley Stevens rejected," he said, "unless a name /,, ike the title of a book, an has an objectionable connotation.", ; interesting street name L catches the eye. ox Point is a garden of street Fairy Chasm, Good Hope, Sleepy names: Acacia, Daisy, Hollow and Bywater are North *-' Juniper and Lilac. / f F Shore street names that tantilize Some of the older roads in the ~T^*" the imagination. suburb like Longacre, Crossway . Some of the arboreal names in and Gray Log La. are functional Glendale's Clovernook Estates are names that graphically define their almost poetic as a group: Apple origins. > V; /'.. * * Blossom, ,Applewood Bittersweet, Bridge La., which spans a ravine," Hemlock and Ironwood, Apple Tree, needs no explanation. It was, how- > Greenwood, Arbor, Elm Tree and ever, once a part of N. Lake Dr., ,; Redwood. according to Fox Point historian i,% From what creative wells did Anson Buttles, 8027 N. Navajo Rd. these names spring? "A grading project in 1917, changed . No one knows the Clovernook its course, he said. origins. "Links Cir. and Links Way," Rudy Messer, 320 W. Green Tree Buttles continued, "we're named Rd., Glendale, noted that Clover after a private golf course. It was nook was once farmland. located between Fox La. and Hyde "There were lots of trees on the Way on both sides of Lake Dr." . land," he said, "especially apple School Rd, named after the old / trees and elms. This was probably Milwaukee Country Day School, . the reason why the developers, was remembered well by Buttles. - Thalman and Schrang, thought of He hauled 13,000 yards of sod from those names back in the 1950s." Racine to create a football field at Country Day years ago, he said. £/ Other Glendale streets Family names are common on * suggest romance. Sunny Point Rd.;^ street signs. The1 Fairchilds, Bells ^ Rock PI., Rockledge La. and Sunset and Bayfields were all North Shore,;<: La. convey images of couples sil residents. ' ' houetted against rose colored skies Usually it was the first settlers with the sun setting smid streaks who gave their names to roadways. of gold and crimson highlighting An exception to that was James massive outcroppings of stone, lay Dean, one of the last to homestead , ered like canyon walls. in rural Fox Point. Retired jplanningconsultant Roland Hertel, 2150 W. Kendall There was often keen Ave., Glendale, said there are rivalry to put family names on > several outcroppings of limestone streets. . *, rock in the area. According to Buttles, Bender Rd. "Sunny Point Rd. and Sunset La. in Glendale was Brown's Rd. at one are on land that extends upwards," time. "The Brown family lived he said. "There used to be lots of there and put their name on the summer homes there and it's con road running through their land," \ ceivable that people enjoyed he said. "Ten years later the 4 sunsets from that vantage point.'' , Benders came along and put their Hertel explained that residents, -.' name on it, developers and township admini "My grandfather," Buttles con strators all play a part in naming tinued," the first settler in this streets. Suggestions are submitted area in 1835, owned over 600 acres to the county and town boards for of land. Everyone called the pas- (^M^<^ (90<2£C) £4tecf-J sageway that ran through the stately birch clumps of former , property Buttle's Rd. years. „ . s "He was a surveyor and helped A tragic fire lent notoriety to many people with their land Daniel Newhall after whom a * ' : claims, including Edward Bradley Shorewood street is named. who came in 65 years afterward. A wealthy landowner, Newhall "One day, to the family's amaze had a big hotel at Broadway and ment, Bradley came along and put Michigan, according to historian . his name over my grandfather's Virginia Palmer, 1909 E. Shore- sign. Grandpa reacted in a very wood Blvd., Shorewood. Several \\ . gentlemanly way by shrugging and small fires had occurred at the *- saying that if Bradley wanted his hotel and he had been warned to name on a road so badly he'd let improve conditions. him have it." One night a huge conflagration Recalling that Bayside's Fairy swept through the hotel causing Chasm Rd. was named by Jacob the deaths of 41 people, including a Dongea, another early settler, But number of young Irish immigrant tles said that Donges was looking girls employed by Newhall who over a bluff watching his daughters slept on the top floor. Elsie and Irma frolicking below; •- * - It was said at the time that-an -~f ~ According to the story, the little , employee had been told not to, ~ girls, with their dresses bldwing in waken anyone if the fire alarm the wind as they played, reminded went off > < him of paintings he had seen of dancing fairies. Hence the name. orris Blvd. in Shorewood named for Oscar H. Mor rown Deer has several M ris, who represented Wis- . streets named after women, cdnsin's 4th Senatorial District for Bsuch as Betty La., Donna 20 years. Dr., Rose St., Ivy St., Ruth PI. and His son, Mason Morris, 1818 E. Terry Ave. Shorewood Blvd., said his father Richard Halman, Brown Deer's always voted for Shorewood's best village engineer, suggested that interests. "My father was very Rose; St. in the Rosedale subdivi popular," he said. < sion might have been named for "He was the only Republican in developer Harry Foreman's wife, Wisconsin voted into office in the Rose. 1932 Roosevelt landslide." He said landowners will some Oscar Morris died in the 1940s times request that roads be named while in office. after female members of their In Glendale, Good Hope Rd., families, before they sell off the according to Anson Buttles' grand land for development. father's diaries, was named after a Proximity to Lake Michigan has tribe of Indians who had their '*K been the inspiration for a waive of meeting grounds at the intersection ; names: Lake Ter., Lake Dr., Lake of Good Hope and Green Bay Ave. Forest Ave., Lake Hill Ct., Lake The site was noted by Jefferson View Ave., Shore Dr. and Shore- Davis, president of the Confederate land Ave. States during the Civil War, who In Whitefish Bay many streets surveyed the land around Good were named after subdivisions in Hope in 1833 and set up camp which they were located. Cumber there. * land was part of the Cumberland Range Line Rd. in River Hills subdivision; Glen Ave. was part of was the dividing point for the the Glen Realty subdivision. survey line, with the range line being necessary for the planning o*f Silver Spring Dr. derived townships that would run parallel its name from the sparkling springs to and extend east and west from ' that supplied water to settlers and the survey line. their livestock for many years. Well drilling and sewer construction in Street names, in addition the 1800s caused the disappearance to serving as guideposts for direc of the spring water. tions, are being recognized as ] In Shorewood, some street names valuable sources of historical infor describe the lands they traversed: mation. Richland Ct., Lake Bluff Blvd., The Milwaukee Historical Society Elmdale Ct. and Pinedale Ct. Wood has information on the origins of PI. today still has some of the names on microfilm in its archives. & I !K%^r^!'-'Th^flW^V^'^% FW^&F'Ti Town of Milw. Historical Societies Seek Archives Opened Only With Permit Town of Milw. Records i Anyone!wishing to examine old $owh of Milwaukee records will have to get Glendale coun • Want Records Now Owned by Glendale; cil permission. The council Favor Establishing Definite Place for Them J voted to require written ap plication lor iti permission at The council Tuesday night its * Sept; 16th meeting., The read a letter from city clerk council permit was seen as a Harold Richards explaining means of protecting the old that many Wisconsin histori records. •"•;. ;^',-; '>'. >. .'•-/•'< •'•'• cal societies are trying to ac *='' A written request was sub quire Town of Milwaukee rec mitted Tuesday night by Rich ords, now owned by Glendale. ard Seaman, 7019 N. Barnett Some Glendale citizens favor la. He asked access to the establishing a definite place to records for historical research. keep the records. T'he request was referred to However, since the cost of the finance and administration this might be objectionable to committee for study. some tax payers, Richards Alderman Robert Cayze suggests that the records be doubted that all the records offered to the new library could be examined without which will be open to the com damage to them and Mayor munity at Nicolet high school. Gerald Kenehan was opposed According to Richards*, to giving anyone unlimited ac "Along with adding color to cess to the files. '"•,' the library, this valuable collection could be a source \ of many student essays/' ; "If published in the local newspaper, these could in form people that an early ' Town of Milwaukee extended . to the' Illinois line, and other UF4 fhtUJ historical information." In this way, Richards feels that the records could have the "maximum use and se curity with a minimum of cost." "Also, they could stay in Glendale where they right fully belong/' The council voted to refer the matter to the legislative and judiciary committee. Dumping operations by' Fleming and Schafer on Acacia rd. and the south side of- Acacia rd, -extendedt, were, also discussed with the conn-'"*! cil. Since both parcels are be ing developed simultaneously, it was voted that Fleming be allowed to cancel his old per- 'mit and take a new one. Nicolet Librarian Offers to Index And Catalogue Old Town ReZds 1 of IcI^hifhS?~.I*l basemenl *t of. Glendale'GlendWs, - HWCOTOS' l„ i holds prime h!«?toH • ,f„^e /ohmteered (wit n b u t S0U Ce mat m lnde and WisconsiwL ^n and «-iaGlendal forp botTh thl A ? catalogue the documents. All he ask^r? was that the city pay the cost of 35 mm film to create', a a^^a-suw permanent record of the base ment's contents. ' Wibracht saw the project as to 1848 whefSonSn »S an exploration of local Amer ican history for his Junior t*L°Xy e,lass- He *a*d he iSraTeSVbrif te|-" •S2 ™looIe "»»Ploye the help of city council Tuesday night.the' h£ JJ * "tudents in index-l, f mg the material after he had • done the preliminary organiz-'; ® Unlimited Water Assured When North Shore Trio Beat Milwaukee An unlimited public water sup This finally spurred Milwaukee ply—so vital to the steady indus to action. On July 2, 1958, Mil The huge, raw water intake trial and residential growth that waukee filed a petition with the j pipe, extends 4,000 feet from has typified Glendale's develop PSC offering to serve water to i shore to where it is 33 feet below ment—was not always available. the same area in Glendale that the surface. After passing through Glendale sought authority to the station at Klode park, where In fact, most of today's Glen- serve. Milwaukee's harsh terms debris is removed, the water is daleans were living here on May were seen as a burden rather pumped to the filtration plant by 25, 1963 when the new water sup than asset to Glendale and were four powerful pumps that have ply became available to everyone rejected. a total capacity of 18,000,000 gal in the city. By the end of 'that ' Subdivision Wells lons per 24-hour day. The water's year, 3,135 meters had been in While Glendale, Fox Point and route from the lake is west along stalled. Whitefish Bay pushed efforts to Belle ave., through Bay Shore, Since then, growth has contin establish their own joint system, under hy. 141 and on W. Frontage ued and the utility now has 3,821 Glendale continued to rely on 14 rd. to the plant. customers, according to Water. private subdivision systems. The entire pumping station op Department Supervisor William These contain some fire cisterns* eration is remotely controlled by Fronsoe. and hydrants. The subdivisions the operator at the master control served 802 houses and the sys panel in the filtration plant. In 1964, the local department in tems were not interconnected. Purification come was $278,369.10. A total of The only assurance of water qual At the plant, the water under- 578,000,000 gallons of water were ity was the monthly check of goes various chemical treat pumped to Glendale from the samples sent to the state board ments, the final being with fluor north shore system. Glendale has of health. ide to control dental decay..The At that time, Glendale reported treatment basins are entirely un 60 miles of mains and 601 hy ly was the largest city in the derground. The water later under drants. United States without a public goes filtering for final removal of Fought Milwaukee water supply, according to Fron impurities. At this stage it is soe. clean and ready for use. Water now "comes easy" but • Construction of Glendale's dis The pure water is directed to only because of a determined tribution system began in 19 6 1 the reservoir, which has a capac fight with the north shore sub and was completed late the next ity of 4,500,000 gallons. The res- urbs' usual opponent—Milwaukee. year. On June 5, 1962, a water I ervoir occupies the same area as It took a long and bitter battle be commission was created to op a football field and allows the fore the public service commis erate the new utility. Their first ! plant to sustain a peak pumping sion and state supreme court be duties were to hire Fronsoe, pre I rate of 36,000,000 gallons per day fore water could be a reality. pare rules and regulations, and ! for a continuous five-hour period. The battle, started in the pre- establish rates. The north shore water system Glendale days of the township, Through complicated but care has its own water commission, after numerous futile attempts to fully executed program, the new representing all three communi obtain water from Milwaukee. A mains and existing subdivision ties. The plant manager is James 1959 brief of respondent, of Glen systems were "united," the entire Hornung. dale, before the state supreme system was made ready and ul court, noted that attempts to get timately water was made avail water "were consistently, reso able to the public. lutely and bitterly fought by Mil Glendale's water source is the waukee" and they culminated "in same that serves Fox Point and a very limited amount of service Whitefish Bay — Lake Michigan, in a small highly industrialized the water being obtained through area" (the so-called ordnance the intake plant at Ktode park area in the south part of Glen and treated in the filtration plant dale.) Milwaukee does not have at W. Bender and W. Frontage any water main facilities in Glen rds. Construction began June 20, dale. Local mains were extended 1961 and the plant was placed in to Milwaukee's city limits to hook service April 10, 1963 at a cost of up. $3,800,000, not including munici Didn't Reply pal distribution systems. The Glendale council on Feb. 12, 1952, adopted a resolution ask ing Milwaukee to furnish water to this city and pointing out that if it did not, Glendale would seek other sources. The resolution was presented to Milwaukee, which never replied. "Looking around" began and soon Glendale was negotiating with Fox Point and Whitefish Bay, which were keenly dissatis fied with the quality of water service they were receiving from Milwaukee. The three agreed to establish a joint water system and sought PSC approval. « y-n-msr In North Shore Three Decades ^ic^^Ut^^Hce^.^ s '*»„ ;* ^xx^y^ :H . S-..^ Stabelfeldfs Flowers, 1515 W. Silver Spring tage. The Stabelfeldt house (right) was razed sev dr., has served the north shore for almost 30 years. eral years ago. Owner Milton Stabelfeldt has been At 1he time this photo was taken in 1937, there a florist all his life. was only a small store, the greenhouses and a cot- Stabelfeldf's Flowers Serves Area 30 Years ; Milton Stabelfeldt knew the florist business before he estab lished his own business, Stabel- feldt's Flowers, at 1515 W. Silver Garden S.p ecia I s Spring dr., in 19 36. He had Fruit Trees, Berry Bushes, Flowering Shrubs,- ' worked with his father in their Evergreens, Perennials and all Kinds of Garden Flowers 20-acre garden at N. 83rd st. and CALL AT, OUR NURSERY ,''"•:' W. Burleigh ave., where they raised gladioli, peonies and asters. WM. ESCHRICH NURSERY He and his wife, Helen, pur 6404 N. Sunny Point Rd., FLagstone 4-1080 chased the two-acre tract of land isciiiii...::". at 1515 W. Silver Spring dr. from George Knoelke in 1936. On it were a small cottage, 4,300 square feet of glass (greenhouse) and a 10 by 10 foot store. In the ANNOUNCEMENT! store were a butcher's ice box ^ Wittenberg Service Now Located at j'fr 400 W. SILVER SPRING DR. GIFTS FOR THE GARDENER WQi 4-9849 and WO. 4-9632 > ^ffi * Complete & WILFONG'S Landscaping & Tree Service GREEN THUMB GARDEN CENTER 1415 W> SILVER SPRING DRIVE Open daily 'til 9:30 P.M.—Sundays all day AMPLE PARKING SPACE ' " ,", ;/. , LO. 2T2918V;' f *Vr-*»", r " Drive Out to Meadow's and ' M SAVE t ! ^ ' '"* ; 'J ^ ON ' - >» 'V§ •; 11 ,'. ..$ "*'< '•>.*: ^ GOLF CLUBS . rY " H - * ^ We have now on hand V • u ** . , '*'V "' 67 sets of 1955 woods -'.? * • , *f<»* \ ;,u' 'X Spalding 1955 Top Flite Woods. 1 «*^<-^*i 1 ,••'»'„' ' "r H Wonderful selection of all }&•< $ shafts, weights and face com 1 1 ' T< binations, and combinations of: I 1-2-3; 1-2-3 G-4; ' »*'*'« 1-21/2-31/2 and '• . • t » > ,\ ^ 21/2-31/2 & J . . * j I-21/2-31/2 & 41/2 * iirt $12.00 to $15.00 each /f& • in Sets j?— . V: • * 7 • ,' t , Also: •^ * 32 sets of 1955Par-Flites - "..y $9 each wood in sets of 3 and 4 v.,-H Cold Line Top-Flite Drivers— List 1955 $21.00 ; , s Now $14.50 We have on hand a complete STIFTERS line of used golf balls BOARDING KENNEL CLOSE OUTS ON 32 160GL W. Silver Spring t GOLF CARTS MEADOW'S GOLF RANGE 5885 N. Creen Bay Ave. ^ ^ A SUBURBAN RE-SALE SHOP . 433 W. Silver Spring—Sherkow Bldg.—Rear CLEARANCE We must dear Summer Wear to make room for Fall Apparel MHUMUI (Antiques and Furniture) Hours 10 to 5—Mon. to 9 P.M. Closed Sats. WO. 4-1080 }%ii&u> & Sand-Gravel Pit Permit Sand J} Application Pit to Open i| Permission to > open a sand Action Deferred and gravel pit subject to nu Glendale-rActioft on a request merous restrictions was given for permission to open a sand and to the Kleist Sand and Gravel gravel pit south of W. Florist ave. Co.j 6601 N. Green Bay rd., by and west of N. Green Bay ave. action of the Glendale council was laid over for one week by Tuesday night. , the city council Tuesday night The pit willxbe located on a over objection of the applicant. 33 acre tract lying north of W. The land is owned by Emporia Green Tree rd. and some 2,000; Building corp. (Globe Union) and feet west of N. Green Bay ave. j the site would be developed by '"> Alderman Elmer Engler ab-;' R. C. Greaves and Associates. GREETINGS stained from voting on the per-% Representing Greaves at the mit. "I'm against opening any meeting was Attorney Robert Ob more sand pits' in the citt," erndorfer, 530 W. Acacia rd. Engler said. "It should be Would Refill Area KLIEST stopped completely," he said. Oberndorfer, who is Glendale's Alderman Lloyd Sweeney said municipal court justice/said Em he was "concerned.about set- poria believes the land now does SAND and GRAVEL I ting a precedent." not have a substantial enough base on which to build. The sand Praises Kleist Pit and gravel would be removed 6601 N. Green Bay Ave. ! Mrs. Emma Kleist * owner of and the area refilled. the property, was assured by Alderman Robert Mueller was FLagstone 1-8775' r Alderman Edwin Grober that first to raise objections, saying \ "Your sand and gravel pits other similar sites in Glendale are very nice." Grober said had been built on without remov /.he thought some land had ac- al of sand and gravel. He asked, !; tually been made more attrac "Am I correct in saying that they tive as the result o/f operations have already contracted for the jot the Kleist Co. ; ' , sale of this gravel contingent !»pon / The Glendale planning council approval?" \ commission has been study Oberndorfer replied, "This is a ing the matter of prohibiting normal business transaction." He • sand and gravel pits in resi said the proposed development dential districts* would be of great benefit to Glen / ( dale, but he could not reveal de Under council restrictions, tails of it now. ^ all operations at the new Kleist Intend to Stop | pit must be completed within Plan Consultant Roland Hertel .three years, and backfill must commented, "I believe our intent proceedin simultaneously with a few years ago was to stop op excavation. Other restrictions ening areas for this purpose. I call for certain types of fenc cannot agree (with Oberndorfer's ing around the pit and certain contention) that an industrial site setbacks from lot lines. is ideal if filled. My experience Mrs. Kleist said only about has been that industries looking Jtaee acres will be excavated. for sites do not want filled areas." He wondered how eligi ble the sites involved would be for industries and Oberndorfer ob jected, "This is not your province to question this. The land is stand ing idle while there is a flurry of development around it. Our appli cation complies with regulations. PUMPKINS for Hallowe'en Is it your suggestion that we sit and wait and let it stand idle?" IMPORTED In laying the matter over one HOLLAND week, it was referred to the city l»tAlif% attorney for study. , BULBS Hyacinths BULBS Tulips Daffodils Crocus —etc.— Fertilizers Seeds Marsh Hay 'Scott's' Sole Still On! , SCHULPIUS GARDEN MART for your "Every Cardeh Mart" N. Port Washington fir Henry Clay Ample Parking ED.. 2-2450 1. Georgia vs. Kentucky ed in each of the municipalities affected. In this case the action otual Problems would require meetings in Fox Point, Town of Milwaukee, and Town of Mequon, Ozaukee county. Meet Is Planned The municipalities of the school district to which annexation is in For City & Town tended (River Hills and Town of Milwaukee) must concur with the August 28 it the tentative date request. Further, a two-thirds set for discussion of problems re vote by all boards must be se lated to both Glendale and the cured before detachment can be Town of Milwaukee. Officials of completed. the two municipalities will meet to co-ordinate community pro grams and services in the interest ! of securing better service to res idents of both areas. It is indicated that the sched uled meeting will discuss ambu lance service, rescue squad ser vice and police protection. Merg ing of Civil Defense training plans has also been slated for stu dy. Bay-Point Taxes Cited, Area Asks For Detachment Objection to the high tax rate set in the Bayside-Fox Point school district brought a request for detachment from that district by residents of a border section. Si Ganzer, 8857 N. Pelham Pkwy., representing about 25 residents, laid the request before the Town Board meeting. The area which seeks.detachment and inclusion in the Maple Dale district extends from the Brown Deer Rd. to Pel- ham Pkwy., from Glencoe Ave. to/, Fairy Chasm Rd., and a strip southward from the Brown Deer Rd., along then Chicago Northwes tern right of way. The area is contiguous to the Maple Dale school district. About 12 families lives within this area. The tax rate in the Fox Point- Bayside district was $24.10 last year and will be $27 this year. Maple Dale district tax was $9.85 last year and no increase is seen. To effect the detachment and subsequent inclusion in the Maple Dale district, Lawrence Wickert, town attorney, informer Ganger, a petition must be filed and a map of the area which it is intended to detach must be prepared. The pe tition need bear only one signa ture, j A public meeting would be call- •81 <® ^J^¥P^»>r*|^BgjF«jFi«lpi Subdivision Plan Subdivision— Still Awaits v (Continued From Page 1) ;•' "Pm not against progress," , Schulpius stated at the council Council Action ' meeting Tuesday. "Don't get me wrong." But Schulpius,,a A proposed; subdivision of : lifelong resident of the Town about 50 homes in an area of Milwaukee and Glendale, north of,H$nry Clay St. and .pointed out that he could ex pect an assessment of about west of Lydell ave. remained $10,000 if the proposed sewer on paper Tuesday night as the is constructed in Henry Clay I Glendale' council again dis and N. 4th St.* Schulpius said cussed sewer and street dedi the sewer would not directly cation problems with the sub- benefit him because "I'm far dividers and neighboring prop . from using that property yet.": erty owners. ; Fleming, a neighboring prop Plans for the development, erty owner, urged the council to be known as the Atkins- to order the sewer installed. Wahlberg subdivision, were * He said the tract of land in first presented to the Glendale volved has "lain dead for 10 council about a year ago. The years and will lie dead another council approved the plans but 10 years without sewers." specified that a sewer must be : The council laid the matter installed before any homes over, to. Feb. 8 for final disposi could be erected. And before tion.' ' '* '''.;••...- a sewer can be built, a street must be opened. r Hefeds foy the dedication of the street. N. 4th. st.. have //?f UF'6 "tkMAd been contributed by, Leon ard C. Fleming, 5334 N. 4th st.: R. L. Ryerspn, 5466 N. ffortlffasfrmpton rd.. and the Whitefish Bav school board. as owner of the Lydell school •g I.IM l.,,.,l... | |„t, II »• | f,,, | |PW«».I „.„ ,|,t site. v ,. . .. The only property owner who has declined to dedicate a right-of-way for the street is William Schulpius, 5230 N. PQrt Washington rctr ~™ (Continued on Page 16) ^^^ M Jfa %&vek* -^^f M^U I ypvJLa pocket ^^f^ (pfitf %l) O^yC^t^^- A "go ahead f signal" for de-1 velopment of the -area was^ Plan Sewer given last week bv William^I I Schulpius 5230 Nfl Pffft,^sht .mgfrm. yfl.. who had, formerly [opposed improvements of the For New street at this time. Schulpius bwns property on Ji*«4Ul~Sfr | ; and W^ Henry Clay a^ « -A: Dedications for N; 4th st., I from Henry Clay ; st. north • about 740 feet to Lexingtoh K Accept Dedications ave. were accepted Tuesday! For N. Fourth St. ! night by the Glendale council/^ Sanitary sewers will proba bly be installed in JL,Jth,.,g. this spring to serve a proposed new subdivision of about 50 homes, to be known as the At- kins-Wahlberg subdivision. No further improvement of the street is" expected immedU, ately.v, J •'_* * ^ (V © A BRIEF HISTORY QF CLOVERNOOK 1902-1989 In 1902 the Hickcox family bought 20 acres of land from Theodor Mahnke. They started a dairy farm known as " Clovernook Dairy Farm11. At that time the area was known as the Town of Milwaukee and was about seven miles from the city. Mr & Mrs. Hickcox had a home designed by Robert Spencer ( a disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright) in 1903. The heme is located at the end of Clovernook Lane. By this time more land had been acquired of about 100 acres and they The History of had a prize herd of Golden Guernsey cattle brought directly from the little island of Guernsey in the English channel. The herd included some Jersey and Holstein cows as well. The dairy was very modern Clovernook with the latest equipment to insure cleanliness. There was an ensilage plant and plenty of storage capacity for the grains and hay grown on the adjoining acres. The milk was sold in sealed glass jars for 10* a quart and cream was 50* a quart. The herd won many trophies at the State Fair. Mrs. Hickcox described the area in an article she wrote. She recalled that she was told that Indians at one time camped in the ravine near where the house is and there were Indian Mounds discovered near the Milwaukee River. The Indians would mark their trails by bending limbs of saplings. One tree in the woods behind Nicolet and one in Kletsch Park, near the maintenance shed, show the result of a limb so bent. Many of the trees were elms which became diseased in the 60fs and had to be cut down. Fred ^i,*^.., ^^^^^ ~, ;~<~. V/UIIHJIIIIIUIIIO ut uic r^,v^^*^ ^^*%^<#* Wilde who lives on Apple Tree Road says he and his < ,J : son found a primitive tool which the museum told 'S3*>S»*^ i_H.