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Solomon Laurent Juneau
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Solomon Laurent Juneau, or Laurent-Salomon Juneau, (August 9, 1793 – November 14, 1856) was a fur trader, land speculator and politician who helped found the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was born in Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.
Juneau settled an area east of the Milwaukee River called Juneautown in 1818, which later joined with George H. Walker's Walker's Point and Byron Kilbourn's Kilbourntown to incorporate the City of Milwaukee. In 1837 he started the Milwaukee Sentinel, which would become the oldest continuously operating business in Wisconsin. He was the first mayor of Milwaukee from 1846 until 1847 and its first Postmaster.
In 1820 Solomon Juneau married Josette, the daughter of Jacques Vieau, a fur trader who had built a trading post overlooking the Menomonee River Valley years before. He is buried at Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
His nephew is Joseph Juneau who founded the city of Juneau, Alaska.
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Josette and Solomon Juneau
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Mayor of Milwaukee 1846 |
Succeeded by Horatio N. Wells |
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