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Milwaukee

Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin, United States and the county seat of Milwaukee County. The city's population is 596,974 with a total of 1,500,741 in the consolidated metropolitan area. The city of Milwaukee is the 19th largest city in the United States. The city is located in the southeastern portion of the state on the western shore of Lake Michigan. The Milwaukee area was originally inhabited by the Fox, Mascouten, Potawatomi, and Winnebago Indian tribes. Milwaukee received its name from the Indian word Millioke which is thought to have meant "The Good Land", or "gathering place by the water". In 1818, Frenchman Solomon Juneau settled in the area. Juneau bought out his father-in-law's trading business, and in 1833 he founded a town on the east side of the Milwaukee River. In 1846, Juneau's town combined with neighboring rival towns (Kilbourn Town and Walker's Point) to incorporate the city of Milwaukee. Juneau was Milwaukee's first mayor. German immigrants helped increase the city's population during the 1840s and the following decades. Milwaukee still today has a large German-American population. Milwaukee is headquarters to six Fortune 1000 manufacturers and six Fortune 1000 service companies. Among these are Briggs & Stratton, Harley-Davidson, and Johnson Controls. Milwaukee also has a large number of financial service firms, and a disproportionate number of publishing and printing companies for a city of its size. Milwaukee's most visually prominent cultural attraction is the Milwaukee Art Museum, and especially its new $100 million wing, designed by Santiago Calatrava in his first American commission. Milwaukee is also home to the Florentine Opera, a symphony orchestra and a professional ballet company, as well as boasting a number of theater companies. It is also home to a number of professional sports teams including: Milwaukee Brewers (Baseball?MLB)playing at the new Miller Park, Milwaukee Bucks (Basketball?NBA), Milwaukee Admirals (Ice hockey), Milwaukee Wave (Soccer). Milwaukee advertises itself as the "City of Festivals," especially emphasizing an annual fair along the lakefront called Summerfest. Listed in the Guiness Book of World Records as the largest music festival in the world, Summerfest attracts around 900,000 visitors a year to its twelve stages. Smaller festivals througout the year celebrate the city's German, Native American, Italian, Irish, and Polish heritage. Milwaukee is served by the General Mitchell International Airport. Among the various colleges and universities located in Milwaukee are: Alverno College, Cardinal Stritch University, Marquette University, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Mount Mary College, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and Wisconsin Lutheran College.