University of Wisconsin Milwaukee - Ivy Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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I tread and blackened faces, passed in review the corpse of their dead friend, and the chiefs 'in solemn council summoned their braves to I attend his funeral. Never, said old Aug- ' ustin Grignon, have I heard of this before. He was buried in Shawano by the Indians, but was afterward removed to Milwaukee. His demise was sincerely mourned by the entire city. Although the first settlement was made in 1818, Milwaukee was at that time simply a trading postg in 1833 it contained only seven Juneau Park. I I . heads of families. From that time forward settlement became more rapid, until in I835 there were 28 buildings. In 1836 the coming metropolis assumed its first metropolitan character, streets were graded, a court-house built,' the first newspaper started, and several manufacturing industries were initiated, among them a lime-kiln, a brick manufactory 10

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and several saw-mills. In 1843 The Sc1zlz'm'l recorded the remarkable growth of the town, as will be seen by the fol- . ii lowing extract: Within two years 250 houses have been erected, and there are 4,000 inhabitants at the present time. To Byron Kilbourn, who came to Mil- waukee in I834, is due the credit of the first comprehension of the future possibil- ities ofthe splendid geographical location of Milwaukee. He came with the ex- press and only purpose of building a city. In the fall of 1837, to place his Grand Avenue Park' - ideas of the future metropolis before the public, he published a series of letters in the Mlzoazzkee Aa'11c1'!zls'c1'. These articles did much to attract public attention to the superior advantages offered by the present location, and were prophetic of the greatness which is now being realized. 12 A