Bayanan Gaskiya game da Kogin Milwaukee
Kogin Milwaukee babban ɓangare ne na garinmu wanda sau da yawa yakan yi la'akari. Wadansu daga cikinmu da ke zaune a cikin gari suna iya kwarara kan kogi a kowace rana, amma yawanci ba su kula da shi ba (sai dai idan hargoci ya tsaya a matsayin gada a kan kogin ya tashi don shiga jirgi). Amma, hakika, ya kamata mu bai wa Milwaukee damar girmama shi, domin wannan ruwa yana daya daga cikin manyan dalilan cewa wannan birni yana nan.
Ruwa Milwaukee ya fara a Fond du Lac County, kuma yayin da yake ci gaba sai ya samo ambaliyar ruwa daga kogin Milwaukee guda uku: yamma, gabas da kudancin kudu.
A kusan kimanin mil 100, kogin ya juya ya juya a kan hanya ta daji, ya kudancin kudu da gabas ta hanyar West Bend, Fredonia da Saukville kafin ya shiga hanya ta hagu ta kudu ta hanyar Grafton, Thiensville, da kuma yankunan da ke cikin teku na birnin Milwaukee . Yana samo ruwa daga mutane da dama da yawa a kan hanyar, kuma daga bisani ya hada da Menomonee da Kinnickinnic Rivers a Port of Milwaukee.
Milwaukee, birnin, ta sami sunansa daga kogi. Abin da ma'anar wannan ma'anar, duk da haka, ya kasance don muhawara. Bisa ga Wisconsin Historical Society's Dictionary of Wisconsin History, Milwaukee shi ne shafin wani kauye Indiya da kuma wurin majalisa, wanda aka yi daidai da wannan wuri a kusa da Wisconsin Avenue ta yau a Fifth Street. Saboda haka bangaskiya cewa "Milwaukee" na iya nufin "majalisa," ko da yake mafi yawan hukumomi suna la'akari da shi daga tushen Potawatomi kuma suna da ma'anar "ƙasa mai kyau". Wani bangare ɗaya shine cewa kalma ta fito ne daga haɗuwa da kalmomi guda biyu, "Mellioke," sunan tsohuwar kogin, da kuma "Mahn-a-waukke," wurin taro.
Bugu da ƙari, sunansa, birnin Milwaukee yana da mahimmanci bashi don biyan kuɗin kogi: wannan shine mai haɓaka don ƙirƙirar ƙauyuka na farko a nan. Bisa ga littafin nan "Gurbin Milwaukee," by John Gurda, ruwa yana da mahimmanci don gina birnin a wuri na yanzu, kuma cibiyar sadarwa na Milwaukee, Menominee, Root Rivers da Oak Creek sun sanya wuri mai kyau don tafiyar ruwa .
Masu tayar da fuka-fuki sun janyo hankulan su saboda yawan yankunan yankin, kuma saboda hanyar shiga cikin teku da suka hada da koguna uku da suka shiga kusa da tashar. Daga bisani wannan tashar ta zama zane, bayan an inganta shi sosai tare da sabon tashar jiragen ruwa da kuma ruwan teku, da kuma lalata da kuma fadada tashar jiragen ruwa.
Aikin Milwaukee Yau
Har a wani lokaci, lafiyar Lafiya na Milwaukee ya yi mummunan ƙi. Rashin ciwo, daga aikin noma, na birni da kuma masana'antu, ya haifar da matsalolin matsalolin matsaloli da dama da aka canza a cikin gida, kuma kogin ya kasance mummunar siffar. Amma bit by bit, wannan yana canzawa. Yau, sha'awa a cikin kogin Milwaukee yana jin daɗin sake farfaɗowa, kuma kungiyoyi daban-daban sun shiga cikin karfi a cikin shekarun da suka gabata don wanke wannan tafkin ruwa . Sakamakon wadannan kokarin suna da ban sha'awa. Kusan shekaru goma da suka gabata, misali, kogi yana gudanawa da gaibi a cikin gari da kuma kusa da unguwannin, kamar yadda bankunan da ba su da kyau da bunkasa masana'antu suka kariya da yawa daga cikin ra'ayi. Amma tare da tsabtace kogin sun yi kokarin sake dawowa kogin - irin su Milwaukee RiverWalk - kuma waɗannan manufofi sun taimaka sosai wajen ƙawata abubuwan da suka faru a gaban wuraren da ba su da kyau.