#OnThisDay in #history - in 1846, the Bridge Wars between Juneautown and Kilbourntown ended with the building of 3 bridges across the #Milwaukee River and a city charter combining the two towns into the larger city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The reason today why the road grids on either side of the river in #MKE don't match up (all bridges across the river have to go at an angle) stems from these two towns vying for precedence (and fighting. With cannons.) #OTD#histodons#USA@histodons
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