Mr. President. Milwaukee. once incorporated. grew quickly. its population soaring from about 20.000 in 1850 to more than 285.000 by the turn of the century and to more than 575.000 by Immigrants came in several waves. each group establishing its unique imprimatur on the city. In the early 1800s. they were mostly New Englanders and New Yorkers whose roots reached back to England. The first AfricanAmerican settler. a man named Joe Oliver. arrived in 1835 and worked for Solomon Juneau. By the middle of the 1840s. German immigrants were arriving at the rate of more than 1.000 per week. Irish immigrants arrived. too. settling largely in the citys third ward. on the southeast side of the downtown. The Polish community grew quickly in the late 19th century. giving the South Side its character. The city was eventually populated with settlers from Italy.
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