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Solomon Laurent Juneau, or Laurent-Salomon Juneau (August 9, 1793 – November 14, 1856) was a French Canadian fur trader, land speculator, and politician who helped found the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [1] [2] [3] He was born in Repentigny, Quebec, to François and (Marie-)Thérèse Galarneau Juneau.
Solomon Juneau was a French Canadian born in a small village near Montreal, Lower Canada on August 9, 1793. Juneau was a French trader with the American Fur Company. In 1818, the American Fur Company established a trading post in Milwaukee. Juneau decided to purchase the land between the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan and named it Juneau Town.
The store housed Espenhain & Bartels Dry Goods Co. from 1878 to 1896, then C.A. Rohde Stationery and Books. [ 9 ] The Adolph Schoenleber building at 1015-19 N. Old World 3rd Street is a 3-story Italianate commercial block designed by Frederick Velguth and built in 1882.
On November 14, 1856 Solomon Juneau died at the age of 63. The Milwaukee Bar Association was founded in 1858. It is the fourth oldest of such organizations in the United States and now has over 2,600 members. Milwaukee in 1879, looking north Milwaukee in 1882, as seen from Bay View
This first bridge was built over Chestnut Street (now Juneau), with Solomon Juneau's support. [3] That same year Kilbourn built a bridge across the Menomonee River. Three more bridges were built over the Milwaukee: at Spring Street (now Wisconsin) in 1842, at Oneida (now Wells) in 1844, and one between Walker's Point and Juneautown at North ...
Juneau hosted Milwaukee's first ever mass in her home. [9] Pope Leo XII sent her a reproduction of the Veil of Veronica commemorating her Catholic missionary work. [3] [5] Although Solomon Juneau was prominent in the region and the first Milwaukee mayor, Josette Juneau rarely spoke English and rarely interacted with the incoming Americans.
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Park's Juneau Monument is the most prominent object in the Milwaukee park built in Juneau's honour, where it stands on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan. [27] The monument cost around $25,000 (equivalent to $744,000 in 2023), [ 26 ] and was gifted to the city by Charles T. Bradley and William H. Metcalf on behalf of their shoe company. [ 33 ]