*'S"'»'-i-t«"} ~ *i**^- ^' ^**,**** ^fk v> Clovernook Garden Club ^^^^^Si them probably belong to Woodland Indians about 4000 ^^^^^(^^S% 4^iT^ *" years ago. Mrs. Hickcox had a formal garden down the hill The house at 517 W. Acacia Road was known as from the house and there was a large apple orchard The Kelvin House. It was designed by Schrang and, about where 530 W. Acacia Road is now. The barn was built by Thalman and decorated by Gimbels. It was near the corner of Jean Nicolet Road and Apple Tree one of about 100 built in the United States at the Road and the house on the corner has some of the time and used the famous Nash-Kelvinator package stones from the barnfs foundation. providing electrical equipment and the firm's The house which is located at 630 W. Apple Tree air-conditioning unit. It was opened to the public Road was occupied by Frank Hickcox in 1930. He on July 4, 1937 until July 25 * After that Walton later lived at 429 W. Acacia Road. and Lydia Hickcox Dutcher lived there until Lloyd The property where Nicolet High School stands and Kay Sauer bought it from than. The Sauers still was the Trostel Farm. There was another small farm live there. The original home at 525 W.Clovernook between the Trostel Farm and the Hickcox property Lane is now owned by Mr. & Mrs.Peter Stoctton^ ^{(j a#&U (9$9, owned by the Degner family. The Schutz family owned The next hones to be built were on Elm Tree a vegetable farm on property from Acacia Road to Road. These were smaller hones, usually two River Road. They sold the property on River Road bedrooms and bath with an expansion attic. They and Alberta Court but kept about 4 acres where they were heated with gas, again built by Thalman and had greenhouses until recently. Royce Schutz was Schrang. Gilbert and Frank Hickcox continued to born there and he and his wife Marian still live sell lots and people either used their own architect at 1065 W. Acacia Road. The property south of the or hired Thalman and Schrang. There are now 133 Hickcox farm was owned by several families. The houses and one empty lot in the area known as property from the middle of the ravine to the Clovernook Estates # 1. Most of the houses have Northwestern Railroad was owned by Mrs. Hickcox changed hands many times, but a few are still parents Mr & Mrs. Henry Whitcomb and her brother. occupied by their original owners, Fred and Alice The Eschrich family owned property west of them and Wilde, 819 w. Apple Tree Road, Hal and Lois Gieringers farther west. Koehler, 6564 N. River Road, Walter Schieble, The Hickcox family lived in the house in the 720 W. Acacia Road, Helen Eckenrod, 837 W. Daphne summer but went back to the city for the winter Road. Bill Huegel lives in the house his father until they finally decided to move out to the farm Arthur built at 6660 N. River Road. Ted and Helen permanently. After World War I, it became Laatsch bought their home in June 1943 and Helen increasingly difficult to get help to run the dairy still lives at 406 W. Clovernook Lane. Her son John farm so in 1930 Gilbert Hickcox and his son Frank was born here and lives at 429 W. Acacia Road. subdivided the land into building lots of 1/3 to 1/2 acre. The grading was done by^Sotthart and as homes were built wells were dug by Liebau and Laun. The THE BEGINNING OF THE CLOVERNOOK ADVANCEMENT streets were named by Mr. Hickcox. Thalman and ASSOCIATION Schrang built the first four houses on Clovernook Lane. Although the front yards were on Clovernook In August of 1941 a meeting was held by a group Lane, the addresses are on Acacia Road now. The " of property owners to discuss forming an association. pillars were built by Thalman and Schrang as a Arthur Huegel, Arthur Nuessi and Elmer Bischoff were promotion for the area called Clovernook Estates. appointed to draft a constitution. Invitations were Port Washington Road was the access road to the sent to all residents of Clovernook to attend a property. meeting on October 8, 1941 at George Beskins on Port Washington Road. The purpose of the meeting was to In 1950 the City of Glendale was incw_ ^ated, promote the interests of all property owners in and in 1951 the Civic Alliance was formed. This Clovernook. A total of 48 notices were sent and 66 conprised associations fron Clovernook, Mt. Royal, persons were present and signed the register. Crestwood and River Park, later the Glendale Woman's Mr. Nuessi explained the benefits that would accrue Club and Indian Heights were included. This Alliance was active for many years, but the by concerted action of an organization and the Clovernook Advancement Association is the only group numerous activities which might be engaged in, such still active. The Clovernook Garden Club was also as Halloween and Christmas parties for the children, organized in 1951 and is still active in beautifying a May Ball, picnics etc. The need for a High School the neighborhood was also mentioned and later a lot of research was done on the feasibility of a Union Free School. At In 1954 the Trostel Farm was selected for a this time high school students went to Whitefish Bay high school and Nicolet High School was completed in and later Shorewood. 1956. This brought a host of new problems, all of Mr. Bischoff read the Constitution and By-Laws which the Association tackled and were usually and they were adopted. Although there are extensive successful in resolving satisfactorily. records of meetings fron then until now there is no 1957 brought even more problems with the copy of either document and in looking through the building of Highway 141. It completely changed Port minutes it appears to have been misplaced in the Washington Road and made it necessary to put a early part of the organization. Meetings were held Frontage Road on the west side of the highway. This on a regular basis with many directors meetings to meant a loss of property for several people whose discuss any topic that might be of interest to homes were along this area. The residents never Clovernook. At a Board meeting following the knew when they left in the morning how they would general meeting, the directors elected the officers get back in the evening. There were traffic hazards for the following year. John Ward was the first and after many years overpasses were built at Bender President a list of of the Presidents fron 1942-1988 Road and Green Tree Road, and still later streets is attached. farther north were closed to direct access. This highway is now 1-43 and is still causing concerns. The records of the Association have been very carefully kept and hold much information from the In 1960 the first directory with a map of the beginning of the Association until the present time. area was designed. Assignments for cotinittees In 1942 there was a request for bus service on Port started after a suggestion at a meeting of the Washington Road. There was a lot of correspondence Association* This system was continued until 1979 on this matter but it was never resolved. The first when a volunteer system was initiated. Distributing plans for a 4th of July picnic were made in 1943 and the directories, collecting 1961- Filtration plant to bring water to" area, to be completed in 1963. 1961- Overpasses at Bender Road, Green Tre load and Silver Spring with many traffic problems. 1964- Boundaries of Clovernook drawn. 1965- Clovernook #3 designed by Mickelson. 1966- "Keep Acacia Road closed" cormittee formed. 1967- Addition to Nicolet High School on Southwest side. 1974- Opening Fairfield Court to Sunny Point Road. Tried to have Acacia Road opened at the same time. Association took vote and it was defeated. 1979- Change from traditional assignments to volunteer system. 1980- Parking restrictions put into effect on some streets near the high school. 1981- Glendale started celebration of Fourth of July. 1985 -Reconstruction of Silver Spring Interchange Credits- Lydia Hickcox Dutcher Bill Huegel, Royce Schutz, Fred Wilde, Helen Laatsch and many other residents. Clovernook Advancement Association records. Written by- Mildred Anne Lennon Historian Clovernook Garden Club. f In 1866, a Lutheran congregation was formed by 12 families;a log church was built next to their existing cemetery, on the E side of Port Washington rd. in the 7800 block. The church was St. Johannes; its 1st minister was Rev/ George Praeger who also served St. Peter's Lutheran Church (now St. Peter- Immanuel) on W. Mill rd. and 55th St. The log church was built in 1870, replaced in 1888 near its site, with a frame steepled church. For this new church site, Johann and Sophia Bucchholz sold 1 acre of land to the trustees in 1869; Johann and Dorothea Koehn (who lived on the S side of the site) added nearly 1 acre in 1870 for $1.00. The Koehn house still stands on the S side of Nic Ehr's Floral/Garden Shop; Nic Ehr owns that house. A frame school was built near the church; torn down in 1920, it was replaced with a brick building across the road, on the W side of Port Washington. That brick school is in the process of having a large addition built (summer 1992). The frame church on the E side of the road was later sold to Edward A. Bacon for $300.00 in 1930. He moved the church several blocks S to his property, placing it on the site of the present Dunwood School, added a wooden fence around it and painted it white. For many years, this was known as the Fox Point Meeting House and was the scene of many weddings. It was also used by St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, St. Eugene's Catholic Church and the Lake Drive Baptist Church for services while building their individual churches. The frame church was torn down in 1959 and Dunwood School was built there. In 1929, St. John's Lutheran Church built a 3rd church, this time on the W side of Port Washington rd., next to their brick school. Both buildings still exist, with additions. The 1900 to 1904 Whitefish Bay Assessment Rolls show an Episcopal Church on the W^ of Lot 13 Blk.2 Lake Forest Subdivision, which today is the site of the Community Methodist Church - the SW corner of Danbury rd. and Silver Spring Dr. The earlier church served everyone; its 33 members represented 13 different denominations! The frame church, which had become an Episcopal/Methodist church, burned to the ground in the winter of 1922/23. n ST. JOHANNES LUTHERAN CHURCH EARLIEST MEMBERS Today known as St. John's Lutheran Church, 7877 N. Port Wash ington Rd., the early church began across the road in 1866. The earliest recorded names, as shown in the membership book, were, as written: Augustin Schulz, G. Herm. Baumgarten Schumann, Andrew Braefke, Carl (Praekfe) Schramm Buchholz Schroeder Burkhard, Christian (Burchard) Stabelfeldt, Christian Caesar, Ferd. Tillmann (Dillmann ?) Degner, Carl Grinitz, Frd. Degner, Aug. Haman, Fritz Differt, Fred. Lubke (Luebke) Goecks, Aug. Witt Goecks, Fred. Fehlhaber, Albert Koehn, John Sr. Dumann (Dummann) Koehn, John Jr. Hoffmann, Geo. Lippert, John Riemer, Aug. Luneberg, Chr. (Lueneberg) Bittner, Gottlob Loke Bittner, Fritz Nowak, F. (Nowack) Borchert, Chr. Nowak, Gott. Burmeister, Fritz Nuelk Koehn, Joachim Pagels, Aug. Dibbert, Karl Pagels, John Mueller, F. Schulz, Aug. Meyer, Martin Schulz, F. Milbrath, Ferd. Schulz, G. Praefke, Franz Vick, Wilhelm (Fick later) Vy /Ut£u) • ^^w^u? //~£&-/97o (^^v^^^W? Cb&iXf /?^y In April, 1959, the Sunny Point area of Glendale was waukee River Watershed-pommittee % r^ommending;M under water because the Milwaukee River flooded. ways to reduce flood danjage. One recommended floodyM Depths of four feet were reported at some places. control alternative i* the, gradual, voluntary removal of'^M Twenty-eight residents had to be evacuated. The Mil homes from flood prone areas ov'er the^next 20 years^I /fhyy'im >u^ p*%* (\ It may be difficult to imagine the point on ffSunny Point11 in Glendale as being sunny today, but it was very much so in the 1890s when it became a vacation spot. The land on the point, located north and west of W. Acacia and Sunny Point Rds. on a curve of the Milwaukee River, was purchased in 1890 by four Milwaukee families in the tannery business - the Galluns, Schroeders, Ringers and Suhms. Their land extended south along present Sunny Point Ln. to a short distance south of the river dam - an invisible line that is a east continuation of W. Mill Rd. if extended £ast of the river. An old mill race, running from the 'point1 south to a former sawmill located on the site of 6245 N. Sunny Point Rd., along the east side of the lane, was filled in. Using horses and wood scrapers the mill race was obliterated, but its west wall was left to become the base of Sunny Point Ln. However, the ground remained low and marshy. Only the land near and under the former sawmill was ex tensively raised, south of the high railroad trestle, as those houses were built many years later. The four families originally built one summer home to share, bringing their necessities out from the city in horse- drawn wagons. An 87 year-old grandaughter of the Suhms, Miss Gertrude Heller of Milwaukee recalls, "They had to put planks down because it was so low in that area north Qf what is now Acacia Rd. and west of Sunny Point Rd. They stopped the wagons at the north end of Sunny Point Rd. to unload and walked across the marshy area on the planks angled towards Sunny Point Ln. There wasn't any 'lane' as such back then south of Acacia Rd. because there weren't any cottages down there." "The area at the end of Sunny Point Rd., north to the river, was horse pasture for the four families, and it was always wet there." Her grandparents told her about the four families planting the large existing trees on the point and farther south along the lane. "The boys in those families went around with water in a wheelbarrow to water the young soft maples. There weren't many trees there, which made it so open and sunny - and there weren't any driveways or other houses, so it was very open." That first shared house burned about 1914 and the families divided up the 13.65 acres they had purchased as a group among themselves. In 1915, the Suhms built their house, still stand ing at 6597 N. Sunny Point Ln. The Gallun house, 6593 N. and the Schroeder house at 6599 N. followed, along with the Ringer house to the south of Galluns. The Ringer house was later torn down for the present house at 6573 N. and the Schroeder house, smallest of the four, has had additions. Miss Heller's cousin, Alfred Suhm, also of Milwaukee, re- {<$ called the two-story bathhouse north of the Suhms separate kitchen building. "There were tables and benches on the second floor where we had picnics. The downstairs was all screened with shutters that closed on the outside when it rained. The beach was sandy and we had bonfires there. We even had a tennis court." "We all had wood stoves and had to chop wood to keep them going. Our grandparents cottage was built up on tele phone poles, coated with creosote and sunk down 3-4' under the house." Today that beach they recalled is gone and the river bank is shored up with cement. They remembered the summer of 1924 when there had been a very heavy rainstorm. Miss Heller said, "The dam at Thiensville broke, we had 12' of water at the point and were flooded out. We had to be rescued by rowboats and taken to the 'mainland'. "Cows and horses floated towards Green Tree Rd.," her cousin added. "There were summer cottages on the river south of Ben der Rd. near Port Washington Rd.," Miss Heller said. "Three families who lived there would walk down Bender Rd. to our point, carrying Japanese lanterns in the early evening. They called themselves the "Moony Pointers" since we were the ^Sunny Pointers." Both cousins agreed summers were fun on the 'Point' with "Oma and Opah," - German for Grandma and Grandpa. ® Miss Heller's parents built their house in 1906 at 6526 N. Sunny Point Rd., on the north side of Acacia Rd. on land her grandparents owned. The house was built on stilts because of the marshy low ground, due tio^the" proximity of«the«>river and the former mill race having been located on the west side of the house. The house has since had a cement foundation laid under it. "It was too shallow at the point,and east of there, to swim," Miss Heller said. "The beach was west of the present house (built 1952) at 6595 N. Kletzsch Park was named Blatz Park back then and there was lots of singing there by German groups on the week-ends. Then,Jaeger's woods (north of the present park pavilion) were north of Blatz Park with wooden steps down that steep hill to a beach there, which was right across from our beach. There were a lot of rocks in the river, but we knew where they were. The beach over there was finally closed, perhaps because of those rocks." In 1900, the four families sold three lots at the south end of Sunny Point Ln. to three new families, the Lieberts, Logemanns and Gieslers. Mr. Liebert's mother was a Gallun and the other families were related through marriage. Loge- mann's cottage was the farthest south at 6435 N., overlooking the dam. Of all 16 homes on the lane today, it is the only one with a basement, which was built very high due to the flood plain. W ^ Ottomar Logemann, of Mequon, was born in that cottage in 1903 thereby being granted the distinction of having "Sunny Point, Wis." stated as his place of birth on his official birth record. He said, "Everyone always talked about selling their cottage each spring when the flooding began, but then the flowers bloomed and everything looked green. By summer, they were all back there again." "Robert Eschrich (who lived on Sunny Point Rd.) would open the dam gates under the old mill across the river and let the high water flow through," he said. The Giesler cottage is the Victorian Gothic, built with steel beams, at 6349 N. The Lieberts built at 6433 north of the Gieslers. In 1902 Gustav A. J. Trostel, also in the tanning business (and whose mother was a Gallun) built his chalet-style cottage at 6469. Mrs. Siegfried Hausmann, the current owner, said "Our house still doesn't have a basement because of the flooding. There used to be a barn on the property when the Trostels owned it and part of their three car garage was an ice house." An old grist mill, built on the west side of the river in the 1860s, next to the dam, was also used as an ice house for the area in the early 1900s. Ice was cut from the river during © i- the winter, then wrapped in sawdust and straw and stored for summer use. The grist mill was torn down in the" 1920's and a nightclub, The Town & Country Club, was built on the site. In 1912 the Trostels sold their summer home, moving to another river home at, 6789 N. Elm Tree Rd. that Eugene Liebert (Trostel's neighbor on Sunny Point Ln.) had designed. Slowly the Sunny Point cottages were converted to year- round homes as word spread about its enchantment. By 1952 homes covered all properties. Today the owners treasure their privacy, their secluded lane and their very special area. L/k&*d& net ta Thursday, July 14, 1994 vU^MJ • yp^tA^tdl Former Glendale chiefs laud expansion of police station Pierson pushed for expansion When Tietz took the helm in Much has changed since during the late 1970s, but had to 1938, the town police depart the days of calls about settle for a renovation project ment had only five officers, in that included the installation of cluding Tietz. loose cattle, they say bulletproof glass between the When Glendale incorporated lobby and dispatcher area. in 1950, officials asked him to By DAVID THOME The next two chiefs, James stay on, but Tietz said he accept of The Journal staff Cotter and Donald Mahnke, ed only after it was agreed that came and went without seeing he'd have "full coverage," mean Glendale — There was a time the building expanded. They did, ing that he'd have enough offi when police officers in this city however, leave their mark. cers to have one on duty at all spent more energy chasing loose Cotter, a police inspector in times. dogs than collaring shoplifters. Appleton before becoming chief The bulk of the calls in those "There wasn't as much crime, in Glendale in 1983, takes pride days were for loose animals, in but we were still pretty busy, for introducing computers here, cluding cattle, and family distur because there was only one guy and for hiring the city's first bances, the chiefs said. The fre working," said Fred Bruel, who woman officer. quency and nature of crime in was with the Police Department Cotter recalled a male officer Glendale over the years was af from 1946-'76. asking not to be assigned to ride fected by population growth, ur "You have to remember that in a squad car with the woman. ban sprawl, development of we covered all the way from the "When I asked why, he said, commercial strips and the con lake to 27th St., and from Capi 'I'd always have to protect her,' " struction of Interstate 43. tol Drive to the county line. It Cotter said. "I told him that she In 1950, said current Chief was a long run from one side of was first in her class and was Thomas Czarnyszka, the Police town to the other." capable of protecting herself." Department handled 3,000 calls Bruel was Glendale's police Cotter said that a week later, per year. By 1964, when the cur chief from 1971-'76. He and the after the woman single-handedly rent police station was built, other five men who've held that subdued a big, belligerent shop there were 21 officers and 7,000 office were in the same place at lifter at Bay Shore Mall, the calls per year. the same time this week to break same officer requested the wom ground for the first major expan an as his permanent partner. Last year, the department's 41 sion of the Police Department officers responded to 11,000 facility in 30 years. LEARNED ABOUT LEADERSHIP calls. The 13,000-square-foot, $1,5 Mahnke, who became a police Glendale has had two slayings million addition at 5909 N. Mil officer in 1961, said he learned a since 1990, and the number of waukee River Parkway will triple little about leadership from each traffic problems, violent crimes the size of Glendale's law en of the four chiefs under whom he such as batteries and robberies, forcement facility. served. and non-violent crimes such as It's about time, the chiefs He said he learned the most shoplifting and burglaries has in agreed. from Oscar Tietz, Glendale's creased in recent years. "There was plenty of room first — and the Town of Mil when [the current police station] waukee's last — chief. The expansion will increase was built, but by the end of my "When Oscar came into a the amount of space for training, time, we were crowded," said room, he commanded respect, storing equipment, detaining John Pierson, chief from 1976- and he didn't have to threaten and questioning suspects and for '83. anybody to get it," Mahnke said. breaks. M llo QiP ® xjuiMjjjjix ' j. Peter Bender Farm was a Landmark The old Peter Bender farm on W. Bender rd., was a welMcnown .time. The third son, Jacob, served wllh Ihe Union army. Pel landmark for many years. The house shown here was built by Peler served as justice of the peace and was instrumental In bavin Bender three years before the Civil war. The barn was sufficient Bay rd. "surfaced"—wHh planks, which resulted in Its beln reason for Peler to keep his two eldest sons out of the war. They Green Bay Pfank rd. for some lime. This old photo shov had to stay home to build it, so their father paid the $100 to hire a harvested corn was loaned to the Herald by Peter's grandd substitute for each of them—a legal and not unusual practice at that Mrs. Cordelia Fricke, 4476 N. 25th st. (Notice Bender* Road m .£fdnt~ o£ . the barn and hpine*~~a dijet road, as they all were then.) / / ;• Ml •© BENDER Pastor Pays Tribute to Bender Walter H. Bender was at the same place," Mr. Gal •cated much of his life to the * praised Wednesday as a busy lup said. ; outdoors and nature's About 75 relatives and beauty. [sinaii. widely recognized for friends attended the simple Members of the county t fhi$ civic activities, but a man services. There was no mu park commission, ,on which Vof deep spiritual understand- sic. About a dozen bouquets Mr. Bender had served for ' ing. of peonies, roses and gladiolas more than 20 years, were flanked the casket, with a honorary pallbearers. ; The tribute was paid to the Burial was in Forest Home late park commission presi- backdrop of ferns—9 setting I ; dent emeritus and attorney by •»«&; I the Rev. Wesley Gallup, pas tor of Epiphany Lutheran church. He spoke at Mr. Bender's funeral at the Weiss JC4M.W. "funeral home, 1901 N. Far- i^.*,.,,,.;.,*,,.,, •- well av% "Man does not live by ife bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God," Mr. Gal Walter Bender: lup said. By those words, he said, Jesus meant that there is more to life than our jobs, Nature*s Friend our politics and our hob fly AVEHY WITTENBEIUiKK sion presidency longer than bies, Of The Journal Staff any man in its 58 year his "If we spend all our time **| FEEL like following Babe tory and had come to be at these, we do not have time * Ruth at bat," Paul Pike recognized as one of its most for God," he said. Pullen said in July when he Valuable members. Mr. Bender, who died Sun- was elected president of the Bender reached another day at the age of 86, was county park commission to milestone last week. He com "much interested in what succeed Walter H. Bender. pleted his 20th year on the God said to him through the Bender, after 17 years as commission. words of the Holy Writ," head of the commission, had Despite his age and ac Mr. Gallup said. asked to be relieved of the companying infirmities, he The pastor noted that Mr. post. He said failing eyesight still is going strong. He rare Bender had been an elder of ly misses the commission's Calvary Presbyterian church biweekly meetings, is alert for 40 years and long taught to its problems and sticks to a Bible class' there. In his his conviction that there is later life, he had often at a strong spiritual appeal to tended the Epiphany church, serving on a civic body like to which his second wife be the commission. longed, and had expressed a Bender expressed a bit of wish before his death that his philosophy recently in ac Mr. Gallup conduct his fu cepting from fellow commis neral. sioners an inscribed gavel "He and I had a joyful un presented to him as presi derstanding that even though dent emeritus. he was a Cajvihist and I a Accepted in'45 Lutheran, we would end up He said that when he was approached in 1945 about fill ing a vacancy on the com mission, he talked it over with his wife and decided to accept He said they felt that "we might be able to help to bring to more of the men ~Journal Photo and women, the boys and Walter H. Bender girls of Milwaukee county something of the magic of and hearing made it increas God's great out of doors." ingly difficult for him to carry He added: the responsibility. He was "I tyave never regretted within three weeks of his my decision. It has brought 86th birthday. me into contact with a won* Fitting Tribute derful staff and a group of Fellow commissioners ac- dedicated park commission ers, giving much of their | cepted Bender's decision, then lives to the service of mak ^created the office of presi- ing the charm of God's I dent emeritus in recognition beautiful outdoor world avail j of his long and distinguished! able to all of the people of 4 service. Milwaukee county." t It was a fitting tribute. A great lov# for the out- [Bender had held the commis Turn to pagt 4, cot. 1 »& fYjiluJajiKee, JoctrAjaJl : Ka v i;WJl v'"tr^isi:i4}-',04" ***•'-** :'^i-S/^v '*<'}'.% iV"-w *** l«l*4 •UQ waBfc Mr*. Cordelia Fricke, holds the key to the original Bonder Letter holders made from cocOa boxes g?- ^ fiorne Mrs. Cordelia Fricke, 4476 N. 25th Street, at the age of 84 generates the stamina, the zest for living and the lively sense of humor of her pioneer ancestors. The granddaughter of Jacob Bender, after whom Bender Road.,was named, lives a full, productive life. Three days a week she teaches the original method of rug-hooking at the Reformation Church Day Center. The other two mornings she is at the Garden Homes Golden Age Club and the Parklawn Hobby Club sewing and doing handicrafts. ''But 1*11 make mother promise to stay home one morning if you want to interview her," said her daughter, Mrs. Ralph Hundt, with whom she lives* Mrs. Fricke, who was born and raised on the homestead on the western bank of the Milwaukee River, has a warm charm. Recounting incidents in the lives of her pioneer grandparents, her brown eyes brighten. Always ready with a funny anecdote, a smile spreads across her enviably smooth, clear complexion. "My grandfather came here from New York in 1844, Mrs. Fricke relates. "He built his flour mill on the west side of the Milwaukee River and his saw mill on the east side. When he couldn't get his oxen to cross the icy waters in winter, he asked the town of Milwaukee to vote for a bridge. They turned him down. So he and his six sons cut the timber and built the bridge themselves." She smiled as she went on. "Then he had his sons take turns stationed at the bridge collecting toll. And the man who most opposes] the bridge was the first man to cross it and pay toll. At the next election the town people voted to pay for the bridge." w 77 Years later the city bought the 10 acres along the river. "They wanted to connect Lincoln 'Park and Kletsch Park with a picturesque drive along the river," Mrs. Fricke explained. "And my family donated six more acres. That's now Milwaukee River Parkway." "The old homestead was supposed to be preserved as an historical landmark," Mrs. Fricke went on. "But they tore it down during the depression. They found that the founda tion was strong enough to hold a 12 story building!" "During the time my grandmother was living, they baked bread at the outdoor stone oven. When the Indians smelled the bread, they'd come down. Grandmother had to run out and gather the bread into the house." Mrs. Fricke has the 109 year old brass door key which fitted one of the two front door locks of the homestead. "We had five outside doors to the house," she said. "And when the gypsies camped on the other side of the river, we locked up all the doors. One morning my sister and I came downstairs and found two gypsies in our kitchenl We were so frightened. Then we found out that all they wanted to know was did we want our fortuned told!" Mrs. Fricke's childhood was influenced by her very strongly Methodist grandmother, Mrs. Jacob Bender. One Sunday when she told her mother she was going ice skating, u Mrs. Bender admonished her daughter-in-law, "Do YOU allow your daughter to go skating ft • on a Sunday?" T Lacking a formal church setting, the Benders, together with another family, worked to AJind a suitable place for their Sunday worship. An old bottling factory was offered to them. ^lt was here that services were held Sunday afternoons when the minister from 4th and "/ f\ V //f Center Streets officiated. Mrs. Fricke recalled one anecdote from her childhood church days. MA mother brought her child into church. He must have had a toothache or something because he had one of those white cloths wrapped under his chin and tied at the top of his head. My brother poked me and said, 'Lookit that kid with his head in a slingfwell, we both started giggling so at the sight that we slipped out the side door to compose ourselves. *That isn't really funny' we both agreed. We went back into the church.' Mjrs. Fricke chuckled, "But the minute we got inside and saw him again, we started giggling all over again." Asked what they did about schooling in those days, Mrs. Fricke replied, "Our school was two miles away. And during the long, cold winters my father would check the thermo meter. If it was below a certain point, he wouldn't let us go. I missed an awful lot of school ing. In fact," she said, raising three fingers and counting them out, "I learned one, two, . three and A, B, C and I graduatedl" Recalling those days. Mrs. Fricke said, "Even two miles was bad during those winters. 