The Great Fire of 1892 in Milwaukee's "Irish Third Ward"

Our gratitude is extended to many courteous people at the Milwaukee County Historical Society in Milwaukee and to those serving in the Humanities section of the Milwaukee Public Main Library for their help in retrieving from their holdings many documents, papers, books, records and photographs. These records provided all the historical data for this essay.

We are particularly grateful to the Milwaukee County Historical Society and to the Milwaukee Public Main Library for granting us permission to copy and use some photographs from their extensive photographic collections that portray buildings and persons in the Third Ward prior to and following the great Milwaukee Third Ward fire of 1892.