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Map or Atlas

Detail of Sanborn Map of Grafton

Date: 11 1894
Description: A detail of a Sanborn map of Grafton which includes the Milwaukee River.
Historical Essay

Slovenians in Wisconsin

Learn about the Slovenians who settled in cities in the southern and eastern parts of the state in large numbers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Postcard

First Imanuels Church

Date: 1891
Description: Hand-colored view of First Imanuels Church. A brick building with arched windows, bell tower and steeple. Caption reads: "First Imanuels Church, Cedarburg,...
Postcard

Trinity Lutheran Church

Date: 1891
Description: Hand-colored view of Trinity Lutheran Church on Columbia Road, a stone building with a clock in the bell tower/steeple. Arched windows are on the front and...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Grafton

Date: 1894
Description: A Sanborn map of Grafton.
Shipwreck

Island City (1859)

Location: The island City lies in 130 feet of water approximately 16 miles northeast of Milwaukee; 9 miles southeast of Port Washington in the vicinity of Mequon.
Ship Master: Captain William R. Wood
Body of water: Lake Michigan
Shipwreck

J.M. Allmendinger (1883)

Location: Fourteen miles north of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in Donges Bay, just north of Fox Point.
Ship Master: Captain Charles Morrison was the first master. Captain Peterson was the final master.
Nearby City: Fox Point, Ozaukee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
Shipwreck

Senator (1896)

Ship Master: Captain George H. Kinch
Nearby City: Port Washington, Ozaukee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
Newspaper Article/Clipping

A pen picture of one of the most thriving cities in the state

Date: 1898-07-04
County: Ozaukee
City: Port Washington
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Ozaukee County, Wis.: One of the richest and most fertile regions of the Badger Commonwealth

Date: 1898-07-04
County: Ozaukee
City: 
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Five generations of Bonniwell family

Date: 1899-04-29
County: Ozaukee
City: Mequon
Birth Index Record

Arndt, Unnamed Female

Date: 1890-01-18
County: Ozaukee
Birth Index Record

Arndt, Unnamed Female

Date: 1891-08-28
County: Ozaukee
Birth Index Record

Arndt, Unnamed Female

Date: 1895-11-13
County: Ozaukee
Birth Index Record

Arndt, Unnamed Male

Date: 1891-08-28
County: Ozaukee
Birth Index Record

Arndt, Alido

Date: 1896-02-26
County: Ozaukee
Birth Index Record

Baake, Frank P

Date: 1890-11-12
County: Ozaukee
Birth Index Record

Albers, Harvey

Date: 1891-11-14
County: Ozaukee
Birth Index Record

Alfke, Minna

Date: 1890-06-10
County: Ozaukee
Birth Index Record

Anzia, Joseph

Date: 1899-03-19
County: Ozaukee

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