1 haven't thawed out yet!' At the mention of a visitor's interest in her handicraft projects, Mrs. Fricke scoots up and down the stairs as quiet as a whisper to bring samples. "The stairs are good exercise," she says. Mrs. Fricke has among her heirlooms, the first rug-hooking needle which her mother brought home from the 1st Chicago World's Fair. "I was only 10 years old then. But how 1 wanted to try rug-hooking. Mother wouldn't allow me to have the pattern that she had bought with the needle. Sol went out and cut a burlap piece, cleaned it,, framed it and sketched a big robin on it. That was my first try at rug-hooking. I've been doing it ever since." When she married Harry Fricke they moved to 20th and Clarke Streets. 'Everyone knew 1 would make use of anything to cut up for rug-hooking* Old wool skirts, dresses, anything. When my husband's friends came to play cards, they were afraid to take off their wool jackets!' - A few years ago, Mrs. Fricke was asked to teach rug-hooking to the Day Center classes. She did. She has made seven rugs in the two years she has been there. But she prefers the old-style method. "I wish I could find more of the original type of hooking needle, though. ; They are very hard to come by, and we could use more »t the Day Center." Mrs. Fricke also does other handicrafts. She uses up everything she can. From plastic containers, she makes sprinkling bottles, roller holders, /hanging planters and other items. She even cuts up plastic disposable bags into strips and braids them for handles on the containers, holding them in place with ,buttons. Old metal bottomed cocoa cans are cut on a slant, covered and trimmed and used as a lovely letter holder for a desk. "Mother's room is so full of those plastic projects/' Mrs. Hundt says, "When the wind blows, her room rattles l" , , - : Mrs, Fricke never goes to the Day Center empty handed* She always brings some of ber latest projects to give to her friends who like them. " * .Whether a student of Mrs. Fricke's class, a friend or a visitor, no one meets her without ^ ~J£fuelin g wiser or happier for the experience^* / ,«.';., ^ v^r/^Kf'" Page 36 THE HERALD, April 29, 1965 — Glendale Commemorative Edition John Messer Family Portrait About 1890 John and Laura Schumler Messer (seated center) and their 13 from Switzerland in 1852 and moved Into a log cabin located where children posed for this family portrait about 75 years ago. Today, the the William Schoof residence, 353 W. Green Tree rd., new stands. only one of them still living is the boy at left front. He is Rudolph Later, the family moved into a log cabin on what is now the Cardi Messer sr., who now is 81 and lives at 320 W. Green Tree rd. The nal Stritch college property and then built a brick home on that lad beside him is Arthur. Others are (including women's married site. At one time, the Messers claimed all the land between the names) left to right second row, Anna Dassow, Alma Burhop, Mrs. Milwaukee river and Lake Michigan bounded by the old school house Messer and husband, Emma Rennicke and Hugo; back row, Laura section line and W. Green Tree rd. Later, the Messers bought a Messer, John, Augusta Frentz, Rose Faubel, Gust (who was John's two-acre farm at the northeast corner of N. Port Washington and W. twin), Ida Bassett and Walter. The senior John Messer came here * Geen Tree rds. © Watch the Birdie Ben Goecks (left) and h» ' ""• J^T' a™ 'old? Ben now lives at about 1900. They were around • or 7 year.o ^ 6959 N. Green Bay ave. and emu ai •/•» IH Page 36 THE HERALD, April 29, 1965 — Glendale Commemorative Edition John Messer Family Portrait About 1890 John and Laura Schumter Messer (seated center) ami their 13 from Switzerland in 1852 and moved into a log cabin located where children posed for this family portrait about 75 years ago. Today, the the William Schoof residence, 353 W. Green Tree rd., now stands. only one of them still living is the boy at left front. He is Rudolph Later, the family moved into a log cabin on what is now the Cardi Messer sr., who now is 81 and lives at 320 W. Green Tree rd. The nal Stritch college property and then built a brick home on that lad beside him is Arthur. Others are (including women's married site. At or.e time, the Messers claimed all the land between the names) left to right second row, Anna Dassow, Alma Burhop, Mrs. Milwaukee river and Lake Michigan bounded by the old school house Messer and husband, Emma Rennicke and Hugo; back row, Laura section line and W. Green Tree rd. Later, the Messers bought a Messer, John, Augusta Frentz, Rose Faubel, Gust (who was John's two-acre farm at the northeast corner of N. Port Washington and W. twin), Ida Bassett and Walter. The senior John Messer came here • Geen Tree rds. © Family Get-Together [Civil War Experiences Recalled in Letters Saved by Bender Family — Early Settlers "Oh what a hard struggle I had day the regiment left. Oh, what battle, and a good chance offers, to give up my son to his coun a very bad day it was! I never you can just bet that some try's call! It made me think of saw it rain faster in my life. 'Secesh* (secessionists) will have Abraham when he offered up his Such a scene I never witnessed to bite the dust for the injury I son Isaac." before. Notwithstanding the rain -received at Stone River." the camp ground was carriages— Sends Cap Home How many mothers in how people that came to part with many wars have lamented the their loved ones. Jacob's mother wrote to her same as Mrs. Peter (Margaret) "It was a day long to be remem niece, Lucinda, on March 8, 1863, Bender, when she wrote to a bered by me and many others. saying a brother had been to visit niece, Lucinda Walrath, in Man- There were quite a number went the injured soldier, who in turn lius, NY, on Oct. 5, 1862. The Ben from Granville that Jacob was "sent his cap home to let us der family had come here and was well acquainted with. We received see where the ball went through." well established on what is now She wrote, "I hit the band of his W. Bender rd. well before the two letters from him. He wrote cap and glanced upward and Civil war tore the country apart. he was well and in good spirits. grazed over his skull. The doctor Oh what a hard struggle I had thinks his skull is not injured." Hire Substitutes to give up my son to his country's call. It made me think of Ab Still in the New Albany hospital, During 1861, Peter and Mar raham when he offered up his Jacob wrote May 23, 1863, to his garet Bender's two oldest sons son Isaac," the letter concluded. parents about the progress of the were called for service, but the Wounded in Action war, commenting on General father paid $100 to send a substi Jacob was sent first to Jeffer- Hooker's campaign, which had tute for each, because the sons sonville, Ind„ then Camp Wal suffered setbacks. Jacob voiced were needed to help build a barn lace, Ky„ near Louisville. On confidence in Hooker and wrote: and do other work. Hiring substi Christmas day, 1862, he wrote to "I believe he will come out all tutes was a common practice. his parents from Camp Sheridan, right yet if they will let him The third son, Jacob, enlisted 57 miles south of Nashville, Tenn., alone. The great trouble there is the next year. His mother's let and a few days later, he suffered —just as soon as one general Brothers and sisters, all children of Peter Bender, photographed ter, one of many historic records a head injury in the battle of has been partially defeated, they at a family gathering about 1S95 were, left to right, Mrs. Julia kept by the family, told of it. Murfreesboro. In a letter written will stick another green horn in Bender Perkins; Hiram Bender, the oldest son; Jacob Bender, who "I now seat myself to reply to by Jacob from a New Albany, his place and misfortunate is sure served in the Civil war; and Mrs. Mary Bender Judson. Jacob's yours of the 9th of August which Ind., hospital about the first of to follow his first attempt. I don't daughter, Mrs. Cordelia Fricke, loaned this photo. was received and read with much February 1863, he advised his par believe the plan to be a good one. Sunday Dinner as "a dirty, nasty, irregular pleasure and should have been ents, "If I ever get into another Rebs Lost Following church service on town." answered before this but care, "There is one good thing—the Sept. 11, 1863, at Chatenooga, From Fort Rosecrance, Rebout trouble and anxiety have prevent Fought for Union Rebs have lost three or four of Tenn., Jacob wrote home about Schofield, Murfreesboro, on Feb. ed me from writing sooner," Mrs. their most able generals lately preparing Sunday dinner, which 20, 1864, the young soldier, wrote Bender wrote to her niece. and it is my opinion they will consisted of "hot coffee, cold- to his parents that he was recov lose more of them before an boiled pork and hard bread." He ering from diptheria. The illness In Kentucky other year rolls around," his let nostalgically wished for "a roll was first thought to be quinsey. "My dear son, Jacob, enlisted /v- ter continued. of fresh-churned butter" like he His mother wrote back on Feb. in the United States army the 14th "I hope old Abe will call out got at home, then explained his 28 that "death is abroad in our of August and started for Kentuc eight or ten thousand more and substitute: land everywhere" adding that ky the 5th of September. Oh, how clean out the last Rebel in the "We let the liquor that we boil "Mrs. Small was buried last very lonely it is here without him! country north and south and then our pork in stand until it gets Thursday. Old Mrs, Bruce died He wrote to John and the girls take what are left of them and cold, then take the grease off, about two weeks ago. Today there to come to see him before he given old England such a gutting which we substitute for butterf were two children buried in our left. John received his letter. He as she could not forget as long as We have salt and pepper to sprin burying yard. They belonged to and Matilda started the next day. there is anything left of her and I kle on." a family in Humboldt. Little Praf- The family were all together the would be one that would like to Conceit Gone ke lost his wife and child." 26th of August. Oh, dear Lucinda, help do it. It would do me so On Sept. 20, his division "had Vote for Lincoln it was a solemn gathering, I as much good to see Old England a fight with the Rebs" which In August, 1864, Jacob wrote sure! You may judge how I felt. come down." Jacob described as quite severe." home just after the national elec "He enlisted in the 24 Wis. Vol. By the time of Jacob's May 28, He wrote, "All I can say is that tion and said he was among 33 Regt. Co. K. While he was in 1863, letter to his parents, he what few there are left of Long- in his group of 36 who voted for camp in Milwaukee I went to see r was back in Murfreesboro, then street's corps are perfectly willing Lincoln and Johnson—the other him, him his Bible and • Jacob Bender, who served in securely i n c Union hands. The to go back to the Potomac for three favoring McLellan. At about told e svre to read it the Civil war. His two older camp was Shelbyville Pike. "Old Rosey's" boys just whipped this same time, ?- *ob's brothers, and i precepts. Father brothers were kept home from "Old Rose (General Rosen- the conceit right out of them." William and Hir entered the and I see him again the the war to build a barn. crans) was i ;ommand. The soldier described Chatenooga (Continued c ge 28) would soon be sent to North Caro- .- wouldn't.so he did and made it Letters- Una. a toll bridge- At the next town (Continued from Page 25) .; The April 3 letter was the last meeting, the board bought the m the family's possession when bridge from Peter. / ?vT army and went to Nashville. '..• the history was written in 1957 Before Civil War Jacob by then was in the Invalid by Mrs. Susan Bender Spaulding, Peter erected a large, three- corps at Murfreesboro, the result of Milwaukee. The next old letter chimneyed brick impressive home of his previous wound and ill kept by the family was from Mrs. on the south side of W. Bender ness. Hiram wrote home that "the Peter Bender to her niece, Lu rd. close to the present bridge doctor says he thinks Jacob will cinda, written Oct. 1, 1865, in three years before the Civil war never be able to go with his regi which she mentioned that Jacob started. Peter died there in 1875. ment and stand marches and field arrived home from service June Jacob and his wife spent their service again." 22. lives there. Capture General Jacob and his wife, Rosalie, During the depression of the took over 32 acres of his parents' 1930s, the Bender family donated In December, 1864, Jacob wrote land on the west side of 'the river six acres for public use when N. of a battle in which between 300 just south of what is now Kletzsch Milwaukee River pky. was de and 400 rebels were captured, in park. Of their two sons and three veloped. The old barn was torn cluding their General Adams and daughters, the only survivor is down for this. The old house was two 12-pound guns and two battle Mrs. Cordelia Fricke, 82, 447 N. used as a "headquarters" for flags. 25th st. parkway crews. More than once "We have been living on quar / Bender Family vandals went into the building! ter rations for the last two weeks," Peter Bender, who was the first eventually ruining it, so that it he added, "and our bread consists of his family to locate in this had to be torn down,- of corn meal procured by forag area, was born in Madison county, Bender-Brown Wedding ing and ground at the mill." New York, in 1798, possibly in the One of Peter's grandsons, Alvin His mother wrote to him Jan. town of Smithfield. His first wife • Bender, married Evelyn Brown. 5, 1865, that "Mr. Worth's son died, leaving two little daughters, Her parents, James and Delia was killed in the battle of Nash Julianna and Mary. His second Brown, owned a farm on the east ville. We heard his funeral ser wife was Margaret Anguish, who side of the river many years ago. mon. It was preache"cTtoday at the had six children by a previous James was a beekeeper, as well Bonnewell schoolhouse." marriage. Margaret was a sister as dairy farmer with 100 cows. of Peter's first wife. Alvin /and Evelyn Bender took Jacob was sent to Huntsville, over the Brown farm and operat Ala., in February, 1865. On March The Peter Benders came west ed it until it was subdivided. Alvin 28, his regiment moved north to via boat on the Great Lakes in was truck farmer and was called Bull's Gap, Tenn. The only inci 1844, settling first near Racine, "the cauliflower king." dent enroute was a derailment and shortly after moving to the Part of the original James which prompted Jacob to write, town of Milwaukee, site. Acquiring Brown home still stands. It is di "There is about as much danger land on the west side of the river, rectly east of the present home in being transported over the he established a grist mill there. of Mr. and Mrs. Justin Bender southern railroads as being en There was a saw mill south of it gaged in battle/' He surmised he and family, 637 W. Bender rd. on the.east side of the river. He Justin is a son of Alvin and also kept cattle in a pasture that great grandson of Peter Bender. now is the N. Sunny Point rd. He and his family are the only area. Benders living in Glendale. His granddaughter, Mrs. Fricke,, A relative who was born in the reported that Peter built the first old Peter Bender homestead is dam across the river and the first Attorney Walter Bender, 82, 6200 bridge. He had urged the town W. Wisconsin ave., a member of board to build a bridge, but it the county park commission, N On a summer day in 1898, Charles August her husband and children, Lillian, Martha, Louis <0&~4* Jb^uJj- &1 # Schulpius and family took time out from their and William. The house, located at 5384 N. Mo- QAJ20M\ Descendants of Early Settlers Are Still Prominent In Glendale Business, Political and Civic Activities Many of the names that are Bender and a Mr. Meyers, Truck Farmers prominent in Glendale today in owned a six-mile section of the William Sellin's parents, Carl business, political, civic and so old Green Bay rd. as a toll road, and Anna Sellin, came from Ger cial activities have been known according to an 1856 record. many to Norway, Mich., then here since the beginning of the A Buttles' record of the April Thiensville, then into what is now community and the years imme 7, 1846, election in the township Glendale. They bought 80 acres diately following. shows that the following 18 voted: near Green Bay and Bender and Some of them appear in this Gottlieb Mathias, Jasper Vliet, were truck gardeners. Their son, article. Others are in stories and Cephas Buttles, Buel Brown, William, bought 22 acres of their photos elsewhere in this com Samuel Brown, Garrett Vliet, property, on which he built his memorative edition. Reuben M. Keene, Robert Lane, home. James W. Jones, Martin D. Web Among the earlier settlers to Jacob Gipfel had a large farm ster, Charles H. Dill, Anson W. at Green Bay and Green Tree. come to what is now Glendale Buttles, John B. Vliet, Isaac Wil were Buel Brown, Isaac Williams, August and Albert Fiebrantz liams, David Mathias, J. D. Whit owned a large tract west of Martin Bruss, John and William ing, Frederick Allerding and J. B. Stewart, Gottfried Jaeger, Christ Green Bay rd. and north of W. Selby. Silver Spring dr. Hahm, Jacob Gipfel, August and Isaac Williams lived on the Albert Fiebrantz, A. Ernst, W. H. northwest corner of the present William H. Lindwurm owned Lindwurm, A. Allerding, W. Sie- W. Bender and N. Port Washing what is now Lincoln park. He was vers, Charles Schulpius, Gottlieb ton rd. (or Frontage rd.) where a member of the old town of Mil Grober, Max Zabel, C. Krocker, the north shore water system's waukee town board. A grade John Messer, Dr. Rosenthal, filtration plant is located. school bore his name. Werner Bertram, Gallus Isenring, John Messer, born in the city W. Wiesner, the Luy family, of Etzelkossen, Bern, Switzerland, Peter Bender, the Meyers, Pier- Owned Tavern on Feb. 1, 1824, came here with rons, Hermanns, John Henry Martin Bruss had the first his wife in 1852 and acquired land Thien, John Prohl, the Mesebergs, Green Tree tavern. It was at the that is now occupied by Cardinal Breuls, and Goecks, southwest corner of W. Green Stritch college and Nicolet high Tree and N. Port Washington rds. school. They built a log cabin at Bought Land in 1838 John and William Stewart and the southeast corner of Green Buel Brown was the first to Christ Hahm had large farms on Tree and Port Washington rds. settle on what is now W. Bender the old Green Bay rd. between W. Thrice Married rd., according to records of An Silver Spring dr. and W. Viilard John Messer's first wife died son Buttles. Brown purchased 160 ave. shortly after they settled here. acres in 1838, the property being William and John Stewart were They had no children. He re on both the north and south side sons of Alexander Stewart, who married and his second wife bore of the Bender rd. and west of was born in Scotland in 1799 and him two children. She died in the Milwaukee river. Brown was came to this country in 1834, set childbirth. He remarried again the first township supervisor elec tling first in Virginia. In 1835, he and he and his third wife had 11 ted in the first election held on came to Milwaukee and in 1848 children. The log cabin was re Tuesday, April 7, 1846. His near bought 160 acres from the gov placed by a large brick home, est neighbors in 1843 were the ernment for $1.25 per acre, the which stood until a few years Buttles family on W. Bradley rd. grant being signed by President ago. John was a school board James K. Polk. Alexander Stew member years ago. Peter Bender owned 110 acres art went into the brick and lum on the river, mostly the west side. ber business on the Kinnickinic Rudolph Messer, 320 W. Green river with his son, William. Tree rd., is the only surviving His saw mill was on the east side child of John Messer and his and early records show that on William Stewart and his wife, third wife. Rudolph farmed 24 Oct. 7, 1854, he was paid $4.48 for Harriet Gill, had two sons, Wil acres on Green Tree. His son, sawing 1,210 feet of lumber. On liam and Levi Levi, who was Rudy, 300 W. Green Tree rd., is Nov. 28, 1854, he was paid 78 the father of Mrs. William a lieutenant on the Glendale po cents for "one wagon tongue and (Laura) Sellin who now lives at lice force. sleigh beam." Bender also had a 1100 W. Bender rd., was born in August Schulpius came here grist mill and dam on the west 1849. The same year, his mother about 1850 and settled in what is side of the river at the east end died. now Estabrook park, later mov of what is now W. Mill rd.—the Henry Drueckes wno nau cumc ing to the approximate location name of course, resulting from from Germany and bought land of the present Schulpius Garden the mill. The mill was built for on Green Bay near W. Good Hope Mart, 5230 N. Port Washington Bender by George Posson and rd. Levi died at 86 in 1935 and his rd. His son, Charles August, built William Consaul. The mill fell in wife at 71 in 1923. Their daughter, the large brick home that still to the river in the 1920s during a Laura, and William Sellin were flood. stands as 5384 N. Mohawk ave. married in 1909 and that Dr. Rosenthal lived on Green Permit for Dam year moved into a new house on Bay north of Green Tree and W. Bender rd.—where she still cared for the early settlers. The A state of Wisconsin permit to lives. He died in 1957. build a dam stated: "1855, Chap Prohl family bought his land. ter 23, Section 1, Peter Bender, Mrs. Laura Sellin, 76, has a Werner Bertram owned a farm Lyman P. Swift and their asso son, Gilbert, 6245 N. Sunny Point bounded by Good Hope, Green ciates be and they are hereby rd.; daughter, Mrs. Gilbert (Es-, Bay and the Milwaukee river. His authorized to erect and maintain ther) Schmauss, 3348 N. Hum old home was razed last October. a Dam across the Milwaukee boldt ave.; six grandchildren and River in the County of Milwaukee three great grandchildren. The in the North east quarter of sec latter are the seventh generation tion 30 in town number 8 north of of the family living in this coun Range number 22 east and to try. make use of the water for hy draulic purposes." Gallus Isennng, was born in William,'once a state assembly Built Dam Switzerland April 7, 1826, and man, was the father of Louis Pierron, 94, former town official In the mid-1840s there was a came here in 1847 to work on a thriving business along the river farm. About 1850, he bought 10 now living with a niece, Mrs. James Kemen, 3553 N. Frederick bank in what is now Kletzsch acres on the Sauk-Washington rd.f park. A man named Meyer built ha now ave.; and Mrs. Alma Kemmerer, 2LS # J? *« southwest 85, 7223 N. Pierron rd. Louis at a dam a short distance east of c G and port tracted considerable attention in the present Green Tree bridge, wSgt /dr **• 1952 when at the age of 82 he bi which was known as Meyer's Isenring operated a tavern and cycled 175 miles around Wiscon bridge. grocery store there about four sin. The present bridge is the fourth years. Two of his children, Fred bridge at that site. The first was The Luy family came to the washed away in a serious flood and William, were born there. He township in the early 1850s and held several township offices. on May 31, 1858. An entry in An built a log house on the site of son Butties' diary on that day Had Grist Mill the present School House tavern was, "I attended the board of in the 6700 block of N. Port Wash supervisors meeting at the River N. Pierron rd. bears the name ington rd., living there until the grocery and when I got there I of an early family here. Gene owner of the land ordered them never saw the water so high. On Pierron, his wife and children off. They then bought 20 acres at the little prairie, they are en lived in Milwaukee. When Gene what is now 7095 N. River rd., tirely surrounded with water and died, his wife married a Karl River Hills. had to be brought off with boats. Herman and they moved to what Meyer's bridge is destroyed, also is now Glendale. A grist mill was Was Assemblyman the Humboldt bridge." The Hum opened at the Green Tree bridge Jacob Luy was born in the boldt bridge now is the one over by Gene's son, William. The lat- house on Port Washington rd. in E. Capitol dr. at the entrance to ter's brother, Louis, owned Pier- i Shorewood: ron Pottery in Milwaukee and was j 1855. He grew up to serve several a summer resident here. ' years on the town board and was Founded City later elected state assemblyman. Meyer also entered the saw mill He also was a carpenter. business with a partner, a Jacob's younger brother, Frank, was a proprietor of Gro- wealthy German immigrant, John ber's Grove saloon for several Henry Thien, who later moved years. It is now the Golden nine miles north and founded Palace, 6040 N. Port Washington Thiensville. rd. Frank's home was on W. Gustave Schreiber came here Bender rd., just west of where the from Germany with his parents filtration plant now stands. Frank about the time of the Civil war once operated the Donges Bay and settled in what is now White- Half Way House, more recently fish Bay, then lived in what is known as Norma's Country store, Glendale. Gustave's wife was a in the 7200 block of N. Port Wash-. Meseberg. One of Gustave's sons, ington rd. Richard, was born in 1883 in their home in the 6900 block; of Frank's brother, Anton, was the - Green Bay ave. Richard, who father-in-law of Elmer Luebbe, died early this month, lived at 7949 N. Port Washington rd., who 7447 N. Green Bay ave. is Glendale's public works super intendent. Richard Schreiber was married to Alice Stewart, member of an Well-Known Gardener The land at 7911 N. Port Wash early family. Their son Raymond, ington rd., now owned by St. served on the Glendale city coun John's Lutheran church, once cil several years. was the Carl Luebbe farm, and at one time owned by the Fick Fred Rosenau and Caroline (now V i c k) family. In 1913, El Fahr came here from Germany mer Luebbe's father, Adolph, about 80 years ago and were mar bought it from the Ficks. Before ried. They lived on W. Hampton buying this, Adolph had rented ave., next to Miller Lumber co. farmland at the southeast corner and operated a ,milk business for of W. Silver Spring dr. and N. years. They were the parents of MrSJEdwin (Norma) Grdber, 6076 Port Washington rd., now occu N. Port Washington rd., whose pied by Donahue's station and the son, Dale, 810 W. Bender rd., is Northway tavern. Years ago, the on the Glendale city councJLL^ Northway was located at the Joseph and Emma (Jogwerj—"^ ^CtfiO&JL corner, but was moved south, to came here from GermarijM&etOTe make room for the station. The the turn of the century and house where Adolph Luebbe's farmed on N. Green Bay ave. in family lived and in which Elmer what is now Kletzsch park across was born is now next door to from Al Hahm's tavern. Three of the Town Beer Depot. their children living in the area Charles August Schulpius, who Frank Luy's step-daughter, are Joe, 6985 N. Berwyn ave.; died in 1931, was a son of Aug Mrs. Clarence (Myrtle) Freck- Robert, 8715 N. Kildeer ct.; and ust Schulpius, who came here man, lives at 616 W. Bender Mrs. Emma Kopp, 2150 W. Marne with his family from Germany rd. ave. in about 1850. A few years later, August acquired land at the approximate site of the present Schulpius Garden Mart, 5230 N. Port Washington rd. IZo ; It is a pity that me' JharicC l?i^e\uOUltly old gentleman, with the fluent command of words, never persuaded one of Louis Pierron, Octogenarian his young ladies to share his life in the country, i "None of Grew Flax In Saskatchewan, Went to Nicaragua for the girls wanted to leave the city in those days/' he recalls Rubber, Bicycled to West and East Coasts, Gathered with a smile. ';•» : Memorabilia and Now Grows Dwarf Apple Trees Pierron is past president of the museum group of Wiscon By Marge Chore From where he works in sin Centennial and is looking forward with enthusiasm to Up the Milwaukee river, his sunny garden in the clearing, he can point out tfte trips they are planning within shouting distance of the this year. & place he was born, there is a the ancient elm where Jef gentle old man who carries ferson Davis stood when he the history of early Milwau was here as a young sur kee county around in his head. veyor, laying out the Green He is the only honor a r* He is Louis Pierron, grand ,Ba,y trail. member in the nation a son of the Louis Pierron, who pierron helped his father in League of American Whee came from Alsace-Lorraine in the imill when he was growing men, and, was saJso made 1837 as a young man and who up. Ips father later owned a member of the Bicycle Inst had a trading post on the cor general store at Third and tutextf America, an honorar^ ner of Michigan an# North North £>nd lived on Holton st. organization. LoUig distant Water, across from the "Cot for 30 ysars. wheeling has kept\ him vigor tage Inn," where he first Louis went to business col ous for all his 86 y^rs. lodged. lege. There were five in the The present day Louis was class. He worked for the city, born on his grandfather's farm when the city hall was new in One time Pierron went t< on the Green Tree rd., while Nicaragua to investigate thr i- rubber business and anothe his father, William Pierron, '93, as clerk for the school re time he raised flax in Sas< was operating the mill which pair department. He got $60 katchewah, and from time td used to stand on this site. a month. That was when he time when the wanderlust Pierron has a piece of the took up bicycling (an interest would seize him, he would white oak from the old dam, he has continued all his life) bicycle, to the west coast qr weathered and worn and bear to the east. ding great twisted spikes which to cover his territory and re held it in place. turn each night to the island He has memorabilia of in the river, which }s still part every sort stowed away in^an of the family property. old hen house on the family Later he took over the fam Yet his heart was never t property on N. Pierron rd., ily farm on the Calumet rd., j f r o m the Milwaukee" riv« where he lives with his niece which is the present site of And it is not so different th and her husband, the Victor the Robert Uihlein jr. estate, n6w—still untouched t Hollands. He is waiting for peaceful, in its natural sta, the day when a Glendale mu with violets springing* ^p : seum will be established and the path and the bi s {: he can act as historian. His light the way and tU ,,ate ambition, fe to have tffre__nld. flowing along as it did wher Town_ofJMilwaukee building the property was . an Indiai on """the bender rd. restored village. and moved to The Glendale municipal si1;e. IntHis Tittle frame building Pierron, now an octogenarian, served as clerk for the Town of Milwau kee back at the beginning of the century. A director for the Milwau kee county historical society, Pierron was instrumental in moving the Kilbourn house to its present setting in Esta brook park. However, he is now keenly interested to learn that the E. J. Nygren home on the River rd. bears a legend in its beams that it belonged to Mr. Kilbourn at an even earlier date. Raises Dwarf Apfcle Trees Pierron is keenly interested in a number of things, and that makes him a delightfully lively old gentleman. He is now raising dwarf apple trees for a commercial nursery. and ran it for a number of years. He used to hire stu dents to help him with the ^^^^^^^W^^^^^T^p^^^B crops and enjoys remember ing that the present city comp troller's assistant was one ofi WHITEFISH BAY HERA . his boys, and another is now Page 4—Thurs., Aug. 2 1956 a local millionaire. <© Re-Elect ..