Milwaukee Mayhem

Author : Matthew J. Prigge
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780870207174

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Milwaukee Mayhem by Matthew J. Prigge Pdf

From murder and matchstick men to all-consuming fires, painted women, and Great Lakes disasters--and the wide-eyed public who could not help but gawk at it all--"Milwaukee Mayhem" uncovers the little-remembered and rarely told history of the underbelly of a Midwestern metropolis. "Milwaukee Mayhem" offers a new perspective on Milwaukee's early years, forgoing the major historical signposts found in traditional histories and focusing instead on the strange and brutal tales of mystery, vice, murder, and disaster that were born of the city's transformation from lakeside settlement to American metropolis. Author Matthew J. Prigge presents these stories as they were recounted to the public in the newspapers of the era, using the vivid and often grim language of the times to create an engaging and occasionally chilling narrative of a forgotten Milwaukee. Through his thoughtful introduction, Prigge gives the work context, eschewing assumptions about "simpler times" and highlighting the mayhem that the growth and rise of a city can bring about. These stories are the orphans of Milwaukee's history, too unusual to register in broad historic narratives, too strange to qualify as nostalgia, but nevertheless essential to our understanding of this American city.

Author : Matthew J. Prigge
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780870208829

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Damn the Old Tinderbox! by Matthew J. Prigge Pdf

In the dead of an unassuming January night in 1883, Milwaukee’s Newhall House hotel was set on fire. Two hours later, the building—once among the tallest in the nation—lay in ruins and over seventy people were dead. It was a tragedy that brought global notice to Milwaukee, with daring escapes and rescues and heart-wrenching tales of victims burned to death or killed as they leapt from the burning building. From the great horror emerged an even greater string of mysteries: Who had set the fire and who was to blame for the staggering loss of life? The Newhall’s hard-luck barkeeper? A gentleman arsonist? What of the many other unexplained fires at the hotel? Had the Newhall’s management neglected fire safety to boost their profits? Damn the Old Tinderbox! is the gripping tale of one of the Gilded Age’s forgotten calamities, a fire that remains among the deadliest unsolved arsons in American history, and a significant chapter in both the history of Milwaukee and the Midwest.

Author : Wisconsin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1076 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Law
ISBN : WISC:89069234102

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Supplement to the Revised Statutes of the State of Wisconsin, 1878, Containing the General Laws from 1879 to 1883 by Wisconsin Pdf

Author : Michael Bie
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780762753581

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It Happened in Wisconsin by Michael Bie Pdf

Occasionally quirky, sometimes rollicking, always affectionate, these 30 compelling stories range from the area's “discovery” by a French explorer who was hopelessly lost to the legendary shooting of a Green Bay Packer coach’s dog. Read about how Wisconsin virtually seceded from the Union during Prohibition, became purgatory for rock stars, and ended the turbulent 1960s with a tragic bombing. It Happened in Wisconsin does justice to a state rich in fascinating history and colorful characters.

Author : Jon Jordan,Ruth Jordan
Publisher : Down & Out Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Crimespree Magazine Issue 66 by Jon Jordan,Ruth Jordan Pdf

Crimespree Magazine Issue 66 features an interview with Lori Rader-Day by Dan and Kate Malmon. We also have Jon Jordan speaking with Haylen Beck (aka Stuart Neville), Michael Barson sits down with Ace Atkins and Michael Brandman and Phillip Kerr speaks with Christina Ward. Les Edgerton is grilled by Anthony Campbell while David James Keaton squares off with Tim Hennesey. M.C. Neuda delivers a short story called “Gamblin’ Man” and Nolan Knight delivers “Mouth Bay.” This issue includes articles by Hector Acosta, David E. Grogan, S.W. Lauden, Eric Beetner, Sam Wiebe, Dana King and Brian Freeman. Additionally, the usual suspects show up: Craig McDonald, Chris Holm, and Kristi Belcamino. Book Reviews are served aplenty. The sixty-sixth issue is fully loaded. Enjoy!

Author : Brian A. Podoll
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0786414553

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The Minor League Milwaukee Brewers, 1859-1952 by Brian A. Podoll Pdf

Statues of Hank Aaron and Robin Yount, two of Milwaukee's baseball heroes, stand outside the city's palatial new Miller Park. Aaron and Yount represent two generations of major league baseball in Milwaukee, but what about professional baseball in Milwaukee before the arrival of the major league Braves in 1953? Why was it such an important city for minor league baseball? This book traces Milwaukee's baseball history from the game's first appearance in the city in 1859 to the Brewers' last American Association season in 1952. It covers Rufus King, the man responsible for bringing baseball to Milwaukee, and his efforts at getting the game off to a successful start in the city, Milwaukee's status as the largest minor league market in the Northwestern League and Western Association, legendary manager Connie Mack, southpaw Rube Waddell, Hall of Fame player Hugh Duffy, who managed the team to its only Western League pennant in 1903, widowed owner Agnes Malloy Havenor, who chose veteran third baseman Harry Clark to lead the Brewers to their first two AA pennants in 1913 and 1914, colorful owner Otto Borchert, the Brewers' pennant-winning 1936 season under manager Al Sothoron, the "golden era" of minor league baseball in the city, highlighted by owner Bill Veeck's sideshows and colorful managers Casey Stengel, "Jolly Cholly" Grimm, and Nick "Tomato Face" Cullop, and the last years of minor league baseball in 1952 before the arrival of the Braves.

Author : Raymond Wiggers
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781501774669

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Milwaukee in Stone and Clay by Raymond Wiggers Pdf

Milwaukee in Stone and Clay follows directly in the footsteps of Raymond Wiggers's previous award-winning book, Chicago in Stone and Clay. It offers a wide-ranging look at the fascinating geology found in the building materials of Milwaukee County's architectural landmarks. And it reveals the intriguing and often surprising links between science, art, and engineering. Laid out in two main sections, the book first introduces the reader to the fundamentals of Milwaukee's geology and its amazing prehuman history, then provides a site-by-site tour guide. Written in an engaging, informal style, this work presents the first in-depth exploration of the interplay among the region's most architecturally significant sites, the materials they're made of, and the sediments and bedrock they're anchored in. Raymond Wiggers crafted Milwaukee in Stone and Clay as an informative and exciting overview of this city. His two decades of experience leading architectural-geology tours have demonstrated the popularity of this approach and the subject matter.

Author : Cathy Green,Jefferson J Gray,Bobbie Malone
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-23
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780870205927

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Great Ships on the Great Lakes by Cathy Green,Jefferson J Gray,Bobbie Malone Pdf

In this highly accessible history of ships and shipping on the Great Lakes, upper elementary readers are taken on a rip-roaring journey through the waterways of the upper Midwest. Great Ships on the Great Lakes explores the history of the region’s rivers, lakes, and inland seas—and the people and ships who navigated them. Read along as the first peoples paddle tributaries in birch bark canoes. Follow as European voyageurs pilot rivers and lakes to get beaver pelts back to the eastern market. Watch as settlers build towns and eventually cities on the shores of the Great Lakes. Listen to the stories of sailors, lighthouse keepers, and shipping agents whose livelihoods depended on the dangerous waters of Lake Michigan, Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. Give an ear to their stories of unexpected tragedy and miraculous rescue, and heed their tales of risk and reward on the low seas. Great Ships also tells the story of sea battles and gunships, of the first vessels to travel beyond the Niagara, and of the treacherous storms and cold weather that caused thousands of ships to sink in the Great Lakes. Watch as underwater archaeologists solve the mysteries of Great Lakes shipwrecks today. And learn how the shift from sail to steam forever changed the history of shipping, as schooners made way for steamships and bulk freighters, and sailing became a recreation, not a hazardous way of life. Designed for the upper elementary classroom with emphasis on Michigan and Wisconsin, Great Ships on the Great Lakes includes a timeline of events, on-page vocabulary, and a list of resources and places to visit. Over 20 maps highlight the region’s maritime history. The accompanying Teacher’s Guide includes 18 classroom activities, arranged by chapter, including lessons on exploring shipwrecks and learning how glaciers moved across the landscape.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1102 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : City planning and redevelopment law
ISBN : UCAL:B5130284

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The Urban Lawyer by Anonim Pdf

The national quarterly on local government law.

Author : Wisconsin. Legislature. Assembly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1226 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Legislative journals
ISBN : WISC:89069540748

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Journal of Proceedings of the ... Session of the Wisconsin Legislature by Wisconsin. Legislature. Assembly Pdf

Author : Wisconsin. Legislature. Senate
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 862 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Legislation
ISBN : WISC:89096033006

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Journal of Proceedings by Wisconsin. Legislature. Senate Pdf

Author : David A. Less
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781773055671

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Memphis Mayhem by David A. Less Pdf

Memphis gave birth to music that changed the world — Memphis Mayhem is a fascinating history of how music and culture collided to change the state of music forever “David Less has captured the essence of the Memphis music experience on these pages in no uncertain terms. There's truly no place like Memphis and this is the story of why that is. HAVE MERCY!” — Billy F Gibbons, ZZ Top Memphis Mayhem weaves the tale of the racial collision that led to a cultural, sociological, and musical revolution. David Less constructs a fascinating narrative of the city that has produced a startling array of talent, including Elvis Presley, B.B. King, Al Green, Otis Redding, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Justin Timberlake, and so many more. Beginning with the 1870s yellow fever epidemics that created racial imbalance as wealthy whites fled the city, David Less moves from W.C. Handy’s codification of blues in 1909 to the mid-century advent of interracial musical acts like Booker T. & the M.G.’s, the birth of punk, and finally to the growth of a music tourism industry. Memphis Mayhem explores the city’s entire musical ecosystem, which includes studios, high school band instructors, clubs, record companies, family bands, pressing plants, instrument factories, and retail record outlets. Lively and comprehensive, this is a provocative story of finding common ground through music and creating a sound that would change the world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 904 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Milwaukee (Wis.)
ISBN : WISC:89102344876

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Milwaukee Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gavin Schmitt
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780738594439

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Milwaukee Mafia by Gavin Schmitt Pdf

The sky was the limit, as the Mafia indulged in running alcohol, extortion, protection rackets, adn skimming from Las Vegas casinos. The Cream City had its crooked lawyers, corrupt cops, and even a mayor on the take. There was the blood of those who dared to stand in the syndicate's way, who were found dead in ditches or as victims of car bombs. While now considered extinct, the Milwaukee Family was once a dominant force in the Midwest.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1144 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : UOM:39015011185132

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Mining Engineering by Anonim Pdf

Vol. 3- includes v. 190- of the Transactions.