Company:Laacke & Joy's
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About Us History In Wisconsin was still a territory Milwaukee had one of the best harbors on the Great Lakes and the confluence of three navigable rivers The emerging city of people was growing and so was lake commerce Greenleaf D Norris an early settler opened a ships chandlery and sail loft at the corner of Water and Erie Streets It was an era of ship building supported by dense forests of near by oak Norris and his employee Andrew M Joys supplied cordage covers oars tackle blocks fittings oils paints pitch and provisions for the commercial sailing vessels One of the ships built in the Davidson Shipyard at the foot of Greenfield Avenue was the Alice B Norris a three mast ft schooner named for Norris wife It was first commanded by Captain John Joys The Joys brothers assumed ownership of the company in The R Laacke Co was
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