Trowbridge School of Discovery and Technology
Trowbridge is one of the many schools in the Milwaukee Public School system in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They are the closest school to Lake Michigan in the MPS system. Having this amazing resource right in their back yard allows Trowbridge students to have a rigorous academic curriculum with a focus on ecological, Great Lakes, and freshwater studies.
Outdoor learning offers young learners opportunities to explore and learn. Environmental education can support literacy, math, science, and art.
Fredrick S. Perkins was born in December 1832 in Trenton Falls, New York. Four years later, in 1836, his father Origen Perkins moved the family to Burlington, Wisconsin, where they established the first residential home in township, as well as a log tavern and general store. At the age of twenty, Fredrick went to New York City and enrolled in the American Academy of Design, where he honed his skills as a talented artist.
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Current collection counts are based on inventories of prime collections (firearms, business machines, textiles, etc.), high number counts for individual catalogue series, and estimates for items catalogued in the Anthropology ledgers.
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They were largely drawn from the Mohican (or Mahican) people living in that area. During the American Revolution, the Stockbridge sides with the colonists. In the 1780s, the Stockbridge moved to New York to escape encroachment by White settlers in Massachusetts and live alongside the Oneida tribe.