Amaqiniso Okusheshayo ngoMfula iMilwaukee
UMfula i-Milwaukee yingxenye enkulu yedolobha lethu elivame ukubonakala kancane. Labo kithi abahlala edolobheni bangase baqhube umfula phezu komfula nsuku zonke, kodwa ngokuvamile abakhokheli ingqondo (ngaphandle uma umgwaqo uyeka njengoba ibhuloho emfuleni iphakamisa ukubhekana nesikebhe). Kodwa ngempela, kufanele sinikeze uMfula iMilwaukee inhlonipho efanele, ngoba lo mgwaqo ungenye yezizathu eziyinhloko ukuthi lo muzi ulapha.
Umfula iMilwaukee uqala eFond du Lac County, futhi njengoba uqhubeka uqala ukuhamba ngamagatsha amathathu eMilwaukee River: amagatsha asentshonalanga, empumalanga naseningizimu.
Emakhilomitha angaba ngu-100, lo mfula uphenduka futhi uphendukele endleleni yasendle, uhambe ngaseningizimu nasempumalanga ngeWest Bend, eFredonia naseSaukville ngaphambi kokuba uhlasele umzila oqondile ngokwengeziwe ngaseGrafton, Thiensville, futhi ekugcineni imiphakathi yasolwandle yaseMilwaukee . Iqoqa amanzi ezinhlobonhlobo eziningi endleleni, futhi ekugcineni ihlangana neMigodi iMenomonee neKinnickinnic ePort of Milwaukee.
I-Milwaukee, idolobha, lalinalo igama kusukela emfuleni. Lokho okushiwo leli gama, noma kunjalo, kuvulelwe ukuphikisana. Ngokusho kweWisconsin Historical Society's Dictionary ye-Wisconsin History, iMilwaukee yindawo yendawo yaseNdiya kanye nomkhandlu, indawo ekholelwa ukuthi yayiseduze nendawo yeWisconsin Avenue yanamuhla eFifth Street. Ngakho inkolelo yokuthi "iMilwaukee" ingase isho ukuthi "indawo yomkhandlu," nakuba iziphathimandla eziningi zibheka ukuthi zivela e-Potawatomi emvelaphi futhi zibe nencazelo "umhlaba omuhle." Enye inkolelo evamile ukuthi igama livela ngokuhlanganisa amagama amabili, "Mellioke," igama elidala lomfula, ne "Mahn-a-waukke," indawo yokuqoqa.
Ngaphandle kwegama laso, uMuzi waseMilwaukee ungase ube nesikweletu esikhulu kunazo zonke sokukhokha emfuleni: lokho okubangela ukudala izindawo zokuqala lapha. Ngokusho kwencwadi ethi "Ukwenziwa kweMilwaukee," ngoJohn Gurda, amanzi kwakuyisihluthulelo sokwakhiwa kwedolobha endaweni yalo yamanje, futhi inethiwekhi yeMilwaukee, Menominee, Root Rivers ne-Oak Creek yenza indawo ikwazi ukuhamba ngamanzi .
Abathengisi bezimoto bakhangwa ngenxa yendawo yabomdabu bendawo, futhi ngenxa yokungena kwezwe okuhlinzekwa yimifula emithathu eyajoyina eduze kwechweba. Ekugcineni leli dolobha ngokwalo laba umdwebo, njengoba liye lathuthukiswa ngokuphawulekayo ngokungena kwechweba elisha kanye nokuphuza amanzi, kanye nokweba nokwandiswa kwemifula yechweba.
UMfula iMilwaukee Namuhla
Kwase kwesikhashana, impilo yoMlambo i-Milwaukee yayisehla kakhulu. Ukungcola, okuvela emithonjeni yezolimo, kamasipala kanye nezimboni, kwaholela ezinkingeni eziningi ezikhungethwe uchungechunge lwamadamu nezinye izinguquko zendawo, futhi umfula wawusendaweni embi. Kodwa kancane kancane, lokho kuyashintsha. Namuhla, isithakazelo eMfuleni iMilwaukee sijabulela ukuvuselelwa kwezinhlobonhlobo, futhi amaqembu ahlukene ahlangene emashumini eminyaka adlule ukuze ahlanze le migwaqo . Imiphumela yale mizamo iyamangalisa. Eminyakeni eyishumi edlule, isibonelo, umfula wawuvame ukugeleza ungabonakali edolobheni nasemadolobheni aseduze, njengamabhange angasebenzi kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwezimboni kwavinjelwa okuningi. Kodwa emfuleni uhlanzekile futhi uye nemizamo yokubuyisela ukufinyelela emfuleni - njengeMilwaukee RiverWalk - futhi lezi zinhlelo zisize ngempela ukuhlekisa okwakungaphambi kwezindawo ezivuthayo.