Historic Milwaukee: Changing of the Mayoral Guard
Milwaukee has had a propensity to stick with its mayors since well before Tom Barrett. A look at one of those rare passings of the baton from the mid-20th century.
Remembering Michael J. Cudahy
Read the official obituary from Milwaukee historian John Gurda.
How Industry Drove Growth in 1940s Milwaukee
The steady – albeit sweaty – paychecks from Milwaukee’s foundries were a key lure for many Black workers during the city’s Great Migration.
For Six Decades, the Wells Street Viaduct Rode High Over the Menomonee
Streetcars traversed the Valley on the terrifying spindly viaduct.
Frozen in Place by the Blizzard of 1947
There’s a lot to see in this snapshot of a snowbound Wisconsin Avenue during the epic Blizzard of 1947.
When the South Side Shopped on Mitchell Street
Take a streetcar ride down one of Milwaukee’s most important retail districts in 1910: Mitchell Street.
Milwaukee’s First Black Church Endures Today
St. Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church was one of the city’s earliest ethnic congregations – and it’s still serving Black Milwaukeeans today.
How Milwaukeeans Found Home After the Civil War’s Horrors
In the wake of the Civil War, Milwaukee’s women banded together to create a haven for wounded veterans that endures to this day.
Barfly Confidential: Becoming a South Sider in the ’70s at Big John’s Tap
There’s more to being from a place than just living there. At Big John’s Tap in the ’70s, I learned to belong.
Was This Wisconsin’s First Waterpark?
You may not have heard of this water slide.