This Site Has Moved

I moved the files.

Well, this site is more than obviously still here, but it won't be updated anymore. I've moved it to a Wordpress.com site which you can find here.

Wordpress is friendlier than Blogger / Blogspot for a subject like this. I only wish I had figured that out sooner.

Wauwatosa

Wauwatosa 458

Wauwatosa is a city in Milwaukee County that is surrounded by Milwaukee (north, east, and south) and Elm Grove, Brookfield, and (a little bit of) Butler (west). I-41, US 18, and state highway 190 (Capitol Dr.) all pass through it. I-94 runs just south of the city. Wauwatosa has about 48,400 residents.

The settlement was first called Hart's Mill after Charles Hart. It was later going to be changed to Wauwautosa (note the 2nd "u") after an Indian chief, but somewhere along the way the spelling became Wauwatosa. No matter, today most people in the greater Milwaukee area simply call it Tosa, for short.

Several meanings for the Indian name Wauwautosa have been suggested.

One refers to swarms of fireflies (Wau-wau-rae-sie). Others include...

• what he works for
• what he earns
• dim memory
• I grabbed something
• he shines as he walks

Pick your favorite.

Powers Lake

Powers Lake 734

Powers Lake is located near US 12 just a couple of miles north of the Illinois border and 25 miles west of Kenosha in Kenosha County. It has about 1400 residents who live around Powers Lake and the smaller Benedict and Tombeau lakes.

Powers Lake was first called Lakeville, then Nippersink (source unknown), and was finally named for James Powers, an early settler.