Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin; found it the southeastern corner of the state over the shore of Lake Michigan. Although one of the nations’s leading industrial cities along with the commercial hub of the state, it was beer that made Milwaukee popular. For decades some of the nation's leading brewers called Milwaukee home. The smell of brewing beer was a familiar aroma in the city, as well as institutions from the city's most historical theater to its baseball team have names connected with the brewing industry. But in the mid-1990s the city's association with beer was receding, but among the major breweries were closed.
The Milwaukee River, which flows from north to south through the city, is joined just south of the city's downtown by its tributaries, the Menomonee as well as the Kinnickinnic. From that confluence it flows eastward in a short channel to empty into Milwaukee Bay on Lake Michigan. The lake itself is Milwaukee's most top natural resource: the source of its drinking water, a recreational magnet, along with a major influence on local weather. January temperatures, which the lake keeps warmer than those inland, average a high of -3° C (26° F) and a low of -11° C (12° F). Temperatures in July cooled by the lake, average a high of 27° C (80° F) as well as a low of 17° C (62° F). Milwaukee's average annual precipitation is about 940 mm (about 37 in).
Several Native American peoples made their homes around the Milwaukee area before the arrival of whites, that diversity was continued after the community was founded at the 1830s. In the following years, waves of immigrants were drawn to Milwaukee, as well as each ethnic group lent the city’s unique attributes. The city's name is assumed to be derived from the Native American Mahn-ah-wauk, frequently translated as "good land."
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