[milwaukee-electric] Re: A Little More About the Creeks

[Gary Schnabl]

On 7/11/2010 3:21 PM, Ken and Tracie wrote:
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> I used blue lines to show (roughly) where the two other tributary creeks =
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> location of Lincoln Creek's channel east of N. 47th Street:
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You have the original creek at bit to the south than I believe it to 
have been. One case in point. Sercombe--the original older name for 39th 
in semirural Milwaukee was veered to the NE north of 39th and Hope in 
order to cross the creek perpendicularly, requiring a shorter bridge (or 
causeway of some sort) in 1900. You have it crossing the NS part of 
Sercombe instead of the NE/SW part.

I think a pre-1900 map shows the creek--maybe not. The only platted 
streets back then were Marion, west of 35th for a couple blocks and 
Sercombe--connecting with Marion. Nothing south of Marion on 35th. There 
were two street bridges crossing the rerouted Lincoln Creek 
afterwards--one at 37th and the other at 35th. I always thought it 
strange to have two bridges so close together.

Until Banner Lumber was built around 1955 or so, there was nothing east 
of 35th Street north of Hope, I thought. Yesterday, while running a web 
search on Banner Lumber, all I could come up with was an obit in a 
Jewish newsletter for the president of Banner Lumber, which stated that 
Lewin--his surname--came from Philly to Milwaukee in 1954.


Gary

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