Editing Watertown, Wisconsin (section)

===19th century growth===
In 1853, a [[Milwaukee-Watertown Plank Road|plank road]] was completed from Milwaukee to Watertown.<ref>Watertown Historical Society. [http://www.watertownhistory.org/HistoryTimeline.htm Watertown Wisconsin History Timeline]. Retrieved April 22, 2014.</ref> After plank roads were no longer used, the route was replaced by highway ([[Wisconsin Highway 16]]) and a railroad. A street named "Watertown Plank Road" survives in Milwaukee. It is referred to in the "Plank Road Brewery" family of beers, produced by [[Miller Brewing Company]] in Milwaukee.
[[File:Fischers Building and Lower Watertown Dam.jpg|thumb|right|The downstream of Watertown's two dams, with a portion of downtown in the background]]
[[File:Octagon House.JPG|thumb|right|[[Octagon House (Watertown, Wisconsin)|Watertown's Octagon House]]]]
There was an influx of [[Germans|German]] immigrants in the late 19th century. The city is the home of the [[First Kindergarten|first kindergarten]] in the United States, started in 1856 by [[Margarethe Schurz]], wife of statesman [[Carl Schurz]]; the building that housed this kindergarten is now located on the grounds of the [[Octagon House (Watertown, Wisconsin)|Octagon House Museum]] in Watertown.