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National or State Registers Record

4 miles east of Bender Park, Lake Michigan

Community: Oak Creek
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Lumberman Shipwreck
Reference Number: 08001331
National or State Registers Record

12.75 miles northeast of the Bender Park boat launch, in Lake Michigan

Community: Oak Creek
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Grace A. Channon Shipwreck (Canaller)
Reference Number: 100001874
Feature Story

William E. Allen Receives 2010 'William Dempster Hoard Award for Distinction in Agriculture'

Wisconsin History Maker Award
Read about Allen's dedication to the small family farmer and sustainable food systems for communities worldwide.
Photograph

Skilled Hands at Work

Date: 01 27 1968
Description: Woman working on a wire harness for the lunar module section of an Apollo spacecraft at the AC Electronics division of General Motors Corp. plant.
Map or Atlas

City of Oak Creek, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Date: 1965
Description: This map shows Milwaukee County Parkway lands, streets, streets not yet constructed, public facilities, schools, churches, and manufacturers. The map inclu...
Map or Atlas

Oak Creek Township, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Date: 1840
Description: This manuscript map is ink, pencil, and watercolor on paper and shows landownership. An approximate date can be established by the names written on the pla...
Photograph

Grace Dawson Hayman

Date: 
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Grace Dawson, Frederick Layton's cousin, who married Joel Hayman, Jr. in 1866. She was born in 1841.
Photograph

Joel Hayman, Jr.

Date: 
Description: Waist-up portrait of Joel Hayman. He was the brother of Elizabeth Layton, the wife of Frederick Layton, and he married Grace Dawson in 1866. There is a med...
Photograph

Remembering

Date: 1981
Description: Six family members looking at a photograph album outdoors. Caption reads: "REMEMBERING. Norma Clemente and her family looked through the family album at he...
Photograph

Ann Marks and Harry Gallau

Date: 09 25 1989
Description: An elderly couple are dancing together. Both of them are wearing crowns, and the woman is holding a cane. To the left of them a band is playing. Caption re...
Photograph

Dyeing Fingerlings for Later I.D.

Date: 1971
Description: A man is bending over and standing on a flat metal rail over a vat of water. The man is wearing a dust mask over his face, and is holding two screens dyed ...
Photograph

The Coal Ship "J.R. Sensibar"

Date: 05 12 1959
Description: Aerial view of a large ship with a considerable amount of dark smoke coming from the rear. The ship appears to be heading toward a large field of coal buil...
Photograph

Vulcan Materials Company Officials

Date: 07 26 1968
Description: Two men are looking at large papers. One of the men has a pipe in his mouth, and the other is wearing eyeglasses and is smiling and pointing to the sheet o...
Postcard

Leonhard Weiss Jr.

Date: 08 14 1989
Description: A man driving a tractor that is dragging a mower. Caption reads: "Leonhard Weiss Jr., an Oak Creek weed commissioner, cut 8-foot-tall weeds on Milwaukee Co...
Property Record

10900 Chicago Rd

Community: Oak Creek
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 133019
Property Record

9838 CHICAGO RD

Community: Oak Creek
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 133021
Property Record

9932 Chicago Rd

Community: Oak Creek
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 133023
Property Record

10129 Chicago Rd.

Community: Oak Creek
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 133024
Property Record

SW CORNER OF INTERSECTION AT ELM AND CHICAGO RD

Community: Oak Creek
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 133025
Property Record

11014 10th Ave.

Community: Oak Creek
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 133029

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