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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, inns, modest businesses and nearby stone quarries and breweries. Vital links to Milwaukee in 1851, the Watertown Plank Road and the state's first railroad through the village center to Waukesha, enhanced this development. In 1852, the County Board selected a site nearby for its poor farm. Wauwatosa incorporated as a village in 1892, attaining city status in 1897. The streetcar of the 1890s and the automobile fueled residential growth. Wauwatosa became known as the "City of Homes." In the 1950s, Wauwatosa tripled in size with final annexations and was transformed into a major center of commercial and industrial development, while retaining large public green spaces, parkways and recreational sites.
  • The Wauwatosa Historical Society presents this vivid photographic history of our community to share the rich story of Wauwatosa's people and its past, Images are primarily from the Society's own extensive collections
  • Contains 200 black and white images
  • Part of the Images of America series

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  • Brand Name: Arcadia Publishing
  • Sub Brand: Wauwatosa
  • Product Type: Book
  • Language: English
  • Brand Name: Arcadia Publishing
  • Subject: History
  • Sub Brand: Wauwatosa
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