Lannon History (in chronologicalorder) After Incorporation 1930 – 1959 Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 05/02/2005 Village of Lannon History Pre-Incorporation > After Incorporation 1930-1959 > Lannon History 1960-1989 > The 1990’s to the Present – this issue updated 05/02/2005 1930/2/14: MFN – Lannon Village ElectsOfficers: Electors Choose First Set at Special Election -WaukeshaCounty’s youngest village… Read more »
Lannon History Index The Village Hall is located at Main Street and Lannon Rd. ,and is generally open Monday through Friday. The elected Village Boardconsists of an elected President, and six Trustees. The Village Board meeting isthe second Monday of each month @ 7:00 P.M. The Planning Commission meetsthe third Tuesday of each month @ 7:00 P.M. The Village… Read more »
Incorporation Census The following is a listing of individuals living within the area to be incorporated as the Village of Lannon; for some reason, many of the Lots platted in 1914 weren’t included in the census, plus other Lots were business/church/non-residential locations only. “Nicknames”for some residents were added by Editor 10/31/00 with many of them provided by Donald Miller… Read more »
Little Old Lake Five through old photos by Fred H. Keller Living Sussex Sun, Posted: Oct. 20, 2009 11:50 a.m. This “Little Old Lake Five” series of Retrospect will be illustrated with postcards from about 100 years ago, plus a 60- and a 30-year-old set of pictures. Lake Five is on the border of the Town of Lisbon in Waukesha… Read more »
Lannon, Menomonee Falls agree to combine fire departments By Ty Schmidt Posted: May 23, 2014, Living Sussex Sun Menomonee Falls After almost two years of discussion, officials from the villages of Menomonee Falls and Lannon have reached an agreement that will consolidate their fire departments starting in 2015. The Menomonee Falls Village Board on Monday, May 19, approved the… Read more »
From quarries to quarrels by Fred H. Keller Originally published in the Sussex Sun, Tues., Sept. 10, 1996 These are trying times for Lannon, a village that is two-thirds of a century old (started in 1930). The long-delayed municipal sewer system is being installed, and the village is trying to save money by simultaneously putting water mains in the broken-up… Read more »
This Old House by Linda Schafer, 1985 Reprinted with permission of the author Except for four months of his life, my grandfather , Willard E. Schafer, had lived all of his 78 years in the same house. That beautiful old houseis the subject of this paper which I would like to dedicate to my grandfatherbecause of his long… Read more »
Christmas Christmases Past by Kim Cole and Emmie Mayer (Stories of Madeline T. Lembke) (This is one of a series of local histories complied andwritten by Arrowhead High School students under the direct of their teacherDavid Waltry. The Backroads series is the title of three books publishedby the students over between 1986 – 1989. Their project received an award fromthe… Read more »
First Town of Lisbon Settler – ThomasSpencer Redford or ? Written and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 05/28/2013 To Thomas S. Redford, probably, belongs thedistinction of having been the first one to drive his stake in this town.When he first came here, he accompanied the surveying party of Hudson (?),Garret Vliet and John Brink, who surveyed… Read more »
The Community of Duplainville Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 03/03/2005 Note: Duplainville is part ofthe Town of Pewaukee to the south but is an integral part of the Sussex-Lisbon area history and influence. (Note: see Duplainvillehome page on the internet) Pewaukee Area Historical Society Web Site Duplainville, Wisconsin, anunincorporated community within the… Read more »
