Index to Wisconsin Central / Soo Railroad articles WisconsinCentral Railroad (the Soo Line ) click to read more about the Wisconsin Central. Wisconsin Central, Soo Line Come to Sussex-Lisbon, printed Sept 26, 2007. Far right: April 18, 2000 article “Soo Line Depot in 1950”. (Click on each image to open it in another window) Top row – 1st photo above… Read more »
Press box planned for football stadium Source: Living Sussex Sun, June 23, 2009 People attending events at the Grove Athletic Stadium at Hamilton High School next season will soon notice a new facility on its north side behind the visitors’ bleachers: a 500-square-foot press box. The Sussex Lions Club has committed $55,000 to the project and the Hamilton Athletic Booster… Read more »
The Chicago & North Western Bugline (Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad) Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 09/18/2007 Railroad workers living in the 1910 Sussex – Lisbon Area (unfortunately therailway they worked for isn’t listed, except for some of the Chicago & NorthWestern employees working to build the new railroad). Source 1910 Federal Census… Read more »
Wisconsin Railroad Depots – Restored: Museums, Restaurants, Etc. Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 03/24/2006 Central Wisconsin BlackEarth Depot and Museum – Black Earth DepotDays of Green County – All nine communities in Green County focus on theirindividual railroad history. Also taking place over the weekend were many modelrailroad, railroad collectible and artifact displays, railroad… Read more »
Pages from the Past by Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, January 7, 2015 Pages from the Past: Jan. 7, 2015 Jan. 2, 2015 100 years ago 1915 John S. Roesch, age 65 and the husband of the deceased Mary, died just before 1915 and was buried at the Lisbon Merton Cemetery. “Baer & Gringo,” who would… Read more »
“Pages from the Past” – About Posted: Sussex Sun, by published Day/Week/Year By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian Compiled and transcribed by Michael R. Reilly The entries are by year of publication in the Sussex Sun /Living Sussex Sun newspapers then by month and date. Not all weekly “Pages from the Past” articles contain all of the following… Read more »
Why is it called the Bugline Trail? Area historian Fred Keller helps share story of historic path By LAURA DRITLEIN Living Sussex Sun, Posted: Jan. 5, 2010 “This is just like a bug following a grapevine,” exclaimed a woman who had the delight of being one of the early passengers to take a special excursion train carrying 300 passengers to… Read more »
Pages from the Past by Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, Pages from the Past: March 4, 2015 Feb. 26, 2015 100 years ago 1915 Fred Schuldt and son Walter left Colgate to visit North Dakota and visit son William Schuldt. William Smith of Lannon will shortly take up residence in Sussex, where he has purchased the… Read more »
Pages from the Past by Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, Pages from the Past: Feb. 4, 2015 Jan. 29, 2015 100 years ago 1915 Waukesha Sheriff John Sleep received the Gold Star from the Waukesha County Municipal Court, presented by V. H. Tiecnor. Meanwhile, Charles Slawson of Pewaukee is the deputy register of deeds. The governor… Read more »
Posted: March 11, 2014 1914 100 years ago There is a huge ad in the local papers that caters to the ladies which reads, “Sick women made hall and hardy by Lydia E. Pinkman’s Vegetable Compound.” (I hear it had a base of alcohol in it.) C.G. Baer of Sussex is buying potatoes in car load lots. There is… Read more »