* BEN c. Goecks supervisor TOWN OF MILWAUKEE EXPERIENCED — EFFICIENT ... VOTE. . . - Election April 1, 1952 - Authorized and paid for by Ben C. Goecks, 6959 N. Green Bay Ave., Milwaukee 9, Wis. •• Sagger- tion in w*v A ^ the Glen- Gieringer, Robert H. Dec. 27, 1990 of Glendale. Age 82 years. Be loved husband of Viola A. (nee Eschrlch). Dear father of Robert G. (Carol) Gieringer and William (Bonnie) Gieringer. Dear grandfather of Richard (Mary), Thomas, Scott and Lisa Gieringer. Broth er of Walter (Lorraine) of Tempe, AZM Arthur (Terese) of Whitefish Bay, Judge Raymond (Mar- stst«— . ion) Gieringer of Friendship, Wl., and Erna Hau- g£r of Green Bay. Further survived by nieces and Wiephews, other relatives and friends. Complete funeral services Sunday, Dec. 30, at 7:30 PM from the funeral home. In state Sunday at the funeral home from 4 PM until time of service. Private interment Wisconsin Memorial Park. Mr. Gieringer was former owner and operator for 42 years of, the Gieringer Garden Center on N. Port Washington Road at Silver Spring. HEIDEN & LANGE SCHMIDT &BARTELT 106 W. Silver Spring Whitefish Ba' 7 (g) 1* Dullem^n in poultry is hard to beat He takes it where he can He sells it all but what he eats Tied tight with calico bands. 2. DeSwarte so pious and sincere To church he always goes. His actions then you may not fear Both good and bad he fears. 3. Tellier a miser so content His soul it might be bought. To bait a trap with half a cent All not worth half a groat. 4. Wtlters in black ash largely deals Non-residents feel it much. Timber grows scarce as it he steals From all but the Low-Dutch. 5. Vruwink's a man who stays at home To cherish his dear wife. Don't trust her much febout to roam For to create a strife. 6. Koeslag for news cannot be beat A paper you should take. He has the news of every street All over this town eight. 7. Cappon the life and soul of trade Is ready for a swap. And when proposals are all made You're sure to get a rap. 8. Wilke to church goes every Sunday His religion there to show. He always steals black ash on Monday From lands he does not know. 9. Meyers the bully of the woods. Gave Dulleman great pain. Does everything but what is good His conducts in that strain. 10. Buttles an office will not have He's all alone in fog - No office from the dutch does crave For fear they will him flog. 11. I want a pipe (says Wussow) small It will help save my cash. My breeches small my cap and all To wear upon my calabash. -1- @ 12•• Bittner is honesty is all right Not second to first rate* He works hard day and night As any in Town eight. 13. Barrick intends a feast to give Of his old buckskin breeches. For they1re so much like a sieve They will not hold the stitches. 14. Terhuren he does make good hoaps Deny it all who can. He buys his timber and his soup And licks the frying pan. 15. Schaaf is a cautious steady man His aim is to go straight. He risks not much, that is his plan What'er may be his fate. 16. Mullie makes sport of all around In his own jovial way. If he in fun can flog you out Hefs sure to gain the day. 17. Zettler is keen for building piers The wind work he does good. Before 'tis done I greatly fear We shall be out of wood. 18. Our Martin Bruce is a good man (should be Bruss) His neighbors he111 not wrong. Tries to do all the good he can That's his religious song. 19. Gallus is wavering and alone Industriuosly inclined. Before he's got his job half done He's sure to change his mind. 20. Joseph Anderegg I hear of late Will soon go hand in hand. With one who is to be his mate And bring Annie on his land. 21. Warner to whiggery is inclined Democracy won't him fit. Jealous of all but his own kind To them he's the true grit. 22. Ben Phelps near the lake does dwell For fiddling he is great E. Keene alone does him excel The best throughout the state. «p -2- 23. Young people who to fun incline Ori Phelps you all should call. One dollar to each he*ll give in time To join his opposition ball. 25. There is a party and a clan Stand ready for a strouse Zettlery Hope and Joseph to a man To oppose tne ball at Cornstra* s house. 25* My neighbor Ranson I would swap Take anything in his place. I do not wish you to entrapp By trading away disgrace. 26. Sanderson a dealer is in hogs He takes his neighbors, I've been told. Don't think how deep he is in fog And in wickedness is growing bold. 27. Lipscomb for meat to feed his cat For skins of every kind. Would pledge his coat, his cap and hat And leave his wife behind. 28. Old Jones in dotage we'll pass by Wells Jones he is too little. I will tell you the reason why His wife would be in nettles. 29. A Bare we have within this town Of stature rather small. He's posted up to go the rounds But lacks in speech to growl or ball. 30. Everts is good at Methodist preaching For Esq. and drawing wills. As superintendent for school teaching Also to build saw mills. -3- C13I 5" ~2{-/?9o Garden • It t Wally Noeske's is hidden away By Kathleen Smith really nice, regular, steady customers. I appreciate all of my customers in the North Shore." ardening is big business these days. Chain Though Noeske's father was in the insurance and garden centers dot the suburban landscape. banking business, Noeske came by his interest in plants G Warehouse food stores sell flower packs like six and flowers naturally. packs. His grandfather, Karl Noeske, worked as a gardener In the midst of the boom is a greenhouse tucked away at the Schiltz 9 Mile Farm (the present site of the Schiltz in such an out-of-the-way spot you may have passed it by. Audabon Center), tending the evergreen trees the without notice. ~ Uihlein family planted there. - Yet it's within half a block of Silver Spring Drive, one of the North Shore's busiest streets. Even today, Noeske's is a family business. W^mm^mm^mmmm^^mm The garden spot is Wally Noeske Flowers, 5634 N. Noeske's "nephew, Mike Bartsch, is his uncle's right- Mohawk Ave., Glendale. It is sandwiched between hand man. Noeske's two sisters help out during the Kohl's Department Store on the north and The Total spring, the greenhouse's busiest season. You on the south. During this time of year, Noeske works 12 to 14 hours At age 42, the greenhouse has been there a lot longer a day, seven days a week. When things settle down in than anything around it. .June, Noeske says, he will pare down his workday to A Whitefish Bay native, proprietor Wally Noeske says seven or eight hours. z : he can remember when the land surrounding his Noeske acknowledges, however, that his life is not all mm-. business was used for truck farming and then by " work. He does find time to pursue golf, a sport he loves. Dominican High School as an athletic field. His parents, As an independent businessman, "If I feel like golfing in fact, lived near what is now Kohl's Food Store on on a particular day, I can," he noted. "Sometimes I golf North Port Washington Road. : x : two or three times a week during the summer. I take off . and Mike's in charge."^, . - Next year will mark Noeske's fiftieth year \ Noeske also finds the time to take a 10-day vacation in the gardening business. He got his start irr 1941, at each year to visit his son, who lives in Atlanta. Two , age 10, helping George Kitzrow in Kitzrow's greenhouses daughters live in Milwaukee. - _, .. . on North Port Washington Road. , He doesn't have the time for everything, however. While Noeske says he loves flowers and plants, his Like Softball. A batting champion at Whitefish Bay High reasons for going to work initially were economic. . School, Noeske played softball for years, occassionally "I needed to bring home money," Noeske recalled. "I serving as coach, until his business got too demanding was the middle of 10 children and we each had jobs after and he had to give it up. • • ; school, peddling the Sentinel, doing whatever we could He has seen a lot of changes in his 49 years in the to ejarn money." ^ - greenhouse business. Eventually, Kitzrow and Noeske became partners and "When I first started, there were Victory Gardens, and moved to . Mohawk Avenue after a new highway . everyone planted vegetables. Now there is less of that. (Interstate 43) forced them to leave Kitzrow's first People are more interested in planting flowers around location. Noeske still lives next door. their patios or in boxes, and they plant only a few In the early '50s Noeske began doing garden work for vegetables, like peppers or tomatoes*" the Stratton family in River Hills. Soon other North His favorite part of the job, Noeske said, is seeding Shore homeowners were requesting his services and he plants and mixing soil. This year Noeske and his helpers t began to build up a lawn-service clientele that is loyal to seeded 1,000 of the 5,000 plants in his greenhouse. f* WALLY NOESKE has been in the greenhouse this day. As for the future, Noeske says he's been asked to sell business for nearly 5Q years. " - (Staff photo) , "My customers are great," Noeske said. They are his property, but hasn't any plans to do so. 7^wy ~./hee*f Vj&dlL /3£&gZ^ [' ''I started raising Percherons In H 1939,| he said. The horses soon be-. , came ^ prize/winners and Eschrich 1; j toured the country, showing his Hay ride operator retires r?t horses at fairs. "I sold horses all over the country —- Canada and Mexico, By Catherine Schulz Lisbon Ave." he said, 'They threw ; too,"*he boasted. "I quit In 1971,* of The Journal Staff all the hay out of the wagon and I " •' showing horses," he said, adding that had to clean up the park afterwards." : ,M Glendale — Robert Eschrlch had They called a year or so later to re •}he got sickof that^too* 4 * *V.- .V been in the hayride business for 50 of serve another ride. He said, "1 ... 1956 and 1957 were particularly his 74 years. ; told them I'd gone out of business." ; igood years for Eschrich. 1 •" 'After talking about retirement for Eschrich charged $75 in recent seven years, the horseman has pulled days for the one-hour ride, up from in the reins and liquidated his assets. the 1977 $45 ride, and the curb serv- '' Barn will go, too •itMU- His last hayride was in March, when ice went by the wayside years ago. • !•'• he took his familiar route through But the wagons still held their capac- 1 In '56, he, showed horses at the Kletzscn Park. Ity of 25 to 30 hayrlders. The price *• • Indiana State Fair and galloped away \ Three weeks ago, Eschrich sold his was not steep If you consider the cost * ; with prizes won by Miss Louella and^j last two Percheron horses to a man of a movie or even a fast-food lunch. her offspring, Donatation. Included in Cedarburg and he recently sold In the last few months of his busi- \ in the upset was a pot of money for two wagons to Ron Schmidt of Me- ness, Eschrlch said, he took just one .•' taking the futurity class prize 'for nomonee Falls. or.two groups out for his weekend ' , young horses and the pride in know- Escfyrich summed up his reasons evening'rides through* the park. "I — } ing he'd upset the 15 other Percheron for retiring by saying:" "I got sick of „ could've taken more," he said proud- "* breeders at the fair./ ..f it, that's all." ly, suggesting that ^business was stilly «•.' He started off pulling sleighs r i In 1957, he started a long-term 1 flourishing despite hts desire to hoi-4 through the unpredictable Wisconsin ler "whoa." He had help with the;*; ? business deal with the Pabst Brewing I winters. "In those days, money was rides and horses'from his brother, "Co. The company had a 1941 replica; scarce," he said. Before that, Es Ervin Eschrich, and his grandson* ;:} t » 5 of a turn-of-the-century Pabst beer' chrich "used to work with WPA* Mark Schroedel. delivery wagon and asked Eschrlch (Works Progress Administration], The clock never stands still when \ *i to hitch up his prize-winning Per* making alleys, shoveling dirt... that It comes to a good thing like a good I Jcherons. For 26 years he and his .horses commanded the shining navy- kind of thing." And he's always had old-fashioned hayride. "I noticed ;;i a green thumb. Gardening a few these other guys use tractors now," *; blue 4,500-pound rolling advertise-; acres of rented land meant extra in Eschrlch said of some of his former ; ment, recalling the day of horse- come for Eschrlch. • • • competitors. * drawn deli very, trucks, and wooden The sleighs gave way in 1934 to r; barrels. * / , rigs with rubber tires and marked Cost of hay is up < the birth of his hayride business. It Maybe those other guys figure It's JI Things are quieter now. the Pabst was a logical enterprise for the Glen less expensive to fill up the tank wagon may be pulled by Percherons, dale native. "I've lived here all my, rather than fill up the trough. But • but they won't be Eschrich's. He'ii life. I had horses all my life." Eschrich agreed with the reporter making plans to bring down the old When the business started, Glen that a tractor lacked the stately ro- | [barn behind the house rather than dale was the Town of Milwaukee and mantle qualities of a horse-driven ] Investing $500 for a new roof. The there wasn't much motor traffic on wagon. horses are gone. Two 25-year veter • the streets. "The horses never got In the '30s, Eschrlch recalled, hay •*'• ans of horse shows and hayrides shy," he said of his big Percherons, sold for 25 to 30 cents a bale, and ; were put to sleep not so long ago and ; "but the traffic was getting worse oats went for a whopping 35 cents a ; the other two have moved to Cedar-• and worse." Before long, Eschrich bale. These days hay Is up to $2 a • ;-'burg, j* 1 decided to tour the nearby park rath bale and oats $1.50 a bale, he said. ' , What will Eschrich be doing In the er than trot around on the streets And a horse In the hayride trade, it i M with his team. ; should be noted, eats a half bale a OU $»*&? jftlfrt*0 SuhdaV July 8,1990 John P. Kallas ; Entrepreneur / , • •• Services will be held' Monday for John P. Kallas, of Glendale, an entrepreneur who helped start Kal las Honey Farm. Kallas died of heart problems Friday at St. Michael's Hospital. • He was 89. Kallas moved to the Milwaukee..... area in 1928 from a farm iri Berlin, Wis., to start a millwork business ' with his wife? Emily. Kallas began': by rriakirig ironing-boards "in a;"; building at N> Richards Stearic! W;v"j; Capitol Dr. He processed:to.mak- ;'i ing windows, staircases -and cabi-i"; nets; '•{. :; '•••' ';./• ."•-.;. "•••''; In 1943, health problems, forced ", Kallas to leave millwork". Instead, he busied himself with bees. It started as a hobby but turned into a business. 'Instead of giving my brother and me an allowance, he would pack the. honey and give it to us to sell it door to door," recalled Kal- las's son, James. In 1954, James began what ! today is Kallas Honey Farm, a manufacturer and distributor of diversified honey products. Its annual sales exceed $500,000. . Along the way, the elder Kallas contributed.;, money, advice and support. ^ V v. vv ••• "He was always in the middle of things. He was a promoter, a push--- ... er. He helped whenever he was;. . needed," James Kallas said. Kallas is Survived by. his wife; Emily, of Glendale, and by his two' sons—• James, of Glendale, and; Gerald, of Brookfield. Visitation is scheduled from 5: until 8 p.m. this evening at Schmidt & Bartelt, Heiden & Lange Funeral Service, 106 W, Sil ver Spring Dr., Whitefish Bay. A . wake service is set for 6 p.m. Services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday at St. Nicholas Church, 5345 N. Green Bay AVe./: Burial will be at Holy Cross Ceme- • tery, 7301 W, Nash St. The family suggests memorials to the churchy ® /-//~/99<£ Clara Gaulke knew rural Milwaukee both cars and horse-drawn car BY ELDON KNOCHE riages at the same location. of the Journal Sentinel staff He served as treasurer of the Town of Milwaukee, which When Clara O. Gaulke was born before the turn of the cen gradually disappeared as the tury, horses and buggies were City of Milwaukee and various the mode of transportation. north shore communities an And when she and her hus nexed the territory. band operated businesses near The couple was generous W. Hampton Ave. and N. Port with their friendship and mon Washington Road, American In ey, according to Engler, who dians still camped in a nearby was close to them during his area that is now Lincoln Park, childhood. "She and my grand said her step-grandson, Marvin father were two peas in a pod," Engler. he said. "Everybody came to Gaulke died of natural causes them for advice and financial Monday at Colonial Manor Re help." tirement and Convalescent After Otto Gaulke died in Home in Glendale. She was 105. about 1939, she never remarried Throughout her lifetime she but continued running the bar helped her husband, and then and restaurant. Engler, run restaurants. JOURNAL SENTINEL FILES She retired when highway "She was an unbelievably Clara Gaulke receives a hug from rights-of-way gobbled up the good baker (and) did a lot of Mike the Clown during her 100th establishment, but in 1950 she desserts," Engler said. "She birthday party in 1990 at the and Engler opened another bar taught me to bake." Colonial Manor retirement home. and restaurant, The Suburban She was born Clara Fleming ite, on the north side. She on June 18, 1890, in southwest worked there, mostly as a baker, ern Wisconsin. She married her Otto Gaulke had standing in until he closed it in 1964. sister's widowed husband, Otto the community and knew sever She spent her remaining Gaulke, after the woman was al state governors personally, years at homes in Whitefish Bay killed by a train that struck a Engler said. and Glendale before moving to horse-drawn sleigh she was rid He owned a bar and restau Colonial Manor in 1987. ing in. rant, which Clara ran with him, Visitation will be from 4 to Clara, then about 15, came to and also was a carriage and 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Schmidt Milwaukee to help her widowed wagon maker as well as a black & Bartelt Funeral Home, 106 W. brother-in-law care for the cou smith. He kept up with the Silver Spring Drive, Whitefish ple's children and eventually times, getting training in servic Bay. The service will be at 7:30 married him. ing auiornohilps and working On p.m. Gaulke, Clara O Of Glendale. Jan. 8, 1996, aqe 105 vears Be loved wife, of the late Otto R Gaulke Grand- mother of Marvin E. Engler and Shigeko Great- 9^mother of Marc, Kristin, sS°(Donni) mi £E,fr' 3 g^at-great-grandchildren many other relatives and friends also survive Complete Services 7:30 PM Thurs., Jan. 11 at SnMUnera Home. Private entombment Wiscon sin Memorial Park Visitation at the funeral home L™ T^urs. until time of services. If desired memorials to Bay Shore Lutheran Church, in lieu mVi°KWers/DapproeuClated- Clara W£>s a long ime member of Bay Shore Lutheran Church SCHMIDT & BARTELT HEIDEN & LANGE. 106 W. Silver Spring Dr. Whitefish Bay IW :m Tietz gave protection, a name to Glendale He was 1st police chief of the town began talking of in of city he helped create corporation, a move opposed by the City of Milwaukee, which was fighting to add to its own territory. Tietz was a leader in the incorporation movement and came up with a census showing that the new city woxiid Oscar Tietz was the first po have 3,120 residents. lice chief of Glendale, which he "Those Milwaukeeans had a helped name. But for him, resi stubborn streak," Tietz said lat dents of the city today might be er of the City of Milwaukee. residents of Clovernook. But town officials persisted, Tietz died of natural causes and a city came into being in Thursday at St. 1950. Michael Hos It might have been called pital. He was Wood Dale, Riverview, Silver 86. Bend or Clovernook, but voters Born in Po chose Tietz's idea and named land on June 2, their city Glendale. 1909, he came Tietz remained as polide to the United chief, retiring in 1971. * J States in about Among other innovations, 1920 and set Tietz was responsible for the tled with his city's first ambulance service, family in the Tietz begun in 1952 after he became Town of Mil tired of waiting for Milwaukee waukee. He never left. County's allegedly slow ambu Tietz graduated from the Mil lances. waukee School of Engineering Tietz also served as president Tietz, Oscar t0 and was teaching there when of the Metropolitan Milwaukee L°^ „ uioEternai i iali LifLiree Thuri nurs.s , March 2121,1996, 1996, agi „e 86 years. Loving and caring husband of 53 years the institution fell upon hard Chiefs of Police Association. [: ,r to Ethel "Mutz (nee Poeltl). Brother of Hugo times and he lost his job. Hired He is survived by his wife, (Dolores) of Evart, Ml. Also survived by nieces, as a part-time patrolman by the Ethel (Mutz) Tietz. nephews, other relatives and many friends. town in 1938, he became a full- Visitation is set for 2 p.m. Visitation Sun., March 24 from 2 to 4 PM at the ZWASKA FUNERAL HOME timer the next year and was Sunday until the service at 4 at 4900 W. Bradley Rd. promoted to chief in 1945. Zwaska Funeral Home, 4900 W. Services 4 PM at the Funeral Home, Rev. Daniel S. Schneider officiating. Private Entombment It was about then that a part Bradley Road, Brown Deer. Holy Cross Cemetery. Oscar was the first Police Chief of Glendale, 1950 to 1971. In lieu of flowers, memorials to St. John's Lutheran Church, 7877 N. Port Washington Rd., Glendale, Wl 53217 would be appreciated. 13% IHO Grandmother Pierron remarried. Descendent of Her second husband was €arl Herman, a stoneware manufac turer. Early Settler Ottilie, one of eight children born to William Pierron, was al ways handy—at home or in busi Dies at Age 78 ness, her eldest brother, Louis, Sunday was both the day of recalled this week. He told how birth and death for Ottilie E. at the age of 15 she practically Pierron, who would have been ran Pierron's general store, lo 80 next March. r She died this cated at 3rd st. and North ave. past Sunday at County hospital, It was a regular farmer's store where she had been confined since Memorial day when she with flour, feed, staple groceries fell and broke her hip at the and a tavern- The two elder Pierron boys also worked ix\ theJ home of her niece, Mrs. George store. C. • Dobbs, 3543 N. Maryland ave., with whom she made her While they sometimes liked to home much of the time. •Summers she spent much of go off bicycling, their sister kept her time with her brother, Louis to the grindstone of business. Pierron at the old Pierron Never complained, or never let home on Pierron island. This anyone know that too much was six acre island has been in the being expected of her. "Twrron family 96 years* Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from, the Fass funeral home, 3601 N. Oak land ave., with the Rev. George J. Senty of balvary Presbyterian church officiating. Burial was in the family lot at Forest Home cemetery; The body was cre mated- Miss Pierron was the grand daughter of Louis Pierron who settled in Milwaukee in 1837, when Milwaukee had been a town for but two years. He op erated a store at Michigan and E. Water sts. He would be gone three months at a time with his oxen team when he went to sell furs and products of the com munity -at St. Louis and in turn purchase suitable merchandise for his Milwaukee customers. His store was burned out in 1845 in Milwaukee's first big fire, which had its origin in the Cot (P^jzAJz^^ ^^dx^U^^hA. tage Inn, across the street. Later *CO-CL-4- 4- bg^bouglu^^ the bridge, opposite Kletch park. The area was then known as In dian prairie and flooded over every spring. * Grandfather Pierron died be fore the Civil war days. The sawmill and flour mill, which he started shortly after he pur chased the first mill, was con tinued by the family for a time. frn. JA \h\ Praise Wibracht j For Work With Old Town Records I All the old Town of Milwau kee meeting records have been put In order, back to 18'U5. City Clerk Harold Rich ards told the city council Tuesday night that Nicolet High School Librarian Edwin Wibracht has completed a major part ol his codifying iob for the city. "1 think he's terrific!" ex claimed Mayor Kenehan. Al- derwoman Olive Zeller sec onded the motion, noting that Wibracht is giving his time to the city without charge. The records will be photographed and preserved for historical reference. ^UA*s Donated Town Hall Site .. jjsgiypfc. Max Zabel, and wife, Marie, who donated a lot 100 by 50 feet on W. Bender rd. for the town hall site on July 18, 1872. The hall was completed Oct. 1, 1872. The cost was $800. Plans were drawn by Anson W. Buttles, who also surveyed the site. The carpenter-con tractor was Louis Severin. Zabel, wealthy and well-educated, came here from Germany and owned 85 acres along Bender rd. from the river east to N. Kent ave. His wife was a member of the Miller family, which lived on the river near the present Port Washington rd. bridge. The Zabel home was in the 6100 block of the old Port rd. and was raied when hy. 141 was built. l^ * 1*3 \m M> v^^C/iiAA^n. tifcw / A^f VlW^ % fa &rM^ -10, £fo&h picture shows a dam being put in the upper river in i902 by two of Pierror/s uncles, who then operated the old Pierron mill, started by; his father. At the time a variety of packaged goods such as spaghetti, macaroni and noodles were manufactured art thine millmm, whicwnichn tootooike its i _ . p power from the harnessed water. Pierrbn's uncles were Henry G. Dodger,, Ag^Cd JUT' W (EMJ&AX&^I--- and Stephen Pierron. #f IMft «-: (£^4 /+*. There is nothing like a dam Br>.y. CL:.IShirle—y mSteven .n i• — s- f you're wondering what a fish below the dam. The flow now Although its power has been ladder looks like, this might be a onrush of water which can be 60 trickles over a rocky bed where diminished this year, the river and I good time to visit the dam in feet deep. there was once turbulent water. its dam still attract onlookers. Kletzsch Park, along the Milwau Concrete dams are prone to *%. design increases the discharge capacity without having to widen the river. CCC recruits who worked on the dam received $30 per month. Of l£ec fl.b • that sum, $25 was returned to their families. The dam was last inspected in 1969, according to Mark Riebau, assistant chief of dam safety for the State of Wisconsin. "It is considered a small dam," he said. "We can't get around to that type as often as the large ones, which, since 1985, we do inspect on a regular basis." He noted that some dams in the Q^g^Xz- ****** *?