Texas Rock
Texas Rock is a reef in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Texas Rock is situated nearby to the quarter Fernwood, as well as near the village St. Francis.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include South Shore Park and Light Vessel No.57.
Light Vessel No.57
Disaster remains
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Light Vessel No.57 was an American lightvessel that was built in 1891 and served on the Great Lakes, west of the Straits of Mackinac, from her construction to her retirement in 1924.
Bay View massacre
Memorial
The Bay View massacre was the result of a strike held on May 4, 1886, by 7,000 building-trades workers and 5,000 Polish laborers who had organized at St.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St. Francis and Bay View.
St. Francis
Village
Photo: Sulfur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Francis is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 9,161 at the 2020 census. A suburb of Milwaukee along Lake Michigan, it is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area.
Bay View
Suburb
Photo: Sulfur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bay View is a neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, North America on the shores of Lake Michigan, south of the downtown area and north of the City of St. Francis. Bay View existed as an independent village for eight years, from 1879 to 1887.
Jones Island
Quarter
Jones Island is an industrialized peninsula in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It began as a marsh island between the Milwaukee and Kinnickinnic rivers, and now forms the city's inner harbor design. Jones Island is situated 2 miles northwest of Texas Rock.
Texas Rock
- Type: Reef
- Category: landform
- Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.99079° or 42° 59′ 27″ northLongitude
-87.87343° or 87° 52′ 24″ westElevation
584 feet (178 metres)Open location code
86JJX4RG+8JOpenStreetMap ID
way 1137644123OpenStreetMap feature
natural=reefGeoNames ID
5275558
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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