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Recent tragic fires in Milwaukee remind us that 1987 marks the 95th anniversary of the Third Ward Fire. At that time, the Third Ward included the area south of Wisconsin Ave. and east of the Milwaukee River, a neighborhood of warehouses, light...
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In 1888 this was the scene along Grand Avenue, as cyclists peddled in front of the new Grand Avenue Congregational Church UCC, and the Gaves residence west of the church. The church was organized on Feb. 10, 1847, as the Free Congregational...