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5!$6 WISCONSIN HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS.
etore waB on the site of Loomis' jewelry store. Next was the
.store of HIGBY & WARDNER, dealers in general merchandize,
about where Mr. 5. CHANDLER'S store now is. Next was the
tin and iron store of CADY & FARWELL. Next in order, I
think, was the store of J. & L. WARD, (Mr. LINDSEY WARD,
residing among us.) It was a small wooden building, but the
-firm did quite a large business, and was the first to induce the
transportation of lead across the country by wagons drawn by
oxen, from the lead mines. This business wae continued, to a
greater or less extent, for two or three years. Ncxt was the
shop of ROBERT DAVIS, Tailor. Next was the store of GEoRan
BOWMAN. Next the shoe shop of RICI~ARD IIADLEY. These
were all above Michigan street, and on the west side of East
Water street. Below Michigan street and above Huron, waa
the store of Messrs. WM. BROWN & CO. The Company was
HENRY MILLER, now of San Francisco, California. This was
one of the first firms which did business in Milwaukee. Next
was the store of L. ROCKWELL & CO., the Company being J.
S. ROCKWELL, now of Oconomowoc, and Mr. A. W. HATCII,
of this city. Next, the store of GEORGE F. AUSTIN. These,
with one small store-that of COWLES RC CO., near Chestnut
street-I believe, were all the mercrtntile establishments of con-
sequence in the town. Mr. GEORGE DOUSYAN was the leading
forwarder of that day, doing business in the same building that
he now occupies. My own store, where our friend WALL is,
was the only one on the east side of the street. There were
several small buildings used for shops and dwelling houses, and
one, a meat market, kept by OWEN ALDHICH, between Wiscon-
sin and Michigan. Below Michigan, and above Huron, waa
the residence of Mr. JUNEAU, and the Cottage Inn. At
&he same time of which I speak, the hotels and taverns were
made up as follows :-The Milwaukee House, kept by GRAVES
& MYERS, situated on the corner of Wisconsin and Main
streets, where WM. YOUNG'S new block now stands. The
Cottage Inn, situated next above J. B. CROSS' new block, be-