Editing West Allis, Wisconsin (section)

==History==
The name West Allis derives from [[Edward P. Allis (businessman)|Edward P. Allis]],<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA138|year=1908|page=138}}</ref> whose Edward P. Allis Company was a large Milwaukee-area manufacturing firm in the late 19th century. In 1901, the Allis company became [[Allis-Chalmers]]. In 1902, the company built a large new manufacturing plant west of its existing plant. The locale in which the new plant was constructed was at the time called North Greenfield; prior to the 1880s, the area had been called Honey Creek. With the building of the western Allis plant, the area was incorporated as the Village of West Allis, and it became the City of West Allis in 1906.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.westallishistory.org/ |title=West Allis History |access-date=2011-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721100717/http://www.westallishistory.org/ |archive-date=2013-07-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

With the presence of Allis-Chalmers, the largest manufacturer in the area, West Allis became the largest suburb of Milwaukee in the early 20th century.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gurda|first=John|title=The Making of Milwaukee|year=1999|publisher=Milwaukee County Historical Society|pages=185}}</ref> After that, West Allis grew quickly. Between 1910 and 1930, its population grew fivefold.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gurda|first=John|title=The Making of Milwaukee|year=1999|publisher=Milwaukee County Historical Society|pages=247}}</ref> After 1965, the Allis-Chalmers company's fortunes had turned. By 1985, Allis-Chalmers' global workforce had shrunk to 13,000 from its peak of 31,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/07/14/allis-chalmers-a-shell-of-its-former-self/ |title=Allis-Chalmers A Shell Of Its Former Self |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=8 September 2015}}</ref> Allis-Chalmers would then declare bankruptcy in 1987, closing their last Milwaukee office in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://emke.uwm.edu/entry/allis-chalmers-corporation/ |title=Allis-Chalmers Organization |website=Encyclopedia of Milwaukee | access-date=7 December 2021}}</ref>  Since then, West Allis has had some success attracting other employers, such as [[Quad Graphics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jsonline.com/business/29593024.html |title=West Allis backs Quad/Graphics Plan |website=Milwaukee Journal-Sentintel |access-date=8 September 2015}}</ref>