&• state have never been inspected. "We just don't have enough people to do it," he said. So ( I 8n(t> THXf) <^^f\jzj^i,x^tej2. $cl u I ->Ji\ .^-ft- 1/ ^TUJZAMI&SI ^-O ^^ 7/e. yii^uit i5i Letter Mailed to "Good Hope" <*-'< . - •*'"? •-'• -:*-.>-•'".*?.**. ;" ••* -•:'iSifflrtfr^' j* >>• ,.-".'.7 . *..-•*• - :i.' .'"f>i ;•-•*.*•*••-' --fiflT^K-••* fc.« ••. ..'.^ s jgfr, ,'-. .. fc**^ & ^tts^j ii-; ,!»•" ^^tfi'njffhff-'i - *. 5f2uSg*2(&S3*M ftchtA^Jt^. »lSu*x^ *» jU^-f/i^U ^fLt^ojU A^^-HLq-fU "Good Hope" once was a "crossroads community" located «t what now is the immediate area around W. Good Hope rd. and N. •Zh*e« free W M^e. # ^ei^U -> frU. *HJL SultAJh- AZ*U- & {Mark e*+c- M s&&&»^ 1 J ' 'fi 1 • 'si- yutJJL xu^e r joe-".^ • J•» tr •JUL££~,. ^W CS/. o5&^^e /rn t^&^f-^xiJLe, ^ V^^f*- >U_<£££ x^-ce- (Stevd p**J $ A&MJJS*L- _^£z~u&^ tftd'• &&¥& Y). ^u^^ (Pez^t- fed'. l/[c"U '• ,4}e~u&e^ (%d. O^tf "X>y ^^jkr A^^l -i~^ ^C^^f^t x^-^L Hs^eniA. I9£(e T*"S* rf yUe$u) ,Kujo » 16H ^jMHdjUi As AgWi^^. tJbwt. •***• jddi+*> dt>ie.a. Scu^nulf sQ&OUgU- *,CA**& A^***-) ^31UL Jt&sdn, ^IA^£. s V/) a fa+tdtA A> Ae-A^. t&t&w JZ^te /U4>&1 J& /£jL<-<£eAJL /Load'- The Bender Grist Mill This picture was taken in 1899 when the dam on the Milwaukee River, north of Bender Rd., was being rebuilt. The original picture was loaned to me by Anson M. Buttles. The dam had been built for Peter Bender's gristmill, built across the river from the sawmill on the east side of the riverXhe sawmill was built in 1850-51. Lyman Swift joined Bender briefly as co-owner of the sawmill, but left after a few years. The flour and grist mill was built in the 1360's by Peter Bender's sons, Jacob and Hiram, and their brother-in-law, George Posson. Jacob and Hiram ran the grist mill, located at the east end of Mill Rd. at the river. Mill Rd. was named for this mill. The structure up on the hill to the left of the mill was probably a Bender barn, as their house and barn were west of the river and south of Bender Rd. The gristmill was built on the sidec of the river bank. Early town meetings were held on the top floor until the Town of Milw. Town Hall was built in 1872, on the site of the present North Shore Water Commission bldg on Bender Rd. By Mimi Bird nough history has occurred on both sides of the Milwau E kee River between W. Green Tree and W. Bender Rds. in Glen dale to create an historical novel. At various times, starting in the 1850s, a sawmill, two mill races (channels), an ink factory and a stock farm lined the river. They were later replaced by sum* mer cottages and the present park. Sunny Point La., hidden away south of W. Acacia Rd., was built on top of the remains of the west wall of a mill race that led to a sawmill built in 1851 by Peter Bender on the present site of 6245 N. Sunny Point Rd. The earliest bridge across the river near Bender Rd. was just south of the sawmill, north of the present bridge. To reach the bridge from the east, one turned north onto Sunny Point Rd. and crossed the river from the mill in a southwest direction to reach Bender Rd. on the west side. V In 1928 the Town of Milwaukee purchased part of the Bender land and built a bridge \ in its present location. It has since been rebuilt. Gilbert Sellin, who lives at 6245 N. Sunny Point Rd., recalled, "The old bridge angled across the river from our land. It was a high steel structure. My grandparents said in the early days, before the first bridge was built, men crossed the river on foot, leading their horse and wagon to the mill." One of the earliest houses believed *.to have been built of lumber sawn at the mill still stands in its original location, at 6365 N. Sunny Point Rd. The original lumber is covered now by siding. r At about the same time. John H. Thien built a grist mill just south of W. Green Tree Rd. on the east side of the river, A log dam was built south of the present Green Tree bridge to generate water power for the mill. A mill pond inlet behind the property at 1235 W. Green Tree Rd is still seen clearly from the west river bank. In 1855, Thien left the area and moved north, founding Thiensville, The mill and land was purchased by someone else in 1866, and another REMNANTS of an earlier day along the Milwaukee River in mill was bui'lj; on the west side of the Glendale can be found in a mill pond inlet (top photo) near W. river, in what is now Kletzsch Park. Green Tree Rd. and the wall of an old mill race, now In Kletzsch It was located approximately on the Park. *. (Staff photos by Dan Johnson) ^^ fikAji&d *///^f$$ Cfruet^Uitd yu^n> \(£ f\LJlu> • ^^Ctxi //-£6~/97o (fy&keA&J^^ OfoA^p f9^9 In April, 1959, the Sunny Point area of Glendale was waukee River Watershed Committee i$ recommending, f | under water because the Milwaukee River flooded. ways to reduce flood damage. One recommended flood \ Depths of four feet were reported at some places. control alternative is the gradual, voluntary removal of; Twenty-eight residents had to be evacuated. The Mil- homes from flood prone djrcas over the'next 20 years* Vv . —Sentinel PhotOi' yWv^i ^^ p*^ b% -fsr-^pf55 ^^^r^^'f^i^f ; *$ ^^^.gl^J^Bl^^ Man Studies Ways tc scv Watershed He's Ravayed By STEVE TATARSKY preserve natural beauty for future generations and offer The Milwaukee River wa ways to fight the bad condi THE RIVER IN OUR FUTURE-I tershed is 640 square miles of f rolling countryside, winding tions. streams and teeming havens The three year study now West Bend into Sheboygan . for birds, fish and muskrats. is in a crucial stage. At stake and Fond du Lac counties, It's also ravaged by con is the future. What will the live in the area drained by the '• Only aboujt 40% of Mil crete in parking lots and sub watershed be like by 1990? urbanized Milwaukee River.' t waukee's land j,area is in the Will a youngster today still watershed, but this land con divisions, fouled by filthy wa Portions df the $516,976 tains about 37j£,940 persons, ter that stretches to down want to live in the area by study now are being' re-. then? more than half (the city's pop town Milwaukee, and is del viewed by t h e Milwaukee ulation. Although the drain uged by floods. More than 527,600 persons River Watershed Committee, age area does tfct include all , The Milwaukee River Wa-' from downtown Milwaukee a technical and advisory arm of Milwaukee's1! fast growing tershed Study is designed to north through Mequon and of the Southeastern Wiscon Northwest Sidjy.it does in sin Regional Planning Com clude the Nortmridge Lakes mission. and S e r v i t e 'rfeights area, Because the study is so, where another 2^,000 persons . complex, portions have to be cpuld live by 1990. ; MILWAUKEE SENTINEL reviewed individually, even PAGE 1, PART 3 THURSDAY, NQV. 26, 1970 though a 11 are interrelated. • The watershed contains Water pollution control re- all of Brown Deer, Cedar-, burg, Grafton, Saukville,5 West Bend, Thiensville, Jack- json and.Kewaskum; 98% of.: "Giendale, &p% of both Shore- _l£7_ When the committee gets vtf'ood and Whitefish Bay lates to where homes, facto into what m ost consider the 77% of River Hills, 67% o. ries and recreation facilities watershed's ; toughest prob Mequon, 42% of Fox Point , are proposed, y lem — waterv pollution —- the and 27%of Bayside. , cost estinmtes for alterna- . Portions of the study al By early next year, the tives will ra tnge from $194 committee will recommend a million for underground tun ready have raised some eye-. comprehensive master plan nels to store sewage to $212 brows and generated consid- ( for controlling urban sprawl, million for ?.a storage lagoon e r a b 1 e. opposition. To be j pollution and flooding, pre to $500 milllion to separate weighed are questions of serving open space, develop combined sowers. priorities, "best use of the ing recreation and fostering land" and tW cost of doing water supply. It also involves lands now something soon that might on the tax r*Mla suggested for not mean benefits until many Alternatives will be of possible puiblie purchase to years later. ' , » fered. Since the recom preserve theim for those who mended plan is only a guide may want to,» live in the area Flood control proposals'are and local, county, state and in the future.] generating considerable in federal government agencies terest. ' j would have to adopt the plan The watershed covers vast Opposition developed early ] areas of the? state's richest! to one alternate proposed] and carry it out/ a chapter on region and includes a large \ and recommended by the j percentage 0)f its population. staff of the regional commis- i ways to implement the rec For example: \ , < ommendations will be impor sion. That was a $24 million I • The watershed covers/ reservoir near Waubeka in j tant. 64% of .the Jfland area of j Ozaukee County. It is a pro-! All of this involves tax Ozaukee Coufoty, the state's iposal not only for flood con-] money — money that could second fastest growing coun trol but also for recreation! be requested; from local, ty. It covers f 1% of Wash and a source of water to help' county, state- or federal ington CountA 23% of Mil flush fresh water dqgmjhej sources. So far, the water waukee Count k 24% of She >< \Qp) ^WFFtfQWW Fund feSought- ? ^FloodStudy: Tiin.coIn Park Resi- ;^ents4Ask Council to; *Xy Plan for Artificial Lake in Park KAi(d,in Control: '! 1 l< y In its budget requests for 1931 the park board disclosed its plans for J?" , a new 40-acre lake in Lincoln park. The diagram shows how the board r ^Establishment of a»special fund in plans to accomplish the project. First of all, the course of the Milwaukee , river (shown in dotted^ lines) at the horseshoe will be diverted into a pfte\ 1931' budget for study of flood con fairly straightaway channel.- Dredging along the low lying banks on< trol on the ,iipper Milwaukee river, is, both sides of the river will create an artificial lake larger than that at fought>iri a petition filed with the, Washington park. The plan will mean that plans for the golf course and $ty clerk by the .Lincoln Park Ad: other recreational features of the park will have to be revised. The board jy^ncement' association forpreseHta- is asking the council for a bond issue of $140,000 to carry on the work. |on to the common council Monday: §?Legisiatipn * to; permit the' city to BConstruct -a dam: on the .river failed, of passage*at the last session of the legislature, on the argument that the. f-Afr-v t /f-3* ^s^Wi^X •'benefit* to'the city would be put of proportion to the Cost., <' ^ > • ^tThe association has collected data independently as^ to costs of a dam, and points out in its petition that the dam could be built at this time for a Mrs. Kuehl Dies cdrnparatively small cost. A spillway Efrom the dam directly to Lake Michi gan, north of the city, is included in At 89; Lived the association's * plan for- reducing illood damage. * ' • .•; ' /"*•'. r \The council also will receive a peti 50 Years Here tion Monday from the Center Street Her grandsons were pall ^Business Men's association for widen-- bearers at the funeral of 1ng of Center st. from Sherman blvd. Louise Kuehl, 89, 4927 N. fto Fifty-first st., a distance of eight 2nd St., held Jan. 7 from the (blocks. Center st. has been widened, Dobbratz funeral home. "except for this stretch, by1 setting Burial was in Union ceme back the curbs.'{.The petitioners said tery, Glendale. itlwt the narrow portion created a bot tle '»neck' and ;haaardgus traffic con- Mrs. Kuehl, who had been ; , 1 l a resident of the Town of ptions.4 ,5 i ^ •>' vr ^ p <"• "'' ''•• Milwaukee for more than 50 years, died Jan. 4 at the home of one of her daughters, Mrs. Agnes Neubauer. She was born in Germany. For many years, Mrs. Kuehl daily took the level of the water at the Port Wash ington bridge for the county. Her husband, who died about ten years ago, had been em ployed by Taylor Button Fuel Co. For 18 years the Kuehls owned a farm, which was lo cated in what is now Esta brook park. "Mrs. Kuehl is survived by 9*? four daughters, Mmes. Neu (-f3-( bauer, Erna Sllber, Milwau kee; Margaret Schaffner, Lilly rd. and Capitol dr., and &> © <*,<& 30,(91^ /yu>?i4u^(jhw4' PV<2~~T-g_ CL ~yU %«c*et^j^ dc d(U^t, (P&m£ IC3 <^4^ u - r^^f^y\ JdL 4W& JOIIL&I*. X&JLL z ^JLU) > V. I(0>1 -p. (aid. / (3) *WT tltf @ w ~55 *h le'/zfn, (ID act) *r/*.Y/r- Ui isef. tic? jo. 4 o 0 \<&J fpcts^o- £, - ""." l« (Continued from page 1), '/ \- * Dye Works in Milwaukee. Aunt j STREAM f Tillie, who never married, worked t I for the dye company. Connected to it > was a laundry^ so the Kranstovers < had the luxury of sending their ; of f clothes to the family laundry to be ; washed, J / consciousness rs. Holland especially remembers those August Mi. day s on the island when she was 8 and 9. She read the Dorothy The Milwaukee River remembered Dainty series and the Little Colonel ; books. Two kerosene lamps hung over the large dining room table in ; By Nancy Leussler ut when she came there as a small girl in 1911, Janet the evenings. Aunt Martha played raffic pounds relentlessly Holland found no such conve solitaire, while other adults read B copies of the Saturday Evening Post. these days across the Milwau niences. Tkee River on W. Good Hope The big house had a living room, Her mother, as well as Aunt Rd. Few motorists are probably dining room and kitchen (with wood Martha, played the piano for sing aware, however, that the six-lane cook stove) on the first floor, which ing. Other times, they cranked up bridge, built in 1967, spans a 7-acre had plastered walls. But the second the Victrola with the morning glory ; island that has been home to sum floor (consisting of three bedrooms) horn and played songs like "He Had mer residents since the turn of the was unfinished—showing the studs. to Get Under, Get Out and Get century. The spacious third floor attic held a Under, to Fix Up His Automobile." ; Until the bridge was built, what number of beds for overflow com On rainy days, or when the porch • we know as W. Good Hope Rd. pany. proved unseasonably chilly, young I j Janet could explore the attic, where, stopped at the riverbank. Years ago, A porch was later added on the ft8 an a footbridge crossed the west chan front (west side) and on the south of l among other curios, w °^ nel in summer, and boats were used the house. I music box. J to get back and forth when the water In those years, water was drawn j( As she matured—feeling impor-; was high. from an artesian well and tasted | tanfc—she was allowed to walk to the J Today, two summer cottages are strongly of iron. A huge icebox in the Schreiber farm on N. Green Bayj located south of the bridge; a year- back hall could hold 100-pound Ave. to buy milk for the family, i round home is on the island north of chunks of ice, cut from the river in (Grandfather Pierron's cow had long \ the bridge. the depth of winter and stored in an since been sold.) ^ ice house until called for. Children from area farms joined! Janet Pierron Jacob! Hol the river's summer residents at the J Grandfather Pierron kept a cow ler now of Shorewood, spent her during those early years and used to j footbridge for swimming. It was . cl ood summers on the island, squirt milk at his little granddaugh | their diving dock as well as their' whicn was known, because of her ter teasingly, as she watched the j access to the island, while shade family, as Pierron Island. milking process. ' trees and river water cooled them Mrs. Holland's grandfather, Wil He had dreams of raising snails on against soaring temperatures. liam Pierron, inherited the island the island, and even ordered some The footbridge was taken down in from his mother, and a three-story from France. The project never fully fall, then put up again in spring. summer home was built there in developed, however, and when floods 1898. The setting became the focus came, some of the would-be snail Otherwise, ice and snow would for family parties, Mrs. Holland said, crop rose with the waters and were Jbreakitup. and sometimes up to 40 people deposited further down river in large jc Uncle Louie Pierron, a would gather on a July weekend for clumps. chicken and German potato salad (bachelor and well-known area bicy- \ clist, was a regular at family gather and her Aunt Tillie's homemade Aside from the fun of fam noodles. ings. He was a justice of the peace for ily get-togethers, sunshine, swim a number of years and officiated at Currants, gooseberries, rhubarb ming arid fresh air, the island was local functions, including the wed- and asparagus grew in abundance also a haven for Mrs. Holland's cding of Mrs. Holland's parents. mother, who was widowed when her x on the island. a Two of Mrs. Holland's cousins Mrs. Holland recalls: "Grand only child was 2-1/2. At her hus band's death, Mrs. Jacob! moved were married at the summer home. mother Pierron cultivated a magnifi A tennis court commanded the ' cent garden and later Uncle Will back from Denver to Milwaukee, to Kranstover was an ardent horticul start teaching again and to be near north end of the island. It had to be supportive family. chalked and the grass cut very short turist. He would work with his for the family games of lawn tennis. plants long after dark by the light of When the small girl was 5, her The ? three-story % summer home a Coleman lantern." mother remarried—to- "Jack with the wrap-around porch has There was no electricity on the Kemerer—and once again the family island until the 1940s,. Mrs. Hol moved west. But young Janet was been gone for years. The bridge was land's husband, Vic, (who worked for sent back to Milwaukee for several built in 1967. the Wisconsin Power and Light Co.), summers, starting when she was had to contact people in Washington, about 8. By then, her aunt and uncle, D.C. until the luxury of electric light, Martha and Will Kranstover, had fans and radio reached the summer taken over the island when her >t at last. (Since the Milwaukee grandparents retired and moved out vas considered a navigable of state. if water, the request for Will Kranstover owned the Badger ca\ service had to go through the federal government. ^'. (Continued on page 4) Ohe tfcuL&s£ 3-^#- /?£"? •m. ots of people can remember, 1however , when there was no ^ JGood;Hope bridge. And that I 'occasionallIJ y a Saturday night cele- ** ^ - \ brant at Bertram's Tavern (then at the corner of N: Green Bay Ave. and *W. Good Hope Rd.) drove his car eastward into the river by mistake.^ (where he would find a bridge today). But not many people have the joy of memories of spending summers on ; an island in the Milwaukee River. When you talk with Janet Pierron Holland, you can almost imagine it is 1916 again; You can feel the river that was deep and fit enough for swimming. You can taste the white - raspberries that grew in abundance on the island. * *v If you're in the area at dusk, get as close to the river as you can. Smell it* Hear it. Feel the damp night air. Picture people singing around the \ piano in the island summer home. And Janet Holland's Uncle Will Kranstover working in his garden by the light of a Coleman lantern. '•«*#& 8-4o-(9*7 A SIX-LANE BRIDGE spans an island in the Milwaukee River at pf ™;:£°?-J1°^_R?- Th© Jsland has been home to summer Iffi residents since the turn of the century. (Staff photo by Dan Johnson) \4 im A THE MILWAUKEE RIVER was-once fit and deep enough for swimming. Janet Pierron Holland (center, with hair ribbon) spent her childhood summers on the island. - • ' .-• . %?. (g) ^*>, Photos taken from south side of river, from the grounds of the newly built Deluxe Data Systems building. Photo #1 looks west toward Port Rd. bridge. Note line of dash's crossing river between bridge and dam. It was about there that Indians and early settlers crossed the river on foot before the 1st bridge was built. The river is very shallow there. This dam was built in the late 1930's by the Civilian Conservation Corps. (CCC). Photo #3 shows the curved end of the dam - a continuation of Photo #2. All views are looking across the river to Estabrook Park. -^ in- BENDER'S MILLS/MILL ROAD On 11/13/1850, Every Agnes and his wife, Elise, to Charles G. Everts, all of town of Milw., for $100.00 for 4 acres, beginning at the SW corner of Lot #3 in the SW^ Sec.20, then 25 ft. wide on the W line of Lot 3 until a certain ravine is intersected, then NE along the ravine to N line of Lot 3 in the Milw. River; the 4 acres to be used for a ditch to lead water from the Milw. River to a mill to be erected on the E fraction of Lot #1 of Sec. 30 T8 N R22 E on the E side of the river and the right to leave the earth excavated on the E side of said ditch beyond the 25 feet mentioned. The above description was for the mill race that was constructed from the Sunny Point bend of the river (at the end of N. Sunny Point Lane) south to where the sawmill was built - at the edge of the E side of the Milw. River on property at present 6245 N. Sunny Point Rd. On 10/8/1851, Deed: Every and Alice, his wife, Agnes to Lyman P. Swift for $1500.00 for one undivided half of the E factional Lot #1 Sec. 30 on which premises is a sawmill owned in part by Peter Bender, subject to a mortgage of $1200.00; Swift to pay $240.50 with interest according to conditions of said mort gage, and all of lot 5 or the SE fraction of Sec. 19 lying W of and including the Mill Race to said above mill and all that piece of land on S^ Lot 3 Sec. 20 lying W of and including the mill race and a strip of land one rod wide on E side of Mill Race and running from S line of Lot 5 to the N line of S^ of Lot #3. In the mid-1860's, Peter Bender also built a grist mill on the W side of the Milwaukee River, at the E end of present Mill Rd., IF Mill Rd. continued E to the river (which it did in the "old11 days.) The grist mill was a tall 3 story frame building located a little north of the saw mill on the E side of the river. Town meetings for Town 8 were held in this grist mill until the Town Hall was built in 1872, on the site of the pres ent North Shore Filtration plant, NW corner of Jean Nicolet and Bender Rds. A mill was also built in the 1850fs at the far West end of W. Mill Rd. on the Menomonee River, town of Granville - thus insuring the name "Mill" Rd. Bender built the first dam on the river north of his grist mill for added water power for the mill's paddle wheel. Later, that log dam was rebuilt and still exists today on the river in Kletzsch Park. m .m. *~, . . -m #«11 ml- •_ — •_«—-.-. ^U-..-.-. «11 «X 4-U^ •Jr- "• - — — __ 0ft ~Hi>m*>- ^uwweV Po« KIT HvT) (R) i?c I9r](pj:^af) ( yutum. •L^^L.^T^^^^^^ <3R --1"—i? r ^ /?9- w, 0) ~m) 'l« o &'-' Sa&rdayW+> Whip' Argils, hiia/msfectW on the "dec*" of ,the ship made of; • K3KW®^>St^7ri^r^.^ViO«.-S«»' ^oilll tents and-ropes. Note the wheel; - , -joumat staff f „'.f> ! ' ''•'.'-;—: 1 ^—•'' '•1i tr;tT.t^''" ,;—'. "'"' -= ,- 'i ' •" j ~ f-jf/90 MILWAUKEE'S BOY SCOUTS AT FIRST CAMPOREE ' A Day With j The haze of many small fires and the tang of frying bacon mingled with sharp ? whetted by the tasks of getting the tents up fashion, building the fires air last weekend as 763 Milwaukee Boy Scouts prepared their evening meals at and erecting Indian st le «iceboxes» and ^J* the fu-st District no. 3 camporee of the year at Kletzsch park. Appetities were < ty*^*yv8?--mwi County Park System - Town of Milwaukee v Brown Deer Park - The park commission negotiated for a park in the eastern part of what is now River Hills; they were also planning a parkway along the east side of the Milwaukee River. The park deal fell through and Walter Lindsay blocked the parkway by getting River Hills incorpor ated, then extended the River Rd. north to Dean Rd. and put a turn to the east as it approached Dean Rd. Another plan had to be considered. The county owned and operated the old House of Correction, with 80 acres of land on the south side of Silver Spring Rd., now known as McGovern Park. Supervisor Charles Jacobus, representing the town of Granville, came to Eugene A. Howard's office (Howard was on the Park Commission board; Jacobus was also on the Highway Commission Board) to say he (Jacobus) could get the 80 acres turned over to the Park Commission for a golf course. Howard told him it would be an excellent parksite, but the 80 acres would be too small for a golf course and showed Jacobus a better golf site. He took him to what is now Brown Deer Golf Course & Park. (1928) Jacobus took the highway commission members to see the site and the park commission also became interested, since the deal had fallen through on the east side of the river. The park commission proceeded to get options, which were handled through James Barry of Nat(Nathaniel) Green's office. In 1982, Brown Deer Park was designated a Milwaukee County landmark and is recognized as one of the nation's best public golf courses. Estabrook Park - In 1933, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was formed to employ men in parks and forestry work after the Depression. The camps consis ted of about 200 men, officered by regular army personnel. The park commission had five camps: two at Honey Creek, one at Estabrook, one at Sheridan Park and one at Whitnall Park. The CCC did the river channel improvement and dams at Estabrook and Kletzsch Parks. The Work Relief Projects were set up under the Works Progress Administration (WPA); the parks afforded one of the greatest outlets of any county function and project for putting men to work. They built the buildings at Estabrook and Kletzsch and Brown Deer Parks, along with those at other county parks. The old Billeb farmhouse at Estabrook Park m. (located on the south side of Hampton Rd., east of Port Washington Rd.) became the first caretaker's building and office at this park. It was torn down later when the new building was constructed farther into the park. Lincoln Park - This was originally Lindwurm1s farmland and then became Lindwurm Park. Land was eventually taken from the east side of this park along Port Washington Rd. for the construction of Highway 141 (later 1-43), but land was acquired to the north of the old park to compensate for that loss. , . c The above information was taken from "Milwaukee History", the Milw. County Historical Society's magazine, Spring-Summer 1982, written by Eugene A. Howard who had become highway commissioner and director of public works. Park planning was directly under his jurisdiction. The only additions I added were in regard to Lindwurm Park and Billeb's farmhouse. Mimi Bird 1987 ffi i •-&* \^dtt^L ^)lZ^> d-^,Vll_ar^—- fok^U^J\jL/>4^^U^tUji^ • yf^L^MtcA^tc^ ^ Jb^e^f- /"?{?