Pewaukee History

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Vintage Botanical Prints

The Pewaukee Apple was developed by Pewaukeean, George Peffer, who had a fruit farm and nursery across from what is now the Waukesha County Technical College campus. Mr. Peffer received an award in 1870 from the American Pomological Society for the Pewaukee Apple.

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English Springer Spaniel

Milwaukee Wisconsin

Vintage Memory

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During the 1880s, Milwaukee's breweries used more 335,000 tons of ice per year. Meat packing also required large amounts of ice for the storage and shipment of meats. Wisconsin was seen as a dependable source of high quality ice, particularly as rapid industrial expansion elsewhere led to increasingly polluted waterways. Pewaukee Lake in Waukesha County was a major ice harvesting site, and was used by Best Brewery, followed by Armour, Cudahy, and the Wisconsin Lakes Ice and Cartage Company.

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Alaska Station in Pewaukee

Alaska Station in Pewaukee. This was the Station stop that was used for loading ice that was cut from Pewaukee Lake during the winter and stored in ice houses located next to the tracks. Ice was shipped to Milwaukee and beyond for use in the meat packing houses.

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Fourth Of July Fireworks

American Diwali

Fourth of July fireworks, Pewaukee lakefront, 2009

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Waukesha Beach

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Waukesha Wisconsin

Door County Wisconsin

The start of Pewaukee

View of Main Street, Pewaukee

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The Milwaukee Road Hiawatha - Pewaukee, WI (acrylic by Bruce Friesch)

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Hotel Savoy, Pewaukee, WI

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Club House Lawn and Promenade, Waukesha Beach, Pewaukee Lake, 1911

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Waukesha Beach was a popular summer recreation area, from its beginnings in 1894 until it closed in 1949. It included roller coasters, a fun house, roller skating, a dance pavilion, souvenir stands and refreshments. Performers appearing at Waukesha Beach included the Andrews Sisters and Ted Mack, who later achieved fame with his Original Amateur Hour, which began on radio and later moved to television.