Solomon Juneau

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Solomon Laurent Juneau or Laurent-Salomon Juneau (August 9, 1793 – November 14, 1856) was a French Canadian fur trader, land speculator, politician, and pioneer. He was one of the founders of the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and served as the first mayor of Milwaukee in 1846. Juneau's settlement was the earliest of the three villages that later combined into the city of Milwaukee, his Juneautown grew up around a trading post he established in 1818, on the peninsula between Lake Michigan and the Milwaukee River. Juneau was also the founder of the Milwaukee Sentinel newspaper in 1837, which has endured as Milwaukee's paper of record up to the present day as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Later, Juneau and his sons, Narcisse Juneau and Paul Juneau, would move inland and found settlements in Dodge County, Wisconsin, including Theresa, Wisconsin—named for Solomon's mother. Juneau, Wisconsin, was named for Paul after his accidental death in that village. Juneau's grandson Paul O. Husting...

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