Grafton: Paramount Records and the Milwaukee River
Grafton sits on the Milwaukee River in Ozaukee County, about 20 miles north of downtown Milwaukee. Between 1917 and 1932, the Wisconsin Chair Company operated a records-pressing plant in Grafton that produced discs for Paramount Records. The label recorded and released some of the most important early blues and jazz artists in American history, including Charley Patton, Son House, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Ma Rainey. The Wisconsin Chair Company went bankrupt during the Depression and the masters were either lost or sold for scrap metal, leaving only the commercial pressings as a record of what was made.
Paramount Plaza along the Milwaukee River walkway honors this legacy with bronze plaques, statues of the artists, and information panels. The Paramount Records Walk of Fame runs through downtown Grafton. Annual events including the Paramount Music Festival keep the connection alive among blues scholars who travel to see the site.
Grafton's population is around 12,000. The village grew as a Milwaukee exurb after Interstate 43 extended north. The downtown along Wisconsin Avenue preserves a number of late 19th-century commercial buildings. The Milwaukee Interurban Trail, a rail-to-trail conversion, runs through the village on its way between Milwaukee and Port Washington.
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Grafton sits on the Milwaukee River in Ozaukee County, about 20 miles north of downtown Milwaukee. Between 1917 and 1932, the Wisconsin Chair Company operated a records-pressing plant in Grafton that produced discs for Paramount Records. The label recorded and released some of the most important early blues and jazz artists in American history, including Charley Patton, Son House, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Ma Rainey. The Wisconsin Chair Company went bankrupt during the Depression and the masters were either lost or sold for scrap metal, leaving only the commercial pressings as a record of what was made.
Paramount Plaza along the Milwaukee River walkway honors this legacy with bronze plaques, statues of the artists, and information panels. The Paramount Records Walk of Fame runs through downtown Grafton. Annual events including the Paramount Music Festival keep the connection alive among blues scholars who travel to see the site.
Grafton's population is around 12,000. The village grew as a Milwaukee exurb after Interstate 43 extended north. The downtown along Wisconsin Avenue preserves a number of late 19th-century commercial buildings. The Milwaukee Interurban Trail, a rail-to-trail conversion, runs through the village on its way between Milwaukee and Port Washington.
On Escortservice.com, Grafton coverage consists of escort website reviews and listings. Users should understand that the site's role is cataloging; no booking service, no vetting, no intermediary work is performed. Only visitors who are at least 21 may use the directory.
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