Lore
Old Solomo
Jacques Vieau realized that the wild-rice marshes at Milwaukee, teeming with ducks, fish and muskrats, were an ideal site for a trading post. |
Give Her a Lick Sideways
"She had an immense helm to which she paid little attention, so her course was as gyratory as a hen which has eaten salt." |
Bull Whackers
"They made the air ring, cracking their whips like pistol shots." |
Bring Back the Milwaukie
"On a summer’s night the Milwaukee men got on board the vessel, seized the keeper, gagged and confined him where he could give no alarm, got up steam, cast off the moorings, and quietly passed down the river and out into the lake." |
Cook and Captain
"Joe walked up to him, seized him by the collar of his jacket and the basement of his pants, and lifted him into the air as easily as an ordinary man would lift a four-month baby." |
Passage Down to Buffalo
You ought to seen us howling, the winds were blowing free, On our passage down to Buffalo from Milwaukee. |
Golden Cargo
Milwaukee surpassed Chicago in 1862, to become the busiest grain-shipping terminal on earth. |
Race of the Moonlight and the Porter
"Stronger the wind came, and the water came sloshing through the scuppers, but the skippers and men were in no mood for shortening down." |
Island Village
"Jones Island included docks and warehouses, where trout and whitefish were dressed and shipped, but the settlement was the real attraction. There was nothing else like it." |
Stow Away
"I was hanging on to an iron rod, my heels against the side of the tug one moment, and swinging in the air the next." |
Last of the Schooners
"As the last block was sent spinning from under the keel, the ropes stiffened into a taut grip. A hush of expectancy fell over the crowd." |
Backing Out
"It was a plenty hot job on the bridge – toughest job I’ve had in a long time. But I had a couple of appointments to keep, and I had to get going." |
Rails Across the Lake
The rail ferries could accommodate an entire freight train on four tracks on the lower deck. |
I Felt Like Crying
"By jingers, after I went on the lake I didn't like nothing else no more." |