Milwaukee: A City Built on Water

Lake Michigan and the rivers that feed it have been Milwaukee’s dominant natural resources since the days of the Potawatomi. Join me and the St. Francis Historical Society for a lively (and free) illustrated look at the lake and its adjacent watersheds. See how they served the community as transportation routes, recreational resources, and industrial corridors, and how they have weathered a cycle of heavy use and flagrant abuse to emerge as focal points of both celebration and concern in the twenty-first century. If you want to take the story home, copies of the “Built on Water” book will be available for sale and signing.