Whitefish Bay High School - Tower Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Transition Set As 1976 Theme; Village, School History Commemorated As an introudction to the theme and content of the 1976 TOWER, and in recognition of the Bicentennial spirit of pride in our past, the following pages will trace the development of the Village of Whitefish Bay, and its high school. Our theme is transition, and all that is Whitefish Bay fits this theme well. It is a village in many ways unlike the villages that surround it. As students and residents in the Bay, we share certain bonds; one of these is our village ' s history. For uncounted centuries, Indians roamed this area. The Sauk trail which began at Wisconsin Ave. and terminated in Green Bay, ran along Cumberland Blvd. and Lake Drive. In 1674, The first recorded white man visited: Father Jacques Marquette camped for several days on the shore of Whitefish Bay. About one hundred years later, the Northwest Ordinance assigned this area to the Michi- gan Territory. Government surveys were completed in 1835, and, in 1842, the first white settler purchased 37 acres in the southwest corner of the village. For thirty or forty years, Whitefish Bay was a farming and fishing community, with summer homes inter- spersed. 1. The general store of Lewis Schiefe, who also operated a fishing concern during the late 1800 ' s. Now Winkies stands here. 2. This is the original Lake Drive, now eroded away. It was a toll road, and is pictured here circa 1875. 3. 4. Today, and yesterday — the Rabe farm, now the corner of Hampton and Woodruff. 5. Consaul Place, looking north from Silver Spring. 6. A dummy line railroad served the Bay and Milwaukee. It is seen here north of Hampton on Ard- more.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 4 Events I September — November 16 Events II December — February 38 Events III March — June 72 Background 1975 — 1976 110 Conclusion 190 Index 196

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