https://content.mpl.org/digital/collection/wfb/id/2119
Title Volume 05: Whitefish Bay in the 1890s
Creator Bird, Mimi, 1933-2002
Coverage 1890-1899
Description Articles from "Whitefish Bay Pioneer" newspaper. Articles and photos of the Whitefish Bay Resort. Newspaper story about the disappearance of Frederick G Isenring. Historic memoirs.
Subject (LCSH) Local history; Families; Newspapers; Historic sites;
Subject (Local) "Whitefish Bay Pioneer"; Isenring family; Whitefish Bay Resort
Community Whitefish Bay
County Milwaukee County
State Wisconsin
Collection Mimi Bird Historical Document Collection of Whitefish Bay
Submitter Whitefish Bay Public Library
Type Text
Format image/tiff
Extent 310 pages
Language eng
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Date digitized 2011-09-01
Date modified 2011-09-01
p182
By Emily Hokanson
For the Post
In 1844 William Consaul, a farmer from Toledo, Ohio purchased 70 acres of land for $362.70. His land extended from Lake Drive to Santa Monica Blvd. The names of some other early land owners were G. Grober, 15 acres, whose descendants sold their land to the Bay Shore Shopping Center. Fred Grams and Tom Severn also purchased farm land in the Whitefish Bay area. The latter Grams home is on Lake Drive and part of their farm is now Klode park.
The Post Nov. 24, 1975
p190
Beginning in the late 1890's, local farmers sold off parts of their farmland for the removal of sand and gravel, to make ends meet. The gravel was used for road repair and creating new roads; there was a heavy demand for this material.
There are existing ponds W of Green Bay Rd. created from digging out the sand and gravel. The Kleist family owned much of the land around the Green Bay/Green Tree Rds. area and had their own gravel company. West of the Silver Spring House and the Kehillat Torah Synagogue, in the 6700 block of Green Bay Rd., these ponds exist. Several subdivisions have been built around other ponds in Glendale.
There were gravel pits under present Bay Shore Mall, later used as dump sites by the Village of Whitefish Bay and Town of Milwaukee. The Grober and Lutz families operated these pits and dump sites.
p192-193
Most Town of Milwaukee farmers had small farms; there were few farms over 30 acres. The soil was not as good in this area as that farther to the west. The truck farmers "trucked" their produce to City markets or to Commission Row during summer months.
Many small farms grew lettuce. The Grober family raised strawberries on their farm on Port Washington Rd. Meissners, also on the Port Rd., near Henry Clay St., raised cucumbers for their pickle factory. Geilfuss' on Bay Ridge Ave., just S of Silver Spring Rd., raised cauliflower, claiming to have introduced it to this area.
Gardemers shown in the 1902 Town of Milw. directory with their Post Office addresses:
p196
Saloons/taverns played a large part in the lives of early settlers and the generations after. Taxes were paid, town meetings, sheriff's sales and land auctions were held there; several were rest stops for travelers and their horses. Men stopped in any time, women were allowed in only with men and usually for a social event such as a dance.
The 1902 directory lists the following: (Use P.O. addresses listed above)