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Matt Arends World History
Project
Part A- The history of
Milwaukee/Milwau
kee County Parks.
Part B- The building
and installation of a
new sign for
Whitnall Park.
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Part A- History of Milwaukee The City of Milwaukee arose from
a collection of scatteredsettlements on a site familiar tothe Native American tribes inwhat is now eastern Wisconsin.
The first immigrants toMilwaukee included French FurTrappers, and Canadian FurTrappers.
Milwaukee quickly becamepopulated from 1830-1837 as
more and more families settleddown and made villages.
The name Milwaukee didntarise until 1846, when Juneautown was combined withWalkers point, andKilbourntown.
The cities mainly combined toavoid hostile actions thatnaturally came with neighboringcities constantly competing.
Only the national depression of1837 slowed down the rapidgrowth of Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee Continues Expanding
Not only the population increased,but so did the ethnic diversity.
By 1850, 2/3rds of all residents wereforeign born, and 60% were fromGermany, with more arriving eachday.
Germany had a big influence on
Milwaukee including the BeethovenSociety, German newspapers and theGerman- American Academyestablished in 1851.
With 60% of MilwaukeeGermans, and 25% Irish,
tradition increased as well.
One of Milwaukees first
problems included drinking.
There was 1 tavern for every 80residents.
Just to put that in perspective,
there would have to be over 7000
bars in Milwaukee today to
accommodate that need.
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Issue of Slavery In Milwaukee Slavery was another big issue in Milwaukee.
Milwaukee was a very well known city for helpingslaves escape, primarily to Canada.
With the passage of the Federal Fugitive Slave Lawin 1850, many residents became engulfed with fearthat the citys free black residents might be hunteddown by their former owners.
Sherman M. Booth was a famous case of trying tofree a black man from a prison cell before hisowner could come get him. Booth assembled amob to free the slave, and was successful. This wasmainly focused on, and sparked the arguments ofstate rights against federal rights.
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Milwaukee in the Civil War Milwaukee was a loyal member of the
Union during the Civil War. At this time itenlisted enough troops to consistently help
the cause of freeing the slaves. President Abraham Lincoln made 2 visits to
Milwaukee pre war to convince morevolunteers to join the cause.
The Civil War increased production by over700% in Wisconsin, and employed 20%more people with jobs.
Wages for factory workers went from $1.15a day to $1.25 to accommodate the extra 2-3hours a day for wartime effort.
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The rest of the Fathers included- Patrick Cudahy- Patrick served until his death in 1919,
and founded and promoted the industrial city of Cudahy. Emeryson Hoyt- Emeryson served from 1907-1921, was
the second president of the Milwaukee County ParksSystem, and died in 1924 at the age of 77. Alvin P. Kletzch was a real estate dealer. He was also the
operator of Old Republican Hotel. Alvin played collegefootball in New Jersey. He became the University of
Wisconsins First head football coach in 1887. He servedon the Park Commission from 1907-1941, and was namedvice president in 1935.
James Currie emigrated from Scotland at the age of 19.He served from 1907-1922, and was a member of the citypark board for 11 years.
Charles Whitnall served from 1907-1941. He was asecretary for the Milwaukee County Parks System from1919-1926. He worked for his dad at 16 for a floristcompany giving him great on the job experience.
Each of these Fathers had a park named after them.
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Facts about Milwaukee
County Parks System *Our park system has long been
a source of pride for the
communities of Milwaukee
County in southeastern
Wisconsin. With over 140 parks
and parkways totaling nearly15,000 acres, we offer a source
of recreational enjoyment for
citizens and visitors alike.
*http://www.county.milwaukee.gov/HistoryoftheParks16572.htm
The first Commissioners
created an idea of a park
system that would resemble a
"green belt series of scenic
views and parks surroundingthe county. Parks were
located in outlying areas to
allow for population
expansion.
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The Only Flaw
After doing extensive research on theMilwaukee County Parks System, and
reading visitors reviews, there seems to beonly one flaw. That is, it is laid out in sucha way that makes it very confusing forvisitors to find their way around. This is
where the second half of my project comesin. You could say I am adding a positiveaspect to the history of the parks.
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Part B- My Building and
Installation of a Whitnall Park Sign.
As probably nobody in thisroom knows, I am a Boy
Scout, and now I am an
Eagle Scout as of 11-11-09.
My Eagle Project consistedof building and installing an
informatory sign for
Whitnall Park.
My project totaled 181
hours of work, $495, over
20 volunteers help, and 8
months of planning.
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How It Happened. I began by getting the wood from
Bliffert Lumber. Then I cut thewood into the correct measurements
for the sign.
This consisted of me working with
our friend Rich, to help prepare the
boards to be processed. After the boards were cut the
correct length, the ends were cut
into pointed edges.
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Routering To Imprint the letters into
the board, I had to use a
hand held router. Getting
the technique down was
the hardest part, becauseif you mess up you cant
fix it.
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Painting the Sign Painting was the most time consuming part of theproject. With volunteers help, I painted each board
3 times, and each beam 4 times.
The color paint I used had to be identical to match
the other signs in Whitnall Park.
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Installation Day
Today I needed all the help I could get. The work
force included myself, my parents, my neighbor
John, my parents friend Rich, my cousin Jeff, and
his girlfriend Kelly, and 2 of my friends.
First, John and I began to assemble the sign again,while another group dug the holes for the beams.
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Installation Day
After the holes were dug, we flipped the sign overand nailed in 2x4s to brace the sign from becoming
unbalanced when we lifted it.
The next part was getting 6 people around the sign to
prop it up, and slide it in the holes in the ground.(Keep in mind the sign is around 400 lbs)
Finally, we added the cement and water to the holes
to keep the sign in place. We used 900 lbs of cement.
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Last Part of Project
The final thing I did was added anarray of flowers around the perimeter
of the sign. This added color, and
supported the theme of beauty andnature that is consistent with the rest
of the park.
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