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Alice Cooper: Well, I'm a regular visitor here, but Milwaukee has certainly
had it's share of visitors. The French missionaries and explorers began visiting
here in the late 16th century. Pete: Hey, isn't Milwaukee an Indian name? AC:
Yes Pete, it is. In fact, it was originally an Algonquin term meaning "the
good land." Wayne: I was not aware of that. Alice Cooper: I think one of
the most interesting things about Milwaukee is that it is the only American
city to elect three socialist mayors. Wayne: [to the camera] Does this guy know
how to party or what?
Wayne's World
• The name Milwaukee comes from the Native American word “Milliocki”
meaning gathering place by the water.
• Milwaukee is the 22nd largest city in America.
• This Jewel of the Great Lakes is home to Summerfest, the world’s
largest music festival according to the Guinness Book of World Records. This
eleven-day event boasts 10 ground stages and a 23,000-seat amphitheater featuring
a variety of music, from national headline acts to up-and-comers.
• The Allen Bradley Clocktower is one of Milwaukee’s most recognizable
landmarks. The Guinness Book of World Records lists the Allen Bradley Clock
as the largest four-faced clock in the world. It is actually four separate clocks,
each with an octagonal face nearly twice the size of the clocks on London’s
Big Ben Tower. The clock serves as an official navigation aid and is so designated
on the maps of the United States Coast Guard.Plans to install chimes were canceled
to allow Big Ben in London, England to remain the largest CHIMING four-faced
clock in the world.
• Milwaukee’s first larger brewery opened in 1841. By 1856, the
city boasted 26 local breweries.
• The typewriter was invented in Milwaukee in 1867 by Christopher Latham
Sholes.
• The skywalk over the Milwaukee River is the only skywalk in the U.S.
that spans a river used by boats.
• The exhibit hall of the Midwest Airlines Center can hold 555 city buses,
end-to-end and side-by-side.
• The Milwaukee Art Museum’s Burke Brise Soleil (the “wings”)
wingspans spreads 217 feet at its widest point, wider then a Boeing 747.
• The Milwaukee Public Museum is home to the world’s largest dinosaur
skull.
• Milwaukee was the first city to engineer a major league franchise shift
when the Braves, formally of Boston, came to Milwaukee.
• Elvis Presley promoted his evening performance at the Riverside Theater
from the back of a truck on Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee?
• The Milwaukee born actor Gene Wilder played Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka
and the Chocolate Factory?
• The 15th century chapel moved from Chasse, France to New York (1927)
to Marquette University (1966) is named after the legendary French martyr St.
Joan of Arc?
• The flame-shaped light on top of the Milwaukee Gas Company building
changes color to forecast the weather. Yellow is cold, Red is warm, and Blue
means no change.
• Milwaukee sometimes referred to as "Cream City" because of
the buildings that were built in cream colored brick. It's unique yellow color
disappointed pioneer brick makers. They were astonished when builders from across
the country were willing to pay double its price. Although the brick is no longer
made, it is still in high demand and often recycled.
• The name "Milwaukee" comes from the Native American word "Milliocki"
meaning "gathering place by the waters."
• Usingers Sausage in Milwaukee is known as "The Tiffany of Sausagemakers?"
• Golda Meir one of Milwaukee's most famous former residents who became
a world leader and now has a school in Milwaukee named after her.
• The Zucker Brothers, two famous brothers in the movie industry, are
originally from Milwaukee.
• Frank Lloyd Wright the famous architect that designed The Annunciation
Greek Orthodox Church in Wauwatosa, a suburb of Milwaukee.
• Milwaukee was a clutter of 3 settlements in the 1840's, Juneautown,
Kilbourntown and Walkers Point.
• In the late 1800s Milwaukee become known as "Beertown."
four famous Milwaukee brewers are Frederick Pabst, Frederick Miller, Joseph
Schlitz and Valentine Blatz.
• Milwaukee is the official national headquarters for Bowling
• Milwaukee is the hometown of Harley-Davidson the legendary motorcycle
company.
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