Town At The Edge Of The Lake

Mary Machare

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Mary Machare

Mequon, WI

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Town At The Edge Of The Lake

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Mary Machare

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A nostalgic view of Port Washington, WI, which was named for its natural port, and in honor of first President George Washington. With a natural harbor at the mouth of Sauk Creek, the city became a port on Lake Michigan. The city exported cord wood, wheat and rye flour, bricks, and fish and hides, among other things.

In 1896, Delos and Herbert Smith brought their commercial fishing business to Port Washington as that harbor afforded them the use of a steam powered fish tug. There, the Smith family would call Port Washington home to their family business. Smith Bros., as it was called, grew to a fleet of fishing tugs, fish wholesale, whitefish caviar, burbot oil, fish retail (markets), restaurants, and a hotel.

From 1910 through 1935, Port Washington was the home of Paramount Records and other associated record labels.

Port Washington has the largest collection of pre-Civil War buildings in Wisconsin, several of which are on the National Register of Historic Places.[

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