Matt Arend’s World History Project 3

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Matt Arends World History

Project

Part A- The history of

Milwaukee/Milwau

kee County Parks.

Part B- The building

and installation of a

new sign for

Whitnall Park.


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Part A- History of Milwaukee The City of Milwaukee arose from

a collection of scatteredsettlements on a site familiar tothe Native American tribes inwhat is now eastern Wisconsin.

The first immigrants toMilwaukee included French FurTrappers, and Canadian FurTrappers.

Milwaukee quickly becamepopulated from 1830-1837 as

more and more families settleddown and made villages.

The name Milwaukee didntarise until 1846, when Juneautown was combined withWalkers point, andKilbourntown.

The cities mainly combined toavoid hostile actions thatnaturally came with neighboringcities constantly competing.

Only the national depression of1837 slowed down the rapidgrowth of Milwaukee.


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Milwaukee Continues Expanding

Not only the population increased,but so did the ethnic diversity.

By 1850, 2/3rds of all residents wereforeign born, and 60% were fromGermany, with more arriving eachday.

Germany had a big influence on

Milwaukee including the BeethovenSociety, German newspapers and theGerman- American Academyestablished in 1851.

With 60% of MilwaukeeGermans, and 25% Irish,

tradition increased as well.

One of Milwaukees first

problems included drinking.

There was 1 tavern for every 80residents.

Just to put that in perspective,

there would have to be over 7000

bars in Milwaukee today to

accommodate that need.


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Issue of Slavery In Milwaukee Slavery was another big issue in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee was a very well known city for helpingslaves escape, primarily to Canada.

With the passage of the Federal Fugitive Slave Lawin 1850, many residents became engulfed with fearthat the citys free black residents might be hunteddown by their former owners.

Sherman M. Booth was a famous case of trying tofree a black man from a prison cell before hisowner could come get him. Booth assembled amob to free the slave, and was successful. This wasmainly focused on, and sparked the arguments ofstate rights against federal rights.


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Milwaukee in the Civil War Milwaukee was a loyal member of the

Union during the Civil War. At this time itenlisted enough troops to consistently help

the cause of freeing the slaves. President Abraham Lincoln made 2 visits to

Milwaukee pre war to convince morevolunteers to join the cause.

The Civil War increased production by over700% in Wisconsin, and employed 20%more people with jobs.

Wages for factory workers went from $1.15a day to $1.25 to accommodate the extra 2-3hours a day for wartime effort.


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The rest of the Fathers included- Patrick Cudahy- Patrick served until his death in 1919,

and founded and promoted the industrial city of Cudahy. Emeryson Hoyt- Emeryson served from 1907-1921, was

the second president of the Milwaukee County ParksSystem, and died in 1924 at the age of 77. Alvin P. Kletzch was a real estate dealer. He was also the

operator of Old Republican Hotel. Alvin played collegefootball in New Jersey. He became the University of

Wisconsins First head football coach in 1887. He servedon the Park Commission from 1907-1941, and was namedvice president in 1935.

James Currie emigrated from Scotland at the age of 19.He served from 1907-1922, and was a member of the citypark board for 11 years.

Charles Whitnall served from 1907-1941. He was asecretary for the Milwaukee County Parks System from1919-1926. He worked for his dad at 16 for a floristcompany giving him great on the job experience.

Each of these Fathers had a park named after them.

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Facts about Milwaukee

County Parks System *Our park system has long been

a source of pride for the

communities of Milwaukee

County in southeastern

Wisconsin. With over 140 parks

and parkways totaling nearly15,000 acres, we offer a source

of recreational enjoyment for

citizens and visitors alike.

*http://www.county.milwaukee.gov/HistoryoftheParks16572.htm

The first Commissioners

created an idea of a park

system that would resemble a

"green belt series of scenic

views and parks surroundingthe county. Parks were

located in outlying areas to

allow for population

expansion.


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The Only Flaw

After doing extensive research on theMilwaukee County Parks System, and

reading visitors reviews, there seems to beonly one flaw. That is, it is laid out in sucha way that makes it very confusing forvisitors to find their way around. This is

where the second half of my project comesin. You could say I am adding a positiveaspect to the history of the parks.


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Part B- My Building and

Installation of a Whitnall Park Sign.

As probably nobody in thisroom knows, I am a Boy

Scout, and now I am an

Eagle Scout as of 11-11-09.

My Eagle Project consistedof building and installing an

informatory sign for

Whitnall Park.

My project totaled 181

hours of work, $495, over

20 volunteers help, and 8

months of planning.


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How It Happened. I began by getting the wood from

Bliffert Lumber. Then I cut thewood into the correct measurements

for the sign.

This consisted of me working with

our friend Rich, to help prepare the

boards to be processed. After the boards were cut the

correct length, the ends were cut

into pointed edges.


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Routering To Imprint the letters into

the board, I had to use a

hand held router. Getting

the technique down was

the hardest part, becauseif you mess up you cant

fix it.


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Painting the Sign Painting was the most time consuming part of theproject. With volunteers help, I painted each board

3 times, and each beam 4 times.

The color paint I used had to be identical to match

the other signs in Whitnall Park.


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Installation Day

Today I needed all the help I could get. The work

force included myself, my parents, my neighbor

John, my parents friend Rich, my cousin Jeff, and

his girlfriend Kelly, and 2 of my friends.

First, John and I began to assemble the sign again,while another group dug the holes for the beams.


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Installation Day

After the holes were dug, we flipped the sign overand nailed in 2x4s to brace the sign from becoming

unbalanced when we lifted it.

The next part was getting 6 people around the sign to

prop it up, and slide it in the holes in the ground.(Keep in mind the sign is around 400 lbs)

Finally, we added the cement and water to the holes

to keep the sign in place. We used 900 lbs of cement.


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Last Part of Project

The final thing I did was added anarray of flowers around the perimeter

of the sign. This added color, and

supported the theme of beauty andnature that is consistent with the rest

of the park.


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Matt Arend’s World History Project 3