Morris and his brother Alonzo, arrived in Waukesha on 7 May 1834 to find good land to claim homesteads. They stayed until fall, improving the land with small shanties and cultavating potatoes and buckwheat. They wintered back home in Indiana and returned to Waukesha in the spring, where Morris remained until his death-making him the first permanent white settler. He owned a large part of Waukesha, from East Ave, to West Ave, and Wisconsin Ave, to College Ave, and became relatively wealthy through land sales. Cutler maintained a few acres around his homestead as a privated park. In 1845, on the occasion of his marriage to Ruth Head, he built a Greek Revival two story home. After his death, an heir sold his homestead to the City.This land is now Cutler Park. The home was relocated to 401 Central Ave, where is remains today.
Morris and his brother Alonzo, arrived in Waukesha on 7 May 1834 to find good land to claim homesteads. They stayed until fall, improving the land with small shanties and cultavating potatoes and buckwheat. They wintered back home in Indiana and returned to Waukesha in the spring, where Morris remained until his death-making him the first permanent white settler. He owned a large part of Waukesha, from East Ave, to West Ave, and Wisconsin Ave, to College Ave, and became relatively wealthy through land sales. Cutler maintained a few acres around his homestead as a privated park. In 1845, on the occasion of his marriage to Ruth Head, he built a Greek Revival two story home. After his death, an heir sold his homestead to the City.This land is now Cutler Park. The home was relocated to 401 Central Ave, where is remains today.
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