Good morning,
Today’s forecast for Whitewater calls for a day of thunderstorms, and a high temperature of eighty-seven degrees.
In the City of Whitewater today, there will be a Park & Rec Board meeting today at 4 p.m., a Planning Commission meeting at 6 p.m., and a LIbrary Board meeting at 6:30 p.m.
The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls that on this day in 1973
Milwaukee Pioneer Solomon Juneau Born
On this date Laurent Salomon Juneau was born in Repentigny, Quebec, Canada. Known as the founder of Milwaukee, Juneau was a fur trader with John Jacob Astor’s American Fur Company. He built the first log house in Milwaukee in 1822 and followed with the first frame house in 1824. In October 1833 he formed a partnership with Morgan L. Martin to develop a village on the east side of the Milwaukee River. Juneau was elected commissioner of roads and director of the poor in September 1835. He was also appointed postmaster, a position he held until 1843. In 1837 he began publishing the Milwaukee Sentinel. He was elected first mayor of Milwaukee in 1846. Juneau died on November 14, 1856. [Source: Dictionary of Wisconsin Biography, p.198]
