Banking Service History Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 05/16/2005 The first bank was started in Sussex in 1911. CalledSussex State Bank, it was operated by J. W. Cannon. It was closed in 1933 duringthe Bank Holiday due to the weakened condition caused by the GreatDepression. In May, 1939, upon recommendation of the Federal DepositInsurance… Read more »
Ephraim Boots, Sussex Brewery by Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, May 15, 2012 There is a very small, one-inch entry in “The 1880 History of Waukesha County” about Ephraim Boots. It reads, “E. Boots, proprietor of the Sussex Brewery, PO Sussex, is a native of Sussex Co. England. He was born Jan. 7, 1831. In 1850 he came… Read more »
HISTORIC HO-CHUNK TIMELINE 1620 — The first mention of Winnebago came to French through Huron and Ottawa middlemen, during the Frenchs attempt to expand the fur trade. 1634 — French explorer, Jean Nicolet landed at the shores of Red Banks. This is the first recorded date of a meeting between the “White man” and the Winnebago. The exact size… Read more »
Indians Were Here First! By Fred H. Keller Source: Sussex Sun, Tuesday, November, 30, 1976 Dan Tetzlaff owns a large set of Indian arrowheads that were found over a period of 50 years time on his farm land, which is just east of Sussex Heights subdivision and north of the North Western Railroad tracks. The majority of the Indian… Read more »
Village of Sussex Presidents & Trustees Special thanks to Roger Johnson for this listing 02/13/2011 Village Presidents Term Frank T Grogan 1924-1933 Chas A Busse 1934-1954 Roy F Stier 1955-1960, 1965-1968 John P Karner 1961-1964, 1969-1970 Harold Tobin 1971-1974 Paul Fleischmann 1975-1980, 1988-1992 John H Tews 1981-1987, 1993-1996 Patricia Bartlett 1997-2000 Michael M Knapp 2001-Present (2006) Village Trustees… Read more »
Humor in Sussex-Lisbon by Fred H. Keller, Historian Posted: Retrospect, Living Sussex Sun, Oct. 5, 2010 Maybe the word, humor, is the wrong word. Maybe it should be “something different,” or a whole bunch of other words such as, comedy, jesting, facetiousness, fun, banter, jolliness, amusing, diverting, droll, unusual, odd or even suspicious should be used for a series of… Read more »
Old Sussex Community Hall Built 1937 Editor addition [from Facebook post Oct 7, 2015]: Courier, Sept 28, 1937 – 9th and 10th Grade girls play indoor baseball at new Sussex Community Hall. — Girls’ basketball is over also, and although we didn’t win our two games, we had a great deal of fun and all of us learned the sport…. Read more »
I Want To Know What happened to plans for a Sussex Y? Posted: March 29, 2010,Lake Country Reporter Like many other plans conceived during brighter economic times, a proposal to build a YMCA in Sussex is now in a bit of a holding pattern. Officials from the Waukesha Family YMCA are still committed to building a Y in Sussex, said… Read more »
The incorporation of the Village of Sussex, 1924 Fred H. Keller | Retrospect Posted: Living Sussex Sun, March 6, 2012 Recently, Jason Nettesheim, a Scout leader for Sussex Boy Scout Troop 95, called me up and requested that I present a program on how Sussex became a village separating from the Town of Lisbon in 1924. The program would help… Read more »
