Milwaukee: A City Built on Water Lecture by John Gurda

The Polish Center of Wisconsin is proud to present Milwaukee historian and author John Gurda to talk about his new book released in June 2018 entitled "Milwaukee: A City Built on Water" on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. Admission $5 per person. Tickets can be purchased prior to the lecture by calling the Polish Center at (414) 529-2140 to pay with a credit card.

John Gurda tells the tales of brewers, brickmakers, and ecologists. He recounts the story of generations of people — from a Potawatomi chief to fur traders and fishermen — who settled on the small spit of land known as Jones Island. Gurda shares how Milwaukee’s unique water composition created its distinctive cream-colored bricks, how the upper Milwaukee River became Wisconsin’s first waterpark, and how the downtown stream evolved from a “vast sewer” into a waterway clean enough to support today’s lovely and lively Riverwalk, and more!

Books will be available for purchase and autographed during the event for $32