801 North Lincoln Memorial Drive
Statue of Solomon Juneau in Juneau Park in November 2000.
Laurent Solomon Juneau was born on August 9, 1792 near Montreal, Canada. He was a fur trader and the first white settler in Milwaukee in 1821, building a house and store of tamarack poles. He was Milwaukee’s first postmaster & first mayor, & with Morgan L. Martin built Wisconsin's first courthouse. Juneau died on November 14, 1856 in Shawano, Wisconsin; his remains were later moved to Milwaukee. The statue was given to the city of Milwaukee by the Bradley and Met-calf firm in 1887.
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