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Show i AMERICANA Cities To Sea . Milwaukee, Wisconsin ' It was more than 100 years before the birth of the American republic . that a French missionary with his guides and few friendly Indians beached his canoe at the point where the Milwaukee, Menomonee and Kinnickinnic Rivers flow into Lake Michigan. According to historians, Father Marquette's diary described this land as being "of no value except on the prairie." Today what the saintly priest described as a valueless swamp has become the nation's 13th largest larg-est city. Incorporated in 1846, the city of Milwaukee now embraces more than 80.2 square miles of area. Metropolitan Milwaukee, which includes Milwaukee County, covers 230 square miles and has a population of approximately approximate-ly 1,000,000. Milwaukee is a fun-loving, hardworking hard-working sports-minded city. It is an old city full of young people. Perhaps the greatest attraction is the phenomenal Milwaukee Braves baseball team. Skeptics had predicted pre-dicted a city of 722,000 people would never support a major league lea-gue ball club. In 1954, however, more than 2.000,000 fans broke the National League attendance record. rec-ord. The Green Bay Packers play half of their home games in the beautiful County Stadium. Although the primary industry is heavy metal work, there Is enough diversification in the economy eco-nomy to maintain healthy conditions. condi-tions. Manufacturing establishments establish-ments in Milwaukee County turned out products valued at more than $3,383,000,000 last year. Milwaukee is the biggest veal packing center, the greatest barley market and the location of four of the largest breweries In America. The city leads the nation in the production of work shoes. In Milwaukee County there are 92 parks and parkways covering 8.200 acres. The park system, which is nationally famous, offers entertainment of every variety to suit every taste. Whether you look upon Milwaukee as the "machine shop of the world," one of the nation's na-tion's safest cities, "The Gateway to Wisconsin's Vacationlands," the sports center of the midwest, or a bustling business metropolis, you will enjoy a visit to the city. . |
