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This city’s founder had 17 children with his wife, Josette Vieau (“vee-OH”), and had followers point a cannon at Byron Kilbourn in an 1845 “Bridge War.” This non-Alaskan city was originally named Juneautown after Solomon Juneau, who developed it with Morgan L. Martin. Businessmen like Jacob Best and Herman Reutelschofer (“ROY-tull-sho-fur”) pioneered an industry in this city whose late-19th-century businesses included Cream City and Blatz. Many “forty-eighters” who settled in this city supported (-5[1])the candidacies of Emil Seidel and Victor L. Berger. An industry that flourished under the leadership of German-American immigrants to this city was led by Frederick Miller and Frederick Pabst. (10[1])For 10 points, what city known for its beer production is the largest city in Wisconsin? ■END■ (10[1])

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