ing ▁town ▁across ▁the ▁river ▁on ▁the ▁east ▁- ▁June aut own . ▁A ▁third ▁compet ing ▁settlement , ▁Walker ' s ▁Point , ▁lay ▁south ▁across ▁the ▁Men om one e ▁River . ▁It ▁wasn ' t ▁until ▁ 1 8 4 6 ▁that ▁the ▁three ▁compet ing ▁settlement s ▁formed ▁the ▁un ited ▁city . ▁ ▁Early ▁sett lers ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 3 0 s ▁were ▁mostly ▁Yan ke es ▁from ▁New ▁England , ▁with ▁some ▁British , ▁German , ▁Irish , ▁Norweg ians , ▁and ▁Sol omon ▁June au ' s ▁black ▁cook , ▁Joe ▁Oliver . ▁The ▁first ▁buildings ▁were ▁sh ant ies ▁and ▁log ▁cab ins , ▁then ▁frame ▁buildings : ▁ ▁houses , ▁stores , ▁ta ver ns , ▁saw m ills ▁and ▁sh ops . ▁Two ▁cre am ▁brick ▁houses ▁were ▁built ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 6 , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 0 ▁a ▁ 3 - story ▁brick ▁store ▁at ▁the ▁corner ▁of ▁Third ▁and ▁June au ▁which ▁no ▁longer ▁exists . ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 0 ▁a ▁bridge ▁was ▁built ▁to ▁link ▁June aut own ▁and ▁Kil bour nt own ▁at ▁June au ▁Avenue . ▁In ▁that ▁year ▁the ▁combined ▁population ▁of ▁the ▁three ▁settlement s ▁was ▁ 1 , 6 9 2 . ▁ ▁Kil bour nt own ' s ▁first ▁cluster ▁of ▁business es ▁was ▁at ▁the ▁corner ▁West ▁June au ▁and ▁Old ▁World ▁ 3 rd ▁Street . ▁Third ▁Street ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁Green ▁Bay