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

[Larry Allan]

Here is an article from the Milwaukee Journal dated Jan. 19,1899 regarding
the planning of the North Milwaukee Lines crossing of Lincoln Creek, then
known as Mud Creek. See Attached.
On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 7:43 PM, Gary Schnabl <gSchnabl at swdetroit.com>wrote:

> On 7/11/2010 7:13 PM, Ken and Tracie wrote:
> > Thanks, Gary. I noted I didn't have it quite right. I have maps with it
> in
> > its correct spot, just have them boxed away.
> >
> > I need to get out that early 1900s USGS map showing the dam and pond
> north
> > of Capitol.
> >
> > K.
> >
> I wish that I knew the exact extent of my grandfather's property without
> having to hit the county maps and deeds and all. Some of my relatives
> who lived there--my uncles and aunts, all deceased now--said it was
> either 20 or 30 acres when they were born and lived there starting
> around 1910 or so up to their moving to the Lower Rio Grande--about a
> dozen miles or so north of Brownsville, next to Harlingen--in 1928.
>
> There is an exact double of our (demoed) farmhouse on the east side of
> 42nd Street, just a bit south of Hope. One of our relatives lived there,
> but I never bothered to ask when the generation who had all the easy
> answers were still alive. Another one of our relative's family also
> moved to Harlingen back then.
>
> Another Schnabl lived just east of the former Reed's Bakery on Capitol,
> in a then modern Lannon-stone house between 41st and 42nd, just west of
> the alley cut. The old maps show that only east half of the 4100 blocks
> north of Capitol were platted. So, I assume that my grandfather's
> property ended at the alley cut between 41st and 42nd. But then, his
> property might then have extended as far north as Congress and possibly
> intercepting the creek near there.
>
> Anyway, some day I will take the time...
>
>
> Gary
>
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