& /«r ~d~-JL \% FAVORITE PARKS firmed that observation, adding (PLJ. that blacks also were a majority among swimming pool users. They said the golf course, in the City of Glendale, was mainly used by whites, for golf in summer and cross-country skiing In winter. Jones said most church groups and community organizations reserv ing picnic areas tended to be black. Jones came to Lincoln Park last year, and she is already enthusias tic about facilities like the water slide and the Blatz Pavilion, which may be rented for receptions and parties. She considers the park a big back yard, with a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. "It's a wonderful park, abso lutely the best on the North Side," she said. The park's water slide, one of three in county parks, has tf-^Z-ff made a big splash. A $2 admission is good for several hours of fun. Though it is an urban park, Jones and Fitzgerald are puzzled by the occasional perception that it is unsafe. "I don't know why," Fitzgerald said, remarking that he saw little reason for anyone to be fearful of "When the river is down, it's a Lincoln Park. great tracking area," Reese said. She recommends the casting pier Sgt. Wayne Jensen of the Mil near the parkway as a place to waukee Police Department has watch for gulls and great blue spent 17 years at district stations herons. The park is also home to responsible for patrolling the Mil kingfishers, which have dug nest waukee portion of the park. holes in a sandy riverbank for the past two years. "We've never had any real Otto &suftf <& ^^^- &"^ , problems at Lincoln Park ln all my "They're about two feet away time," Jensen said. "It's been rela from the bike path," Reese said of tively crime-free." the kingfishers. "They don't seem to mind." Jensen said that there had nev During the 1960s and early er been a need to strengthen secu 1970s Milwaukee neighborhoods rity at the park and that the worst west and south of the park became problem had been youths sneaking predominantly black. The park has into the pool after hours. come to be a racial boundary between those neighborhoods and Jones said there were no prob mostly white suburbs to the east lems at the baseball diamonds last and north. year, and there was only one purse theft at the pool, which took place Park usage has also tended to before the pool was open to the divide on a racial basis. On a recent Saturday afternoon, an public. overwhelming majority of picnick "We haven't had fights, or any ers on the west bank of the river thing like that," Jones said. "I were black, while nearly ali golf don't think there's any problem, ers were white. nothing like the problems Wash Park Supervisor Fran Jones and ington Park has gotten — which Chuck Fitzgerald, deputy regional may have been blown out of pro manager for the park system, con- portion." /«* A'useless' piece Lincoln Park Lincoln Park 1938 is anything but that By BILL KURTZ of The Journal staff Lincoln Park is not a pastoral r stretch of undisturbed nature, and 'thousands of golfers, ballplayers and picnickers can be thankful for 'that. Until the Depression, the Mil waukee River twisted through swampy lands that were flooded every year. More than a century W. HAMPTON ago, William Lindwurm described AVE, much of the land where the park is now located as "useless for any purpose in the world." But 50 years ago, 1,400 work ers spent a lot of time and effort proving Lindwurm wrong. They i» were Works Progress Administra ose^] tion employes, part of the largest .Depression-era WPA project in j. Wisconsin. What is known today This map shows Lincoln Park as it was designed in 1938. The parking as Lincoln Park is largely their lot adjacent to the athletic area has since been replaced by a handiwork. swimming pool, and the archery range was displaced by freeway Lindwurm, a German immi construction. River Rd. along the railroad tracks is now W. Marne Ave. grant who became a Milwaukee .; County supervisor, owned much of ff The WPA workers created a the swampy land, where he built a hew, deeper channel for the river It's a wonderful park, distillery and floated barrels of and built artificial islands where absolutely the best on •whisky down the river to ware Lincoln Creek flows into the river. houses in downtown Milwaukee. A dam was built just down the the North Side.", ,'; After Lindwurm died in 1879, river at Estabrook Park. As a 1938 ;• ~ Park supervisor his farm was one of two sites ' headline for an article in The Mil 'considered for a new State Fair waukee Journal proclaimed, "Riv- Park when the fair outgrew its "er Remade to Provide Park Play !,site bounded by W. Juneau Ave., ground for Milwaukee." ' W. Vliet St., N. 27th St. and N. ed near the golf course, now " A swimming area along the riv draws practicing bow hunters and 35th St. The State Legislature er was to be part of the WPA's decided by one vote to buy the target shooters to an area along legacy, but the area was aban Green Bay Ave. Another area West Allis-Milwaukee site now doned after World War II when ^occupied by the fairgrounds. nearby is used to fly powered f ^ the public became more aware of model airplanes.;*; .' , Meanwhile, vegetables were the health hazards associated with # ;grown on the Lindwurm property, polluted water. Add soccer fields, tennis courts and it also became a popular site and the golf course, and one has a 'for picnics. The property was pur Swimmers still flock to the park, but they now frolic in an park made for recreation, not con chased by the City of Milwaukee templation. - Kin 1907. Additional land was outdoor pool, built in the 1950s. • bought in the 1920s after several .The Emil Blatz Pavilion was added "It's an urban park," said Kathy 'especially severe floods ended /then, along with seven baseball Reese, a naturalist who lives near plans for subdivisions along N. / diamonds. One of the county's first by, "but it has its quiet moments/9 -Green Bay Ave. [ lighted diamonds adjoins the pool. 1 A concrete pier was built by a " Before the WPA arrived, Lin- Reese said the only wild area in ! \ casting club for competition in the park was an isolated section on colli Park was mainly known for precision bait casting. The sport the northern edge, just south of /Its golf course, built in 1916 on the fell in popularity, and the pier into the transmitting tower for "•' east bank of the river. The course disuse, when ihodern spinning WISN-TV. She likes to watch [was redesigned twice, most equipment remoVed much of the birds in the park, and said the recently when the North-South challenge from this offshoot of river and adjacent parkway areas FreeWay sliced off the eastern lured deer, raccoons and opos edge of the park in the early fishing. A \' /'"'•• The archery range, once locate sums, as well as ducks, geese and '1960s. other waterfowl. : $#''••'• - ^'>••• •-• • ; t .-":• ^wfa jfl f4*^>hn /fa* * /a- a7- /?*/ C%-e ^olzdd^LA, ***** • %*-. (999 ~5 If? J O Attention is better focused on the wild morning glories scrambling down the riverbank and the honey bees and cabbage butterflies in their wildflower cafeteria The blue of the chicory, white doilies of Queen Anne's lace and lithrum's muted magenta spires combine to give a wild, regal air to the tainted river shores. Falling When the dam was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1935-36 to pool water upstream and aerate water downstream, the river was so clear that every carefully placed stone behind the crystal falls could be counted. Was it more of an attraction then than now? in love " Perhaps, but water running brown and green with algae and silt still commands a nearly By Susan Westergard continuous stream of fascinated spectators. The same graceful willows dip into the lake iewed from a passing car the Kletzsch Park, behind the dam today as years ago. waterfall on the Milwaukee River is The backdrop of manicured lawn has watched V refreshing. the construction crew come and go. -0 Viewed from a spot inches away on the The lawn has smiled for half a century at riverbank it's all-engrossing. admirers of its noisy neighbor. There's something about a waterfall, even a small one, that reaches out and pulls you4n. It has cried for help as rafts and small Its surprising roar obliterates the sounds of boats ignored warning buoys to slip over the falls nearby expressways and momentarily drowns all into churning current that sometimes wouldn't let cares and worries. go- It throws a gentle mist into the morning air, It has groaned under tons of frozen river and tossing droplet prisms to be caught by the sun. unleashed water when the ice breaks in the On a clear, bright day the mesmerizing rush or 'spring earthy, not quite amber, water flashes like ; ** Today it belongs to the James Dillig family, carnival lights. 6435 N. Sunny Point Ln., who feel honored to care The ethereal is broken by the soiled and for Glendale's most famous yard. splotchy foam gathering near the bank where Tarnished though it may be, the waterfall THE WATERFALL AT Kletzsch Park has been an cocky crows scavenge in the shallows for edible remains surrounded by friends, a temporary attraction to generations of area residents. debris from upstream. r distraction from reality. ; ; man, Charles Bottenberg, as his [• _ On the east side of the river, a manager and saloon keeper. The May 4,1895, Milwaukee ' '•' ( Sentinal stated, "Charles Botten narrow stream can still be seen on berg is preparing to open a sum- the south side of the 800 block of * history W, Bender Rd. The stream mean- ; merglade at the Zabel farm on the f river about a mile north of the ders in a curving'southeast direc- village. With natural springs, a tion alongside a ravine behind • -- River large park in which are noble old houses, dripping into the river in trees, a miniature lake with the 500 block of W. Montclaire Ave. streamlets sufficiently large for One spring is visible at that point. neighborhood small boats and a stretch of rolling i In the 1890s, according to reports S ground sloping down to the river of the day, the stream w&s wide once a park bank, its natural attractions are enough to provide room for* ice-: great." skating parties. / By Mimi Bird The addition of a beer garden - and dance hall in later years William Klein's home at nderground springs still • enhanced the site. j 518 W. River Front Dr. and LaVern bubble in an area of Glen Kolb's at 528 W. River Front Dr., U dale, unfortunately causing .are perched high on the edge of the water problems for some homeow In 1924, the lagoon was ravine above the stream. ners. In the 1890s, however, the f. Mrs: Kolb said the'park-like filled in, land platted and houses u springs were a welcome asset, began to go up in what became location is just like living in the creating a park. Crystal Spring, known as Graham Crystal Spring .' country. Deer wander through and that boasted a large lagoon. Beach Subdivision. The river was T^'we nave a network of woodchuck The park area was bounded by filled in south of W. Montclaire I 'tunnels. There are cardinals and the present N. Port Washington Ave. to create a wider curve on the ^Baltimore orioles everywhere." • Rd., W. River Front Dr. and the north side. ' curve of the Milwaukee River on * ' In recent years, however, the the south and west. H stream has become clogged and the According to early records, the \ water stagnatesin summer. Area *and was purchased in the 1860s by •*' property owners would like to see Max Zabel, who become a wealthy * that changed. Milwaukee businessman. The lone remnant of the long-ago Some time later, Zabel also pur- park is a city-owned kidney-shaped s chased the house at 710 E. Briar- grassy island located in the 1000 to wood PL, Whitefish Bay, to use as a 1100 block of W. Montclaire Ave. summer home. On the 1894 White- VOn the plat maps, it is designated fish Bay assessment roll, the home as Graham's Memorial Public Park. had the village's highest assess Nestled in the curve or the river and surrounded by paved street, it is silent testimony to a bygone era. *lt9(8Z A GRASSY ISLAND oh W. Montclaire Ave. is one of the few remnants of an earlier day in a Glendale neighborhood. On plat maps, it is labeled Graham's Memorial Public Park, W- r r w J •r-r , v rr^Frrr=T ™^r ^ ~'™t^^^^ "^y*"*^ T*^r& • TWO HOMES on W. River Front Dr., Glendale, are perched high above a ravine. „ .^„.^_TO (Staff photos by Dan Johnson) 'vjfN !, >A. VILLAGE TRUSTEES discovered where village leaves go•whe11'lr^'^vtelM'''lr#»J^d\«^'|rt^ Glendale aspartof their anht&l tour <6f village property. The 13-acre site is located &feiyhi& end ofcf* i, W, Bender Rd- atH. Flint Rd; The hard hate KK^re provided In rec^rtftloiV«Wihi construction Work &»;*, ^ - SilverSpring. ,... .-• : ' :-> .";.... ;,},- tf;-;K^ J>%&/?.£?'&&}'°* (^pMl^iif^hiW^ Early Families Told of Experiences Sauk Indian Trail Area When the first whitemen came ''One morning as we were about 'f here to settle about 130 years ago, ; The Prohls.raised five children-, . r « through with breakfast, a very i : they found an Indian civilization large young Indian entered the Three lived in this area and di that had existed for many unre 1 house without knocking and went vided their parents' farm amongst corded generations. \ to each of us shaking hands and them. They were Mrs. Charles The Sauk Indian trail passed ?. saying 'Goodbye, goodbye/ My ' (Christina) Druecke, Fred Prohl through a good portion of what mother asked him to breakfast and Mrs. August (Clara) Mese- is today Glendale. The northern and he accepted the invitation. ; ' berg. There no longer are Prohls ^N part of N. Port Washington rd. 1 Placing his gun in a corner he I living in Glendale. Also, there are ; v follows the actual route, accord-: I sat at the table. There happened •;( no longer any of Charles Druecke's § ing to records kept by ancestors y to be a bowl which contained at ;, . children living here, the last, Em- ? *& of Anson Buttles, 8027 N. Navajo J least a pint of bacon fat. The -J ma Druecke, having moved to <# rd. One of them, Joel Buttles, was ; Milwaukee last month. the first man to buy 160 acres Indian seized the bowl and drank of land in what is now Glendale. every drop of the fat without a ? August Meseberg was the father He bought the tract at the US halt; then he helped himself to of Mrs. Ben Goecks, 6959 N. ; government land sale at Green Green Bay; Mrs. William (Hilda) Bay (also called Fort Howard) on other things and when through, . ' Kiehnau, 1714 W. Green Tree rd. Oct. 5, 1835 for $1.25 per acre. lumped up and shook hands again f and Mrs. Agnes Hahm, 8030 N. This then was the Michigan ter with each one of us, saying 'How '' . Granville rd. >*• ritory. d'ye do, How d'ye do' and started f Family in Germany off a happy Indian." • : To Bay Shore The senior August Meseberg had The Sauk trail came south along The Peter Bender farm, estab- ' been married in Germany and . what is now Port Washington rd. lished before the Civil war, was left his family and wife there, and at the present location of the the site of an old Indian camping ; except for two children, August Golden Palace, 6040 N. Port Wash ; ground. It extended north along * '* E., 17, (who became Mrs. Goecks' ington, the trail turned to the east, the west side of the river into * father) and Emma, his older sis making its way through Union what is now Kletzsch park. ; ter, and came to this country. The : cemetery, then what is now Bay senior Mrs. Meseberg and five : Shore shopping center and along Mounds Are Gone daughters remained in Germany ' what is now the 5400 block qf N". ' and they never saw those in Navajo ave. In that area were Indian burial . America again. The traiFs route crossed E. Hen mounds. Whites found many In- - Ben Goecks is the son of Mr. ry Clay st., followed south just dian relics and artifacts. How- 7 and Mrs. William Goecks, whose east of the Milwaukee Gear co. ; ever, the farmers' plow and gra- *' parents came here from Germany.. plant, then went along the west ' vel-digger's scoops destroyed all " Ben farmed for many years. His side of the John Oster Manufac traces of the old mounds. son, Bernard, 2010 W. Bernard turing co. on Lydell, crossed W. Many valuable "finds" are la., is a captain on the Glendale '; Hampton rd. at Lydell and en-, owned by Anson Buttles, includ- } fire department and his daughter, tered Estabrook park. From there, ing a gun barrel which was found ' Mrs. Kenneth (Pearl) Lutz, lives ; the path generally was what is under a green white oak stump , at 2021 W. Bernard la. today the road through Estabrook about 200 years old. Buttles sur- Related to the Goeckses were~ south to E. Capitol dr. ; ; mises that at about the time the the Breuls. Cross River gun was lost, the tree started r Father Died Near the present north entrance growing over it and continued of Estabrook is a trail leading to grow until the barrel (as when ; The George Bruels came here west, down to the river. It was found) was immediately under" , and began farming after the Civil at that location that the Indians the middle of the stump and some • war. Their log cabin home and ? and early settlers forded the riv six inches under the surface of farm were at Green Bay and er. There was a natural rise in Good Hope. When their son, Fred,; ^tne ground." There was no traced was five years old, the father died the lime rock riverbed. During of the stock, and the mother married a Mr. the depression years, a WPA proj 1 Goecks and they lived at the site ect removed the rise to deepen The old barrel was found by ;. v of the present Ben Goecks home, the river. Hiram Bender on the family farm •' ~ 6959 N. Green Bay. In his diary, Anson Buttles, (now 1700 W. Bender rd.) about ; grandfather of the present Anson 30 or 40 rods from the river and Fred grew up there. His son Buttles, wrote that the first meet given to Buttles, along with an Fred and wife lived in the same ing of town of Milwaukee offi-' Indian utensil taken from a house as the latter's grandparents cials was held at the home of mound. Buttles also owns arrow had lived. Later, they moved to James W. Jones, a supervisor who heads and other artifacts. a home on W. Green Tree rd.t lived on the east side of the river, then to N. Port Washington rd., just opposite from where the Mil Search Home where they operated a grocery waukee cement mills later were Mrs. Ben (Martha) Goecks, 6959 * store that was most recently situated. (The mills were on the N. Green Bay ave., recalls her known as Norma's Country store. west bank a few hundred feet grandmother, Mrs. John Prohl, During World War I, they sold* east of WTMJ.) telling about Indians forcing their the grocery store and Breul be* j way into her farm home and came a well driller. Since then, Worn Deep by Ponies searching the place, possibly for 1 they have lived at 7376 N. Port i- From his home, which was then guns. They did no harm. Washington rd. V J; not on any road, but now is the site,of 820 W. Bradley rd., Buttles . Mr. *ind Mrs. John Prohl came Their son, Fred, is a detective | went south along the trail which here from Germany before the on the Glendale police department ) I in places was a foot deep and Civil war and settled on top of He and his wife live at 621 W. a foot wide—worn by "Indian po: a hill m a log cabin on what 1$ Apple Tree rd. : , I nies traveling in single file." N. Green Bay ave.xThey owned 100 acres, part of Which they A fascinating entry in his diary' x ¥ revealed: cleared for farming. Cr>i &**^&64JL~4^ ol&s&% tf (m J mm oss. is^/t §jj "1 Sfru.fi -own- /too SQ4L&UMS Xd<£. teti»tf)Uu N ( ! K GLEND/\LE E>OOKJDA.R\E«=s IAL MAP )F GLENDALEt ICR ft A£&QCIAtt3, WC .**..»'« vB' each spring. Last year, Schulz asked the De $30Q000 in repairs partment of Transportation and Pub lic Works to hire a consultant to study the condition of the dam. The consulting firm, STS Consul urged for park dam tants Ltd., recommended against re moving the dam or leaving its gates A county consultant has recom However, Schulz also has said he permanently open or permanently mended about $300,000 in repairs to would not change the dam operation closed, said Lloyd Mlejnek, supervis the Estabrook Park Dam along the this year and would seek County ing engineer for the public works Milwaukee River in Glendale, a Board approval for any proposed fu department's Division of Architectur county engineer said Wednesday. ture changes. al Services. -"•'•' Glendale residents who live near Some residents believe the appear Those moves would require state the river have voiced fears that the ance of the area would deteriorate and federal approval and would end county would stop operating the 50- enough to lower their property val the recreational advantages of the year-old dam near E. Hampton Ave. ues if the river level were not raised dam, the report said. The County Department of Parks, Removing the dam would cost Recreation and Culture usually uses more than repairing it, the consultant the dam to lower the river level each estimated. October and to raise it each May. The consultant said the county David F. Schulz, director of parks, should repair the dam's nine steel recreation and culture, has said the gates and continue to operate them dam "is in a fairly advanced state of as in the past, Mlejnek said. deterioration." Parks officials are reviewing the consultant's report, Mlejnek said. ^OAcljWl ******** A+*+*M- jt, a^A iu«H**~f~*> *fr j^X ***** IHf First-class' athletic park promised resulting in an estimated savings of years ago because the last of the mer. The 15-acre project in $153,000. city's open spaces were being devel The district has worked out a Glendale will provide Nienow Engineering Associates, oped, Lang said schedule for the project, but there 7161 N. Port Washington Rd., did . Glendale has five public softball could-be some hitches. The sched room for several sports $3,000 worth of surveying to devel fields at various schools, and two at ule calls for most of the filling and op a contour map and a grading City Hall Park at Civic Dr. and grading at the former dump to be By DAVID THOME plan. And Munson-Armstrong Pav Glen Park Rd. that are used for finished this year, but Fetherston of The Journal staff ing, 2737 W. Mill Rd, has offered Little League. For its adult munici- ; said it could take up to three years, to bring fill dirt to the site and level > pal leagues, the city rents diamonds / ] to accumulate enough high-quality Glendale — Amateur athletes and pack it at no cost. from the county at Kletzsch and fill. will have "first-class" playing fields TTie soil is usually free, said Lincoln Parks. "We could open it up to let when Glendale Athletic Park is fin Munson-Armstrong President Bob "We're going to have lights, anybody dump there, but then [the ished, says Robert Lang, recreation Fetherston, but leveling and pack fencing, irrigation, attractive land-, district] could end up with a real director for the Glendale-River ing for such a large project could scaping — it's going to be first class mess," Fetherston said. Hills School District; run as much as $150,000. in every way," Lang told the Com Lang also said the district hoped £ The 15-acre park at the west end Fetherston said his company mon Council Monday. that sewer and water extensions r of Bender Rd. will have two lighted was saving money by not haying to Both baseball diamonds will be could be installed this summer, but softball fields, two volleyball haul fill to faraway sites. "We're laid out so that fielders will never there's no money in the city's bud courts, permanent restrooms, an doing the school district a favor; have to look into the sun. About get to do that in 1991, City Admin open shelter, lots of parking and an they're doing us one," he said. half of the site would be open and istrator Richard Maslowski said. *''. open area big enough for five si Said Lang, "It's a win/win situa free for unstructured activities, Lang said he's received verbal as multaneous soccer games. tion. This program would be dead- such as tossing Frisbees and play surances from the city that utilities Lang said that the park could be ended for the district if it had to ing touch football, or could be tem will be in place by spring 1992. . finished by fall 1992, but that pay for all of this fill and grading." porarily adapted for soccer or soft- Aldermen said they support the spring 1993 was more realistic. Lang said the district probably ball tournaments, Lang said. park, but want to ensure that the There will be little cost to tax will have to lay out some money The city is leasing the park site cost to the city is kept to a mini payers if the school district suc for the park, but also will try to to the district for 30 years at $1 a mum.* ceeds in its effort to raise most of secure public funds and find a ma* year. The city already owned 12 "We want to help achieve this," the money from private donors. jor private sponsor. acres, and purchased three more Aid. Albert Tomson said "But we k * Two Glendale companies al Efforts to develop Glendale Ath from the Gossen Corp., 2030 W. don't want to go bankrupt doing ready have offered free services, letic Park started three or four Bender Rd, for $60,000 last sum it." cvy -sjp^ < ^-'' ^ r T1 ' " * ••'L ^ a ly'«>.—r v ->• -^ - Diamonds in the rough ^^fyz/fi//??/ Journal photo by Jack Orton ROBERT LANG, recreation director for the Glendale-River Hills School Bender Rd. in Glendale into a recreational park equipped with several District, hopes to turn this former dump site at the west end of athletic fields, an open shelter and restrooms. | sailed for Qui^dt^%>:dbnaW^tchingp| \However1 ^ider^had^seon^dr ^ ^ tioiud? iipoiK^ cost^bfth^ #*c-donatedt• donated too ththe proj^^The,dty;hanroiitffcT^ a l\to; #v&™b * FeideFf&de** tincm^Ccbefore^he Sinbn^tv?befor^T-NheH^^ * \apprbve3 a $3^000 »; " .work on the jflrtpwstI^A ^sa^t gr^ement?:anionkisomer council* lr<*u»C^^ tion s eti >M¥% Fader's proposal calls for planting^., x > - * * * - \ rf of tree^/flowers tod grasses to be4?r:t«at he wasrit against the project, *%% %mcorporated with current vegeta- ^5ust against "the council not making; $ Ration to,create .an extensive aiataro^S?up^ts mihd.*:^;^^"^A^^?^^/^ study area and environmental lab^5?"K GnPentrog responded fey, saying,;>vi ^ ratorw*'V%xi,V, t>< :^ ^vUsyo>--^ I'HrVe have an opportunity to begin a #?. .Schools,, >na <7rt *,.i w ne :has, taken irf^ Pfyf1* AetW 6,-/3-/9?/ m. w lfe.*q. iqSVj LH&AO?± Land purchase maRes park complete By Mimi Bird randpa William Gauger's wish has come true. The last 2 acres of his former 62-acre G farm, including a 130 year-old house, were purchased in May by Milwaukee County to be used as an addition to Brown Deer Park. The property, at 3875 W. Bradley Road, has been owned for the past 44 years by Gauger's grand daughter and her husband, Henrietta and William Bartel. Their land and house complete the park's expansion in its northwest corner. Brown Deer Park's 369 acres were acquired in 1927-28 through the purchase of three farms, including 60 acres of the Gauger farm. That farm included a home built in 1915 by Gauger's son, Carl, just south of his parents' house, in the 7900 block of North Cedarburg Road. The home was originally used as a rented property, then used by the county and leased as rental property originally. Later used as a youth hostel and summer day camp. Today it is a weekend youth camp known as The Lodge. The clapboard farm house of William Gauger one of the first in the area among the log cabins, was built about 1859 by a Joseph Thomas. It was sold in 1867 to Mrs. Battel's great-grandfather, Charles Gauger. In 1882, a two-story addition was built on the north side of the home. Mrs. Bartel's mother was born that year in one of the new bedrooms. After living the last seven years of her life with her daughter and son-in-law, she died in the same bedroom at age 93. r THE 130-YEAR-OLD farmhouse at 3875 W. Bradley blown in between the w alls. The garage, originally a The house and land obviously hold Road, Brown Deer, was owned for 44 years by bee house, was also sheathed on both sides, probably memories for Henrietta Bartel. Her great-grand Henrietta and William Bartel (above). It was in Mrs. to help control the temperature for the bees." mother produced linen homespun cloth from flax the Bartel's family for 122 years. The property will soon The home still uses well water and will continue family raised. She spun wool sheared from their become a part of Brown Deer Park. to do so until municipal water arrives in 1990, she sheep then dyed it with black walnut shells from the Dan Johnson) (Staff photos by Dan Johnson) said. farm trees. "We had a few twinges over selling our home," she Mrs. Bartel's mother told her about Indians "When my husband and I moved in here said. "It sheltered us all those 44 years and we coming to their door and being allowed in to spend in the spring of 1945," Mrs. Bartel said, "we had to enjoyed raising our four sons there. We loved living the night. They would sit around the stove, not bring in electricity and plumbing. next to the park and our sons explored and played eating or speaking, and would be gone in the "The fieldstone basement, called a 'dug cellar,' had there as they grew up. It seems very fitting that our morning before the family arose, she said. been used for storage of root vegetables, apple cider home should now become part of that park. In those days the Cedarburg Plank Road, on the and potatoes. We used it for the same purpose, but She said she and her husband decided west side of their farm, was the way to Thiensville put down several layers of tar paper over the dirt and Cedarburg. to sell the property when it became difficult for them floor. At one time I had 10 bushels of apples and 400 to take care of it. Several people came to our door to In the spring, horses were carefully guided over to 500 jars of canned goods down there. A basement planks that would lift up or shift on the soft clay see if they could buy the house and a group wanted dug into the earth and without heat keeps food very the house for Alzheimers' patients, but we had mud below. The horses hauled grain to the well. Thiensville mill, pulled stones from the fields so already contacted the park department and were "The house walls are sheathed on both sides, waiting their decision. they could be plowed and took several generations of perhaps for added warmth, but we had insulation Gaugers to old St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church and its cemetery on West Good Hope Road. ,iu. ii'mamuer of land and the house should eventually belong to the park." James Heppner, north regional manager of the Milwaukee County Department of Parks, Recrea tion and Culture, said the County was pleased to have the property. He said the department would be reviewing various options for the house. ****& b/4f//f$f (5*9 MI ^ ^ 2 (&) (m) - nam fet^nfl Uuid> • > @droit£ djuie t&iesuL Z*dU. ^5'(d)sdrfUiJc^U><^ ->ltd Ao.oiksui ouud TLCS* ctJteJi yio dk-C& J^J^K. (^udlfedd^ I tR ft ASSOCIA! 15, INC "' " * Highway 141 and Bradley rd. But-: j Indian Trail— .j* ties were the first family to live i i x w ^fe deep look A/fig? ^.