Where Russell Avenue meets Superior Street in Bay View, an understated brown sign pays homage to one of the most significant sites in Milwaukee’s history: a 19th-century iron mill where a march ...

But these protests turned deadly in Milwaukee on May 5, 1886, during a march on the Bay View Rolling Mills. The event became known as the Bay View Massacre and since its centennial anniversary in ...

A group of Bay View homes could be declared a city historic district — which could halt future development plans for those properties. The proposal would affect seven houses on the east side of ...

There was further trouble at Rolling Mills in Milwaukee as a somewhat peaceful demonstration turned ugly. The following events led up to what is known today as the Massacre at Bay View. The central ...

The homes, dotted around this part of Bay View, were built for workers at the nearby rolling mills as early as 1867 – the records offer conflicting dates – and, according to Paterick’s ...

There was one business that remained open: the Bay View Rolling Mills, the city’s largest employer. Listen to the interview to learn how Bay View Rolling Mills became a landmark in Wisconsin ...

According to historians, the massacre came as some 1,500 workers marched toward the Bay View Rolling Mill plant, urging the workers to join labor demonstrations. The group was then fired upon by ...