Wauwatosa

by Wauwatosa Historical Society

Book Overview

First called Hart's Mills, after its founder Charles Hart who settled here in 1835, early Wauwatosa resembled a New England village, complete with a commons. Its first pioneers were Yankees and New Yorkers, later joined by Germans who would mold the growing community. Wauwatosa became the most highly developed, unincorporated settlement in Milwaukee County. It attained a degree of sophistication with its commercial mix of mills, a pickle factory,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738532320
• ISBN13: 9780738532325
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"