«. vVHSOfV -^•V „> •»""»• * HArcheology students look ?nts dig up chies tQ^r^stc^Itij^s at prehistoric^isconsin Dig/fromJ /tetroPage *?£*:;-> r %*i*:i& The exact location of the site can- :^ large and untrained crew mucking ~. * not be revealed because of the danger <: about near artifacts. But Goldstein f The people who lived on the of looting. Suffice to say this site is has learned how to manage the By EUZABETH CULOTTA island, the site of the UWM Archeol-^;now a beautiful partly-shaded spot ^ crowd,' striding among the pits PJ.1E of The Journal staff' •fit ogy Field School this year, have ties ' g^g $ bend m the river. It is possi- ~ answering questions from all sides. to a culture that spread across Wis ble that people set up a fishing camp The students seem to have caught I #^%^Lynne Goldstein and her band of students are > i consin irom 400 to 1100, and also l^^rying to travel hundreds of years back in time, here 900 years ago, though there's < the archeological fever. Laura Owan show Similarities to a later culture w not enough evidence yet to be sure.'i of Whitefish Bay lost 5 pounds work- i^ Day by day for the past six weeks, they have built found from 1100 to 1400, said Gold-" HI a time machine with trowels and sweat along the ' The spot is known to a few modern ' ing in the scorching heat one day, but stein, Avho has investigated the ways ^ anglers, who cannily refuse to say v^says she loves the class. She jumped ^^r- banks of the Milwaukee River north of Milwau- of pj«historic people in southeastern ; :&?£''kee..-~\.?rf~-~. v .* ~y^'i -» . , s just how good the fishing is. ~~ >i ;...v- at the opportunity to come this year Wisconsin for 12 years. She has led . Wednesday, about 40 people because the site is close to Milwau- 222T No one ever said time travel would be easy. tl^UWM field school for 10 sum-1 swarmed over the site, measuring, i: kee: that way, she doesn't have to ^ For archeologist Goldstein and her crew, it means ers.•'•$*?\?te?ii^*-'~~-'% •'--: •'''•- "K^.. washing/ digging in about a dozen -'move away from her six grown chil- •5$ long days under the hot sun, painstakingly scrap- The prehistoric Indians at the Mil-"; square- pits. Actually, scraping, is a dren or five grandchildren for the luting through roots and soil. -?-v • - / , . -. waukee River site cannot be tied to ,. better word for. the slow process -summer.•- ~ - - - — - -- any historical tribe with certainty,"~ used to uncovers artifacts, layer by Goldstein hopes that the students, but years of archeological excava* l\ >£p •.< And no one ever said that the past reveals l; flayer . Two people can scrape down young and old, will learn respect for |v itself with perfect clarity. But bit by bit, Gold- tions have uncovered much about about 2% inches a day, said Ellen the mysteries of Wisconsin's prehis 5&* stein and her group of archeologists-in-training their way of life, she said. ^ ^ •;,-.'.; Ghere, 22, a field school student from toric people. She is angry with those f are glimpsing the diet, habits and way of life of a Stone arrowheads and animal Florence. But if they find many arti ' she believes take for granted what ;;\ group of people who lived on an island in the bones indicate that hunting and fish facts, as she and her partner did, it she recognizes as a state treasure: the ^> river about 900 years ago. : >y~' v \ " ing were an important part of the takes longer because each tiny frag " hundreds of archeological sites 43^.&5'< ': •.•••'•r?--v . •' -•<&-,/" ..--:"• • people's diet, Goldstein said. For ^men t must be recorded and mapped. around Wisconsin. Many of Wiscon ^j^ ,:The archeologists dig 6%-foot square win- example, a deer's kneecap is embed .* That's why archeologists don't sin's sites are nationally known, but ^ dows into the past, waist-deep, layer by layer. ded in the wall of one of the deeper work alone: one pair of hands simply ' like prophets, prehistoric peoples j£ There they uncover clues to the prehistoric people pits. Asked how it came to be there, could not do the job. sometimes fail to earn honor in their ^of Wisconsin: pieces of clay pottery, chert arrow her eyes widened and she shrugged. Even by archeological standards, jr own land, she said. -heads, stone tools used to manufacture the arrow- yy "Dinner?^: , I'^Jr^B x*.lir.., v.':-/ the site was abuzz with activity Midwestern archeology deserves |gj heads, part of a delicately carved ;animal bone, > But nuts and plant foods were -Wednesday. As usual, Goldstein and ^rdeer and turtle bones, the mold of a post that once probably more important to these more recognition, archeologists at a few assistants supervised about 15 the dig said. ;,%•; >vT?—^ £ / V ^ ^supported a structure. t w .7 * t-. * ' people than archeologists had first field school students. Then a curious •f^^tThe clues are fragmented.'^&jnturies of burial 'realized. Plant remains tend to be : survey crew stopped by to see who y5,V-.:Said Linda Whitman, 36, who fol ^ and trampling make unbroken artifacts a rarity, i very small and easily overlooked, and .was digging up what Visitors from a lowed her heart and left a good job i ^ And besides, most artifacts were probably broken •it wasn't until scientists used more I newspaper asked questions continu- for graduate school in archeology, ^ when someone threw them away 900 years ago. - - • sophisticated techniques to screen for . ously. And then 15 teenagers from a "When people ask me do I work in ; plants that the horticultural habits of UWM-sponsored program stopped to, Egypt or Greece, I say *No! I want to |||i-^What ardieologists mostly do is dig up other - * early Wisconsinites were discovered, >learn about archeology. . • ^ - J ^5 know what went on in my own * ^people's garbage," said Goldstein, an associate :*;: You might worry about such a backyard.'n, ; ^ * / ,\ K - ' "professor of anthropology at the University of 'Goldsteinsaid, v- :~"I\ ./...,.,/_>. >v" -^Wisconsin-Milwaukee. . . tJ*P.t# Milwaukee Township 38. Fish Creek Camp Site. At Fish Creek (Section 4), in the northeastern corner of this township, some stone circles are reported to have formerly existed in what are now cultivated fields lying south of the creek and not far from the shore of Lake Michigan. These circles, or ovals, are said to have been constructed of stones, probably picked up on the surface of the fields or on the lake shore. It is thought that they may have "been laid about the bases of Indian wig wams as supports against the force of the wind. All traces of these had disappeared when the writer and others visited this locality in 1903. In early days of settlement, small bands of Indians fre quently camped in this locality. A few stone implements have been collected along the lake shore bluffs. 39. Pickerel Run Village Site. Evidences of an early Indian village site occur on the lands bordering the east shore of the Milwaukee River for some distance to both the north and south of a small stream tributary to the river and known as Pickerel Run or Indian Creek. This site is located in sec tions 7 and 18 and extends westward following the curve of the river into section 12 of Granville Township. It was 'first visitecTon November 8, 1903, by a party consisting of the Messrs. H. A. Crosby, Arthur Wenz, Howl and Russell and the writer. This locality is one of the most picturesque on the upper waters of the Milwaukee River and appears to have been in every respect well chosen for the location of an Indian village. On the cultivated lands especially of the Edward Bradley and John Kuettemeyer farms and on the Henry Kopf farm, the latter situated in the N. W. \i of section 7 of Granville Township about one-half mile east of _ sLUuu^. Lyiildi yujux*t,s JL&&'1£L Brown Deer, large numbers of flint implements of all of the commoner classes, and occasional grooved stone axes, celts, chisels, gouges, gorgets, pipes and other stone implements and ornaments have been collected in past years. Mr. H. P. Hansen, the tenant on the Bradley farm, Mr. Kuettemeyer and Mr. Kopf had small collections of these in 1903. In the course of several visits which the writer made to this locality he was able to find on the fields on this site the usual abundant indications of Indian residence consisting of large numbers of flint flakes and fragments, blanks, broken arrowooints, hammer stones, pottery fragments, portions of animal bones and hearth stones. On November 14, 1903, Mr. H. P. Hansen, while working in a gravel pit on the Bradley farm, unearthed the well pre served bones of a human skeleton and several flint imple-. ments which probably accompanied this burial. In another cultivated field, occupying low level land in the S. E. 34 of the S. E. M of section 18, the writer and others found nearly equally abundant remains of Indian occupation. In 1903 and. for some years afterward the river lands between this site and the Bradley site were still overgrown with trees and brush. It is probable that these lands when cleared and cultivated also yielded evidences of Indian camp life. ..SW about 3 feet. This mound had been excavated several years before my visit by a son of Mr. Jaeger. He dug into it from the top in the course of his digging, unearthing the bones of two human skeletons. Mound No. 2 was situated about 240 feet beyond the last. Its diameters were 18 by 12 feet. It was then undisturbed. Mound No. 3 was about 150 feet ( *yond No. 2. It had been mutilated by relic-hunting J mdals. Mr. Jaeger, whom the writer met at this time, promised the restoration and preservation of both mounds- About 140 feet west of Mound No. 2, in the woods, was a small plot of Indian garden beds. The width of this patch was about 80 and the length of the longest rows about 32 feet. The beds were in places no longer very definite and were overgrown with shrubs and tall weeds. The general direction of the beds is northwest. The beds are from 3 to S6 WISCONSIN ARCHEOLOGIST /9/fr Vol. 15. No. 2 4 feel wide and from 4 to 6 inches high and the paths between them 2J to 3 feet apart. 43. Indian Prairie Village Site and Mon nils (Plate 11). Perhaps the most interesting old Indian site on the upper Milwaukee River was located at a point in sections 29 and 30, known to the early white settlers of the vicinity as Indian Prairie and in later days as Bender's Prairie. Dr. Lapham, who made an investigation of the Indian remains at this place, in May, 1850, has published a descrip tion and survey of them. (Antiq. of Wis., pp. 17-20,.. Pis. VIII and IX.) The locality was one most favorable for Indian occupation. It was a fine level plain elevated, accord ing to his notes from 12 to 30 feet above the river and marshy low land, in part prairie and the remainder occupied St*- by a rather dense woodland. Its eastern boundary was the yuy&, RJ^A. Q^J^^f, * Milwaukee River. On the north was a long narrow ravine with steep banks and on the south a tract of low and marshy land and a similar ravine. Both ravines lead to the river, a creek flowing through each. The Indian earthworks located at Indian Prairie consisted of twenty-two conical mounds, two linear mounds, two bird effigies (which Lapham refers to as crosses), five intaglio effiges and four small enclosures. Of the conical or round mounds the greater number were scattered over the prairie overlooking the river, a small number being in the woods. These mounds were from 2 to 4 feet high and from 10 to 54 feet in diameter at their bases. The two most prominent, situated near the middle of the prairie, their bases almost touching, were each 8 feet high and 53 feet in diameter. A short distance southwest of these large tumuli and lying almost side by side, their tails pointed towards these mounds, were four intaglio effigies. Lapham's diagrams show these to have been very likely intended to represent the very common panther type of effigy mound. They differed from the ordinary effigy mounds in being dug out of the soil instead of constructed upon it. The earth taken from he excavations had been heaped up about the edges of the outlines possibly with the idea of giving greater prominence to the figure. (See Figure 5.) A sixth intaglio of similar outline, but lacking the long tail, was located on the edge of Uoy 40. Smith Caches. On a prominent ridge on the "SiuX-ft" AI*^CP M /cto^- Charles Smith farm, near a large basswood tree, there were formerly located according to its owner, some thirty or more * circular pits, believed to have been provision caches. These were but short distances apart. They measured about 3 feet across at the surface and were from 2J^ to 3 feet deep. All had become partly filled with decaying leaves and soil. AH were destroyed several years previous to November 8, 1907. The Smith place is on the west side of the Mil-* waukee River, in the S. W. \i of section 7. J Mr. Smith reported to the writer that in the Milwaukee River, in the N. W. K of Section 18, the Indians had built a fish trap. It was constructed of boulders and ran diag-, onally across a shallow place in the stream. 41. Good Hope Village Site. Directly east of Good Hope P. 0., on the C. W. Bertram farm and farms adjoining it on the south, on the west bank of the Milwaukee River, in the N. E. M of section 19, there are to be seen in the cul tivated fields the scattered indications of a former village site. Flint rejectage and hearth stones are found everywhere on the surface of the soil. Many of the latter were, on October 7, 1906, also to be seen in a stone heap collected on the top of the river bank, on the edge of one of the fields. From this site Mr. Bertram has made quite a representa tive collection of materials consisting of a considerable num- Archaeological History of Milwaukee County /f/4 85 ber of flint implements, stone axes and celts, some of them in various stages of completion, stone gorgets, a conical copper point, a copper spear of the socketed form and other specimens. When Mr. Werner Bertram, the father of the collector, came to this section of the county, in about the year 1843, there was located on this site a Menominee Indian camp. It consisted of quite a number of bark-covered lodges, one of these having been located at a distance of about 250 feet west of Mr. C. W. Bertram's house. The trail to Green Bay is said to have formerly crossed these lands. . 42. Spring Grove Mounds and Garden Beds. On the J. W. Jaeger place, known as Spring Grove, on the west bank of the Milwaukee Rwer, in the S. E. \ of section ,19, is a group of three oval mounds and the small plot of Indian garden beds. This land is located opposite the Sunny Point turn of the river and the old race to the former Hermann mill. The river bank is quite high «md- steep. The land was formerly overgrown witn trees, most of which have now been cleared away. When the writer first became acquainted with this place on June 29, 1907, two small summer resort cottages had been erected on the river bank. Within 80 feet of the second of these was the first and largest mound of the group. Its diameters were 35 and 30 feet and its height at its middle W the woods near the northern end of the praii._ Just to the south of this intaglio Lapham noted "four small circular enclosures, about thirty feet in diameter, the ridge fof earth surrounding them] having no great breadth or elevation. One circle surrounded a cavity two feet deep, in which was growing a basswood tree (Tilia americana) of large size." Two linear mounds about 70 and 75 feet in length were located in the woods near the marsh beyond the southern end of the prairie. Beyond these at the southern extremity ^ ^v> of the group of earthworks, the larger on a point between the marsh and ravine, were two of the common form of bird effigies with outspread wings. The larger of these was 166 Fig. 5 feet in length with a wingspread of 141 feet. The width of its head, Lapham gives as 22 feet. A number of the burial mounds have been excavated. One of these was investigated by John Haug, a former teacher in St. Joseph's school, at Milwaukee. (See Evening Wisconsin, May 28, 1885.) This mound was the southern of the two largest tumuli. In the digging he was assisted by several laborers. In it he found a large number of partly decomposed human bones and a "large quantity of broken pottery." Ashes and charcoal were found mixed with the soil of which this mound had been built. Mr. J. W. Jaeger is also reported to have opened several of the burial mounds formerly existing at Indian Prairie but without results other than the finding of a few Indian bones. The most southern of the two linear mounds was dug into by the two sons of Mr. J. H, Bender who found therein the bones of four skeletons which Mr. Bender caused to be re-buried. No implements were found during this digging. On October 19, 1902r a party of members of the then Archaeological Section of the Wisconsin Natural History Indian Prairie Mounds Plate 11 ^ 88 WISCONSIN ARCHEOLOGIST (J \J Vol. 15, No. 2 Society and including tne writer visited the Indian Prairie site. At this time only a few of the original group of mounds were found to be still in existence. An east and west high way leading to the river, known as "Bender's road," crossed the land. The few conical mounds remaining were located on property known as Highland Springs, then owned by a Mr. A. Schorse of Milwaukee. These had been long under cultivation. In an adjoining cultivated field were the two prominent mounds described by Lapham. The .height of these had,been reduced from 8 to about 3J feet, but their outlines were still quite distinct. ; -^ Cln^^ Mr. A,naegT3uttles, a pioneer resident of Milwaukee town- *—--v~ ship, in a letter addressed to the writer (December 16, 1904) stated that in 1846 and 1847 a camp of Menominee Indians was located at Indian Prairie. Mr. J. H. Bender, who pur chased and settled on this land in 1851, stated that small numbers of the same tribe camped on the river bank near the mounds at that time. When Lapham was engaged in mak ing his survey he found at the Prairie that it had been a habit of these recent Indian occupants to bury their own dead in the mounds. On one mound he found "three graves but lately formed. They were secured from the ravages of the wolves and other animals by logs of wood held in their places by four stakes." The logs were laid in the form of a low pyramid. Lapham found at Indian Prairie, and on the lands both to the north and south of the two ravines, plots of Indian corn h*lls. A plot of garden beds was located about the large bird effigy at the southern extremity of the site, the beds extending over its body. The beds consisted of broad, parallel ridges averaging about 4 feet in width, the paths between them being about six inches in depth. In the cultivation of the fields at Indian Prairie many Indian stone implements have been found and burials occasionally disturbed. A copper spud obtained here by Mr. John Haug is in the Milwaukee Public Museum. In recent years a burial was unearthed from a gravel pit just south of and adjoining the site of the old Bender grist mill at the northern end of Indian Prairie. ,„„ c.§ T,-£, Lmv, • i^lllaj 44. Siewart Farm Villus kite. This farm is located easLof the Green Bay^road and north of Mud Creek, in the ETfof section 31. Here ami on the opposite side of the creek were to be seen the usual indications «pf a stone age Sf J) ft% a ' c ju village siLe when last visited by the writer and others, on /UXcf Ut^Ut u^ ^-H^^rt^ October 7, 1906. Many interesting archaeological specimens /T7 v ' _ j '.„ . * Aa have been found on this site. Some of these are, or were, in 01 <^AfU*^ VJJl&&J^4! /H*e . the colIe(:tion of Ml, Josc|)h Hingeison, Jr., at Milwaukee. V An Indian skeleton was obluined from a gravel pit on this property. Mud Creek is a tributary of the Milwaukee River. Indications of an Indian rump site also exist on lands y) 6vfa* *f H^^i^fapc Via, (£_ -bordering the west bank of the Milwaukee River, in the S E. O un n at\Aj ' yr DA ^ ^fr^~~ i of. section^ai^and^^ A local £W^UU, J / Wa A-coCA-& **f*^ I3L- £& -It'll Ull Prehistoric Indians The final migration of prehistoric Indians into Wisconsin came about 1000 A.D. with the arrival of the Middle Missippi/^people. They moved north probably from a large settlement that produced the Cahokia Mounds near East St. Louis, IL and founded the village of Aztalan near Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., WI. (From Prehistoric Indians of Wis.* by Robt. E. Ritzenthaler 1953 for Milw. Public Museum.) Remments of these early groups were located at the Good Hope Village site, in the NE% Sec. 19 on the C. W. Bertram farm and farms adjoining it on the south. This area was on the south side of Good Hope Rd. (although the~road wasn't as yet there) east of Green Bay Rd., on the west bank of the Milw. River. Flint rejection and hearth stones were found on the surface of the soil in this area. Hearth stones were seen on Oct. 7, 1906, in a stone heap collected on the top of the river bank at the edge of one of the cultivated fields. Charles W. Bertram, son of settler Werner Bertram, put together a collection of materials from these findings, consisting of flint implements, stone axes and celts, stone gorgets, a conical copper point, a copper spear of the socketed form and other specimens. When his father settled on the above land, about 1843, a Menominee Indian camp was on the site, consisting of a number of bark-covered lodges. One was about 250' west of the Bertram house. These Indians were not descended from the Middle Missipian prehistoric peoples. The Spring Grove Mounds and Garden Beds site was on the J.W. Jaeger farm, on the west bank of the Milw. River in the SE% Sec. 19. This site is on the east side of present Milw. River Parkway, about one block south of the Green Tree Rd. entrance to the park, continuing south to the park pavilion. A group of three oval mounds and a small plot of Indian garden beds were located on this site, opposite the Sunny Point turn of the river and the old race to the former Hermann mill. The largest mound was 35' and 30', with the height at the middle about 3'. About 1904- > 05 this mound had been excavated by a Jaeger son, unearthing bones of two human skeletons. Mound 2 was about 240' away, 18 x 12' and was, in 1907, undisturbed. Mound 3 was about 150' away from Mound 2 and had been multilated by relic-hunting vandals. The mounds were nearer to the river than to Milw. River Parkway road. About 140' west of Mound 2, in the woods, was a small plot of Indian garden-beds, 80' wide with the longest row being 32'. The general direction of the beds is northwest and are from 3 to 4' wide, 4-6" higlj, with paths between them 2-3' apart. These descriptions were taken in 1907. In 1988, Peter Klinger, a volunteer with the Milw. Public Museum's Archeological Rescue (a volunteer group headed by Dr. David Overstreet, a research associate with the Museum) met me In present Kletzsch Park. We walked through the area north of the park pavilion, east of the Milwaukee River Parkway road. Peter explained that much damage has been done along the path by persons looking for Indian relics. The path area, on the west bank of the river, is very high, with the river far below. The east bank of the river in this area is the Sunny Point settlement of former cottages converted to year-round homes. That land is low and swampy, and generally is flooded every spring. I wondered ^^"^ Good Hope Village Site and Spring Grove Mounds & Garden Beds information from ! yJH j iiThe Wisconsin Archeologist", Vol. 15 No. 2, 1916. if the river, thousands of years ago, had meandered over the Sunny Point land. The area we walked through is now covered with trees, and has been for at least 100 years. The name "Spring Grove" was given to this area by the white settlers. It was later named "Jaeger's Woods" for the Jaeger family who owned and farmed the land; the area south of the park pavilion was later known as "Blatz Park" >- owned by the brewery and used as a stock farm. The entire area was purchased by Milwaukee County for the park we now know as Kletzsch Park. If there are any effigy or emblematic mounds left'in this area, they are indistinguishable among the hills left there. The writer of the article in "The Wisconsin Archeologist" brochure stated there were three oval mounds in this area when he visited in 1907. The largest mound was 35 x 30' with a height of 31 in the middle. The land was then owned by the Jaeger family, whose son had excava ted the mound. The second mound was undisturbed and measured 12 x 18f; the third mound was mutilated by relic-seeking vandals. The 32 x 80f garden bed remains can still be seen and are located in "Jaeger's Woods" not far from the roadway and south of the children's swings. A large tree marks the site. The beds were raised 4-6" with narrow paths between the rows; they are most easily discernable with a light snow, which falls between the raised portion. Unfortunately, after the settlers in this area died, and their descen- dents were through farming the land, the 2nd and 3rd generations sold acreage for gravel. Consequently, much of the land on both sides of Milwaukee River Parkway was vastly altered; the top soil was sold and then the gravel was scrapped out. (In the early 1920's there was great demand for the gravel for newly platted streets and filling in rutty old roads.) Any prehistoric Indian artifacts in the area disappeared. Val Blatz, founder of the early Blatz Brewery Co., purchased 38 acres in 1869 immediately south of Jacob Jaeger's farmland. The Blatz land was on the east side of N. Green Bay Rd. and on the north side of Mill Rd., east to the Milwaukee River. Horses for the beer wagons were kept there at the Blatz Stock Farm; the land was later referred to as Blatz Park. Three of Val Blatz's children married into the Kletzsch family; in doing so, they inherited, as a brother-in-law, Alvin P. • Kletzsch, who sat on the County Park Commission board from 1907 into the 1940's. After Val Blatz, sr. died in 1895, the five heirs incorporated all real estate holdings as the Alliance Investment Co. and sold the 38 acres to the County Park Commiss ion in 1918. Blatz Park was renamed Kletzsch Park. These prehistoric Indians were known as Mound Builders and archeologists named them "Mississipian" because they lived mainly along the Mississ ippi River and its branches, reaching north into Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota. These Mound Builders used countless baskets of earth to make their mounds and were, therefore, highly developed in social organization. They built both burial and effigy mounds; the effigy mounds were in shapes of animals known to these people - elk, lynsi*v buffalo, moose, antelope and panther, as well as the eagle, sand-hill crane, swan and wild turkey. 'o&T, Many of the animals are now extinct but were common to our area in the time of these pre-historic Indians. Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Vol. IX, 1909 has an article by Rev. Stephen D. Peet, "Emblematic Mounds in Wisconsin" in which the author states many effigies presumed to be in the shape of a cross were bird effigies. "A strange superstition seems to have fixed on these animal shapes, to make divinities of them, and the attitudes of the animals became not only expressive of what was natural, but also significant of a certain supermatural element, the soul of the animal being the thing that was worshipped and recognized, rather than the form." "It becomes very difficult for us to catch the meaning of these emblems on this account. If we do not put ourselves into the very state of mind in which the builders were, we shall not understand the shapes. If we ascribe to them our own religious conceptions, we shall go far amiss in interpreting their works." Dr. Increase A. Lapham, an early Milwaukee settler, became interested in the emblematic mounds in and around Milwaukee. He wrote a report on these ancient works which was published in the fourth volume of the Smithsonian Contributions. Dr. Lapham became interested in the mounds in 1849-50 about the time the Territory became a State and titled his account "The Antiquities of Wisconsin as Surveyed and Described", published Dec. 1853. Lapham was a Milwaukee civil engineer and the first to record these antiquities. He also described the "ancient garden beds" which, in several areas, have still survived man's attempt to destroy traces of this previous civilization. Indian Prairie Village Site and Mounds: This was also described by Lap ham and was the area from Mill Rd. along the Milwaukee River south to approximately W. LaSalle Ave., Glendale - from the Milwaukee River Park way east to the river. Everything of a prehistoric nature has been virtually destroyed within this area, beginning in 1851 when the Bender family settled and the Witte family a few years later, both clearing the land for farming. Gravel was also dug from this area, Milwaukee River Parkway and Bender Road were put on top of the land, much of the area was subdivided for homes and Parkway School was built. Lapham described Indian Prairie as "the fine level plain elevated above the river and marshy low land, in part prairie with the remainder occu pied by a rather dense woodland." He also described the mounds and effigies existing at that time. There were 35 various shaped conical mounds with the two largest being 53' in diameter and 8' high. The prairie was later named "Bender's Prairie". Records show that Mr. J. W. Jaeger (of Jaeger's Woods) and Mr. J. H. Bender (Bender's Prairie family) dug into these mounds and reported finding Indian skeletons between 1885 and 1902, which they reburied. The mounds stood out clearly, in part because prairie grasses grew on top of them. Bender also removed hundreds of wagonloads of dirt from Indian Prairie to fill in a spring on the south end of his property, desecreting the area. A CCCfcamp was located in the area south of Bender Road and the clearing north of the forest, which is north of Parkway School. Much was dis turbed at that time, in the 1930's. 4. Dr. David Overstreet,is also an advisor to the Univ. of Wisconsin system, as well as an advisor to private industry and other groups. He became interested in the pre-historic Indians of present Kletzsch Park while doing his doctoral research. He calls Lapham a "Renaissance scholar" and said Lapham had found a flat top pyramid temple mound in Indian Prairie. Overstreet said the Oneotal people planted the corn beds and garden beds on top of the effigy mounds. They were a later culture and had lost the sacred feeling associated with the earlier effigies. In 1971 the Glendale Woman's Club put markers in the ground showing sites of the mounds, but these were eventually pulled out or destroy ed. They also produced a hand-drawn trail map in 1972 for the area north of Parkway School through the woods, designating special trees in that area and won the Shell Oil Conservation Awards in 1972, 1973 and 1974 for their work. They also had an area set aside as a "Wet land Area" but after several years the teachers and children lost in terest in the project. However, by 1988 interest again picked up. The contour of the Milwaukee River has changed since Lapham drew his map showing the placement of the pre-historic Indiara mounds, effigies and garden beds, but the creek shown on his map still runs from the "Wetland Area" to the river in the same location. In 1988, Pete Klinger, the volunter with Archeological Rescue, found an uprooted oldytree in the Indian Prairie area and carefully unearth ed animal bones, flint chips and other intact archeological objects from under the stump area. He gave these items to the Milwaukee Public Museum for their continuing research. Several years ago Archeological Rescue excav^tediat a site on the grounds of the Schiltz Brewery terminal along the Milwaukee River before the deep tunnel workers began their drilling. Overstreet believes the pre-historic peoples camped or had "villages" along the river between Good Hope Road and the brewery site and that their inhabitation was much larger than previously believed. A test hole dug 10' away from the overturned oak stump also showed arti facts and remments of 800-900 year old Middle Woodland pottery that matched up with excavations from the Schlitz site. Man and the elements have removed much, if not all, of the sharpness of the emblematic mounds. The enthusiasm of some scientists and the avarice of relic-hunters have also destroyed what had been in the Spring Grove and Indian Prairie sites; the homes, pdblic buildings and roads built on many of the sites dug out thousands of tons of earth. Civilization has indeed destroyed instead of preserving in this instance. Mimi Bird May 1989 (m) yd. SMITHSONIAN -CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE, THE .ANTIQUITIES OF WISCONSIN, & SURYETED AND DESCRIBED. < \ BY I. A. LA P II A M, CIVIL ENaiNETJIt, TJTO., ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. [AOOKFTKD FOlt Pl/llTilOATlON, DKOKMHRIl, 1868.] J .. M JtX, XI \J J. XJ X"% JL 7fV/ XV XX KJ JL\A1 .O. JLX JU fAV>JkX^AJUJb\>TA JUJ wUk. AX J^l JLfJL. A \^ JUA. >. \A •**. *.•* period. It may be considered as a rude representation of a wolf or fox guarding the sacred deposits in the large though low mound immediately before it. Both of these are of so little elevation as to be scarcely observed by the passer by; but when once attention is arrested, there is no difficulty in tracing their outlines. The body of the animal is forty-four feet, and the tail sixty-three in length. A more graceful animal form was found on block No. 36. (See Plate VII. Fig. 2.) It may be regarded as the representation of an otter. Length of head and neck, twenty-six feet; body, fifty feet; tail, seventy feet. Its direction is a little south of west. . ,, v Whatever may be said in regard to the mounds which I havje denominated "lizards," there can be no doubt that ,they do, and were intended to represent the forms of animals. But what shall we say of the next figure (Plate VII. Fig. 3), with its long, slightly curved arms ? If, like some others hereafter described, it had a beak, it would be considered a representation of one of the feathered tribe; or, if it had legs as well as a body, it might be deemed a rude imitation of the human form. "We may suppose that in the lapse of ages these works have been more or less modified by natural causes, and also that portions wer:e constructed of different and more perishable materials, now entirely gone. This figure points almost directly south. It is thirty-four feet long, the. arms being sixty feet. Jt was suryeyed by me a number of years since, and was almost immediately after wards removed to prepare the foundation of a house. How many more of these interesting structures have been lost to the antiquary, by being destroyed before a plan and record of them were made, it is impossible to determine; but their number must be .very great. • , t Proceeding up the river, we find .the next works on the school section, between the plank road from Milwaukee to Humboldt and the river. (See Plcite. VII. No. 4.) They consist of three lizard mounds, and four of the oblong form, occupying a high level plateau completely covered with the original forest trees. y^ We next find, on sections twenty-nine cmd thirty, in township eight, an# range twenty-two, on the west side of the river, at a place usually known as the Indian Prairie, about five miles north of the 9ity of Milwaukee, a very interesting system or greup of works. They are situated on a beautiful level plain, elevated about thirty feet above the river, which runs along the eastern .border. The bank of the river is nearly perpendicular, forming a safe protection against attack from that direction. It may be seen by the map presented (Plate VIII.), that these works are further protected on the north and south by deep ravines. The works are all included within these natural defences. Whether they were ever protected on the west seems doubtful. No traces of embankment or ditch could be found, nor any indication of other modes of defence usually adopted by uncivilized nations. Tljere may have been defences of wood, long since decayed. . There are two principal mounds situated near the middle of this spa^ce. They are both fifty-three feet in diameter at the.base, where they almost touch each other, and eight feet high. Th<^southern one has a level area of twenty-five feet diameter at the top. - r r * £5s> 18 ANTIQUITIES OF WISCONSIN. It often occurs in a group of works like this, that one mound is erected on the highest position, from the top of which the whole may be seen. These may be called the " Observatories," a name that in this case belongs to the mound with the level area. It may also have been the place of sacrifice'or altar-mound; but of this we can only judge from the analogy in form and position to similar works which elsewhere were undoubtedly used for that purpose. Surrounding these are numerous tumuli of a circular form, the exact relative positions of which were ascertained by survey, and represented on the map. No definite system or order of arrangement was observed, as will be evident on inspection. These tumuli are from two to four feet high, and from ten to fifty-four feet in diameter at the base; many of them being unusually broad in proportion to their height. None are so high and prominent as the two first mentioned. The two mounds in the form of a cross at the southern extremity of this group will at once attract the attention of the reader. An enlarged plan is given of one, with its dimensions. The head of the cross is level on the top and rectangular. This form of mound is frequently found in Wisconsin. But what marks this locality as one of peculiar interest, is the discovery of five works of excavation, of regular form, being the reverse of the usual works: In stead of an embankment of earth thrown up, we have here a cavity in the ground. Four of the excavations lie in a southwest direction from the two larger central mounds. In approaching the former from the latter, a small trail or path is dis covered, which gradually becomes larger and deeper, until it leads into a sunken area surrounded by embankments, composed probably of the earth thrown out of the excavation. Upon looking back, it is perceived that this pathway goes directly to the mounds.; These excavations are shown on an enlarged scale on Plate IX. Figures 2 and 3. There are usually three curved entrances to each excavation, as shown in the figures. The other "excavation is similar to these, except that it lacks the long guarded way or approach, leading towards a mound; though the principal openings are 'towards the' "Observatories." (Plate IX. Fig. 4.) It is quite probable that the bottom of these pits was once level, and that the sides were perpendicular, or nearly so; but now they have a gentle slope, and the bottom is concave, as shown by the sections. (Plate IX. Figs. 2 and 4.) With our present limited knowledge of the habits of the people who constructed these works, it would perhaps be idle to attempt to conjecture for what purposes the excavations were made. What structures of wood may have been connected with them is of course unknown^ All traces of so perishable a material would long since have entirely disappeared. The earth thrown from one of these excavations encroaches slightly upon the path leading to another, thus indicating (unless this circumstance has been caused by rains), that they were made at different times. Indeed, it is hardly to be sup posed that any extensive system of works was ever planned out by the aborigines, and built up at one time. Those we find were doubtless the results of successive i efforts, perhaps by separate and- distinct generations, and even in some instances f by distinct tribes. We observed four small circular inclosures, about thirty feet in diameter, the 42/ ANCIENT WORKS 1XN TUJS VIUUMXI ux< JJAJYJV miuuiuii^, iy ridge having no great breadth or elevation. One circle surrounded a cavity two feet deep, in which was growing a group of basswood-trees {Tllia americana) of large size. There are at this locality two crosses, two oblong an4 twenty-two cir-' cular mounds, and five excavations. , Although this spot has long since ceased to be the residence of an Indian popu lation, yet it'is annually visited by a few families, and numerous traces of their presence are still visible. Many of the mounds have been opened for the burial of the remains of Indians recently deceased; and we saw on one mound three graves but lately formed. They were secured, from the ravages of the wolves and other animals, by logs of wood held in their places by four stakes, in the manner repre sented on Plate VIII. Only one kind of wood is used on the same grave, there being no mixture of different trees on any. One grave was covered with (logs of iron-wood (Ostrya virginica), the other two with those, of oak; even the stakes are of the same wood as the logs. These logs were from four to six inches in diameter, and four and a half feet long. The grounds in the neighborhood, and for some distance north and south of the ravines forming the boundaries of the more ancient works, are covered with those common mammillary elevations known as ^Indian corn-hills." They are without order of arrangement, being scattered over the surface with the utmost irregularity. .That these hillocks were formed in the manner indicated by their name, is inferred front the present custom of the Indians. The corn is planted in the same spot each successive year, and the soil is gradually brought up to the size of a little hill by the annual additions. This is the work of the women. i , At the southern extremity of these remains, another evidence of former cultiva tion occurs, consisting of low, broad, parallel ridges, as if corn had been planted in drills. They average four feet in width, twenty-five of them having been counted in the space of a hundred feet; and the depth of the walk between them is about six inches. These appearances, which are here denominated " ancient garden- beds," . indicate an earlier and more perfect system of cultivation, than that which now prevails; for the present Indians do not appear to: possess the', ideas of taste and order necessary to enablp them to arrange objects in consecutive rows. Traces oft this,kind.of cultivation, though not very abundant, areLfound in several ' other parts of the State. , « : • •• : i i--.,» :•••.••-•••?•>.'.•;••• .-. . But, however ancient these garden-beds may be, they were not made until long after the erection of the earthworks; for, as will be seen (Plate VIII,), they extend across them in the same manner as they do the adjoining grounds. Hence it is evident that this cultivation was not until after the mounds had lost their sacred character in the eyes of the occupants ^f the, soil; for it can hardly be supposed that works executed with so much care would be thus desecrated by their builders. The original inhabitants must therefore have been succeeded at an early period by probably another race, and the labors of the white man have consequently not alone tended to obliterate these vestiges of an{ ancient people. We have thus traced four probable epochs in the history of this interesting locality. 1st. The period of the mound-builders, who, perhaps, selected it on account of its naturally secure position. 2d.; That of the "garden-bed" culti- 20 ANTIQUITIES OF WISCONSIN. vators. 3d. Tli^t of occupancy by the modern race of Indians. 4tli. The presen period, when their descendants continue to visit it; and to bring hither the jemaini of their departed friends. ' ** ^A few circular mounds, but no other works, are found nedr Saukville, on th< Milwaukee River, in Ozaukee County. At this place was discovered one o the most regular and best finished stone axes that we have obtained. A littl further west, on the road to Newburgh, is a group of oblong embankments, occu pying the end and flanks of a ridge, as represented on Plate X. Here is a mount established, ajj is usual, on the highest point; and if the forest were removed, i would command a very extensive view of the surrounding country. Whether th peculiar arrangement.of these oblong elevations is the result of design or accident is riot easily determined. There can be little doubt that the place was a fetatioi for a look-out, or post of a sentinel, whose duty it might be to give notice of th approach of an enemy, or perhaps to detect the presence of game in the Country The earthworks aire not of such magnitude, nor are they so arranged, as to justif the conclusion that they constituted a work of defence; and they may be on!; receptacles of the last remains of some distinguished persons. '•••'• ' y&< ' H On the south side of "the Milwaukee River, in the town of Trenton, are severa groups of works not visited by me. One of them, surveyed by my friend, Mr^L L. Sweet, is represented on Plate X., and, as described by him, consists of a turtle two crosses, two. club-shaped, three oblong, and five conical mounds. They ar< situated on lots numbered six and Seven, of section eighteen, in township eleven, an( range twenty. "I carefully noted," says Mr. Sweet, "the dimensions, &c, of th most important of these mounds, and send you the result. The largest cfuciforn figure is one hundred and eighty-five feet in length of trunk; the * head, twenty four feet long; the arms, seventy-two feet each; the height at the head, thre feet ten inches; at the centre, four feet six inches. Uniform width of the hea( at the base, twenty-eight feet. The shaft gradually diminished in height and widtl to a point at the epd. The appearance is that'of kt cross sunk in light earth, ii which the lower extremity is still buried beneath the surface. I was forcibb struck with the fact that|the arms were of exactly equal length, and at right" angle to the trmik.* I felt arid said, Here is order and design j but what that ?desigi is, we probably never shall know. Is it possible that the people who constructed these works found their way to this continent after the Christian Era ? Perhaps not; yet curiosity will make the inquiry. Two round mounds near the foot 6 this cross are each three feet high, and twenty and twenty-tw;o feet in diameter a the base. The obloiig bears N. 22b E., tod is siity-eight feet long, twferity-tw< wide, and four feet five inches high; the ends are square." ' : •'•'*• "The smaller cro^s is one hundred and sixty feet long; the head, twenty-tw( feet; the arms, each fifty-one feet; the height two feet eight inches. It terminate* in a point, and resembles the large one in every respect. The bbdy of the "turtle" is twenty-two feet long, and fifteen feet wide; the head, fdur feet long; the height three feet eight inches. It has but three legs, one of which seems to* have beer left unfinished or destroyed. The head is towards the river. There are some othei small mounds in the vicinity, not represented on tfrfc plate. The ground on which w rirj v/: iR VICINITY OF w 'ONSW. I836-W>2 by Lnphmn. SCALE ft. OfJO ft. to an mrh , .^?sv. 1 A.|.ji,...uw.i>i»l. f Tmciiu.;.ii Ivtlv*PM Hvh %Crf& /hx&^d 9-5*-^^ Footsteps j out of 1 • - • . — • • \ history j By Susan Westergard _ 1 ctivity in Kletzsch Park'Glendale J is unceasing and has been, so! A periodically for the past thousand! years. | Sometimes a lone jogger claims thel landscape to himself; other times anj elderly couple stops to view the gently curving waterfall. i On other days softball teams makel splotches of color on the terrain, a^ chipmunk watches a wheelchair-bound archer sharpen his skill, or the Whole town, turns out to line the curb, waiting for J : a parade. ..,,,,,; -^ ., r.'- • •• • —~ -^ --.>->•..' *&--*•: - •• •• 4 Sledders revel in sliding down a hill;l kids hunt Easter eggs; families picnic;? lovers walk arm in arm along the^ riverbank. _ J Activity was no less energetic in the early decades of this century when the^ land was known as Blatz Park. J In those days cottages dotted the open meadows, Bender Mill stood in the valley J and swimming beaches complete with; diving boards and lifeguard chairs lined, the Milwaukee River. J TRAILS IN Glendale's Kletzsch Park probably follow the same paths Indians used a thousand Even a thousand years before that, the years ago. Remnants of Indian mounds are known to exist in the park. - » (Photos by Bernice Kiedrow) (Continued on page 7)$ IPIMUIBITIE TOWN 8 RANGE 22] Vrinnvrl, Mar 18W by I.A.Lnplmii SCALE • MKt n. h, ,,„ Ihrh T'Sj'ntUii'i) UI)I,PJII1 *• -^;' •*••- -.d^'i •«*£•"•. v^^-^JiSft-^Sr - is buried at Kletzsch (Continued from page 1) Glendale, south of Bender Rd. • A mound made with a shovel would of thing, she said, and everyone wants his land along the riverbank bustled with, Several mounds of earth in the park have thin layers of dirt spread out, she own artifacts^ ~ primitive activity. drew Benchley's attention. said. : If the morning jogger knew, he would Armed with an auger for taking soil estruction has already taken its feel akin to the pre-historic Indian mes cores and her archaeological expertise, When Indians build a mound, they toll. The mound was probably senger who must have followed a similar she set out to test the sites. bring the earth to the site in baskets and D looted a number of times, a cross skins. "You can see the individual basket- path to a nearby campsite. v , ^ „_, .. One turned out to be vintage 1960 with country course once led over the ancient _ * some 1980s piled on top, the result of 1-43 loads, like lenses, of dirt,^she said.; garden, and much of the village site is an ^ construction and a later sewer tunnel Mound builders lived throughout the active erosional area, Benchley said. elighted children skiing and sled central and eastern United States and ding down the coasting hill could project. It is the current sledding hilL had various cultures. The fact that they In a letter written in 1936 to Alfred v D liken themselves to native young- Concrete rubble beneath the dirt belied did use baskets of earth to make mounds Boerner, then a county landscape | sters sliding down the riverbank many the modern origin of the mound in the indicates a ^well-developed social organi architect, a man named W. B. White said, - centuries ago. flood plain. zation. "Milwaukee County has lost more than 90 h Archers practicing their ancient sport Nancy Lurie, head anthropologist at the percent of its former Indian mounds and I are probably unaware that early Ameri- But one mound, left from an earlier campsites. | cans polished the very same skills within reported three, relinquished a core that "It i& important, therefore, that this I paces of today's targets. '•-'••' interested Benchley. . meager remainder be preserved, since I Picnickers roasting corn for a summer It most certainly would have contained "Indians have been in this area future generations who will value these { treat would be surprised to know that pre- a burial skeleton and artifacts, she said. - features more highly than past genera | historic Wisconsin Indians planted fields In a report by Charles E. Brown for at least 10,000 years." tions because of the increasing rarity and ; of the colorful seeds only a stone's throw entitled "Archaeological History of Mil historical significance of the material, waukee County," published in 1916 by the f away. —UWM archaeologist must not find this legitimate part of their Elizabeth Benchley, 4600 N. Morris Wisconsin Archaeological Society, Brown heritage ruthlessly destroyed by the f Blvd., Shorewood, is a conservation described the effigy mound as 35 feet long thoughtlessness of the present." \ archaeologist at the University of Wiscon- and 30 feet wide: : sin-Milwaukee where her major responsi- Lee Egelhof, a current county landscape : "It is thought to have represented a Milwaukee Public Museum, said no link bility is research. - for naming purposes can be made between architect, expressed disappointment that ^ In the late 70s she led an archaeologi- turtle, three legs and a tail still being preservation of this heritage had not been definable," he wrote. "Two skeletons were these Indians of pre-history and the more - cal exploration of Kletzsch Park to deter modern Wisconsin tribes. carried out as well as Mr. White had mine the authenticity and extent of found in the mound, according to Mr. advised. Jaeger (former property owner), who is To the history buff, Kletzsch Park also Indian habitation there. yields the vestiges of an old Indian I- She concluded that the site had been said to have caused them to be reburied." "Money was pretty tight then as now," Benchley's group made no excavations garden, rows of ridges where corn and he said. : occupied from approximately 1000 A.D. to probably squash once grew. 1600 A.D. by a large village or over a long and saw no evidence of a turtle. Today the remnants of those early l period of time by several groups of "It looks like it's been looted before," she Benchley estimated use of the garden inhabitants, who must have the land j: Indians. said. beds as late as 1600 A.D. along the river for many of the same "Indians have been in this area for at "They may or may not be associated things we do, are barely discernible. * I least 10,000 years," she said. "This may ow could Benchley possibly tell the with people who built burial mounds," she h have been a habitation area for a number difference between one pile of dirt said. Explore the trails of Kletzsch Park, r of groups over thousands of years." and another? bask in the serenity, let your imagination H She expressed concern that the site of revel in antiquity, but, archaeologists, here was a series of villages along "Today we use bulldozers," she said, the pre-historic village or villages not be anthropologists, historians, park plan the Milwaukee River, Benchley "and the soil configurations look very further tampered with in any way. ners, and future generations beseech you, T explained, and another site exists in massive and irregular." People get very excited about this sort "Please don't destroy!" "^ Month's work uncovers centuries Volunteers had arranged Schlitz By Susan Westergard woodland projectile points, scrap ers, drills and waste material from Schlitz workers had found adzes making stone tools in display cases. near the site in earth moving years lendale can add a new chap before, but the site for Overstreet's ter to its history, thanks to While these things satisfy the desire for the tangible, Overstreet excavation was completely undis G volunteer archaeology buffs turbed—a condition found no more said, it is a common misconception and David Overstreet, president of frequently than one out of 25 the Great Lakes Archaeological that artifacts are the most impor tant discovery in an archaeological events, he said. Research Center. Overstreet explained that he had Last summer a team of over 140 mission. "What makes the Schlitz site probed the area in 1981 when it volunteers under Overstreet's direc was first marked for deep tunnel tion came to the rescue of an important is the context rather excavation. archaeological site on the old than the artifacts," he said. By "We thought it would be pro Schlitz property across the river context, Overstreet means the set tected," he said, "but it fell through from Estabrook Park, south of W. ting in which the artifacts were the cracks." Hampton Ave. and east of N. Port found. At the Schlitz site, for The site's location near a rapids Washington Rd. in Glendale. example, he was able to identify explains its habitation, he said. It The site was slated for immedi the ghosts of architectural struc would have been a convenient ate excavation in preparation for tures. stopping place for fordage. sinking a drop shaft for the Mil "It's very rare to find those kinds waukee Metropolitan Sewerage of remains," he said. Commission's deep tunnel project. The archaeological treasure con ho would have lived there Largely through the efforts of sisted of the remains of a hearth— in 300 B.C.? Overstreet property owner Roy Cook, Over- medium-sized rocks marked by fire. W said the people probably street was given a month to glean The rocks had remains of fresh would have appeared very much like the contemporary American what knowledge he could from the : water mussels imprinted on them, site. suggesting that the inhabitants had Indian. He said there is still more area Funds were low and time was at the Schlitz site that might prove short, so he appealed to the public. fished them from the river and archaeologically valuable, but the The number of responses amazed chance of having an opportunity to Overstreet, who expected about 40 steamed them open on the rocks, Overstreet said. investigate depends on the long- or 50. The eager volunteers had term plans of the developer and the recognized an unusual opportunity fter discovering the hearth, short-term plans of the deep tunnel for a hands-on dig. project. The site researched this They measured and cleared and he directed volunteers to dug and scraped and sifted. A carefully scrape the earth summer is within the permanent surface, looking for organic stains easement of the drop shaft. which would indicate mold from After volunteers completed the verstreet announced his painstaking excavation, they had analysis of the results recen decayed posts. Amazingly, he said, they were the opportunity to follow through O tly at an open house at the j with their finds in the Milwaukee there. Milwaukee Public Museum. Over Public Museum lab. 200 volunteers and interested par- • The post molds indicated a large stable domestic structure asso So far, the material has been ties assembled to see and hear cleaned, cataloged and organized, what the Schlitz site had yielded. ] ciated with Aztalan pottery, he said. but Overstreet says there is still Overstreet dated a shattered pot 1 plenty to do. He needs to go over unearthed at the site at 300 B.C. , He had been expecting a lake woodland effigy mound because of all the information, re-evaluate it Its age astonished most listeners. . and write a complete report. He Other pot shards and artifacts f the six panther mounds in exis tence about a block south of the doesn't expect a final report until rescued from the site could be ' July or August. dated anywhere between 600 and ! site. * 1200 A.D., Overstreet said. -.? Instead, he said, "We have identi fied a relatively unique kind of lake Woodland structure, not what we would have expected. 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