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- ↑ Dictionary of Wisconsin History Accessed July 10, 2006
- ↑ Green Bay Intelligencer April 28, 1835, as cited in: Mack, Edwin S. The Founding of Milwaukee Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1907; p. 205
- ↑ Jerome A. Watrous. Memoirs of Milwaukee County, Volume 1 . Madison, Wis.: Western Historical Society: 1909, pp. 68-69.
- ↑ "The First Local Ordinance". History of Milwaukee Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1881. pp. 253-255
- ↑ Dictionary of Wisconsin History Accessed July 10, 2006
- ↑ Watrous, Jerome Anthony. Memoirs of Milwaukee County: from the earliest historical times down to the present, including a genealogical and biographical record of representative families in Milwaukee County, Chicago: Western Historical Association, 1909; Volume 1, p. 69
- ↑ Shorewood Historical Society. "Village History" Accessed July 10, 2006
- ↑ Village of River Hills. "Miscellaneous Facts about the village". Accessed January 31, 2018.
- ↑ History. Village of Bayside. Accessed January 31, 2018.
- ↑ The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin (11th ed.). Madison, Wis.: Atwood & Culver. 1872. p. 453.
- ↑ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1897, Biographical Sketch of Charles A. W. Krauss, pg. 789
- ↑ THE BLUE BOOK OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. Madison, Wis. 1909. p. 1132.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1878,' Biographical Sketch of Frederick Moskowitt, pg. 477
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