Pages From The Past by Fred H. Keller, as published in the Sussex Sun newspaper Transcribed by SLAHS volunteer Sarah Pichler, August 2011 Month of February February 1, 2006 100 years ago-1906 Wolves destroyed some sheep flocks in Waukesha County. The state and county set a wolf bounty of $45. 50 years ago-1956 William Meissner celebrated his 85th… Read more »
Pages From The Past Written by Fred H. Keller, Month of February 1995 Transcribed from Sussex Sun by Hanna Mahuta, March 1, 2010 Tuesday, Feb 7, 1995 pg 12 100 years ago this week Lisbon resident Mr. Ninmitz has been to Milwaukee to sell a quantity of homemade wine. Many Lisbon residents used the Wisconsin Central Railroad… Read more »
Fred H. Keller | Retrospect Village Historian Headlines from Sussex-Lisbon in 1900 Posted: Living Sussex Sun, Nov. 8, 2011 12:24 p.m. The year 1900 was lead by U.S. President William McKinley with Spanish-American War hero Theodore Roosevelt as the vice president. In 1900, Hawaii became part of the United States andEdward Scofield was the governor of Wisconsin. Locally, the population… Read more »
Retrospect: Sussex-Lisbon-Lannon, 30 years ago Photos from the collection of Sussex Village Historian Fred H. Keller by Fred H. Keller Living Sussex Sun, Posted: Jan. 19, 2010 12:00 p.m. What happened 30 years ago was a generation ago. The funny thing in Lisbon was that just before the year turned to 1979, the young punks got handy and rearranged the… Read more »
Pages From The Past Written by Fred H. Keller, Month of April 1995 Transcribed from Sussex Sun by Hanna Mahuta, March 4, 2010 Tuesday, April 4, 1995 pg 33 100 years ago this week Scott Emulsion was labled as a cure for consumption. The wasting can be eliminated and the lungs healed, the ad read. The Sussex… Read more »
Aero Park Airfield / Airport Home to Civil Air Patrol and a Glider School Lady Lisa Michalak HAPPY BIRTHDAY……..plus I used to live at Aero park, my Great-Grandma owned it. And I lived there while my dad ran it. I have lots of stories…. Cap’n Mike Reilly Aero Park Airfield, closed Dec 2004, was located near Lannon &… Read more »
Rumble of history heard in Wisconsin – Westerly road, the Yellowstone Trail, now seen as a route to draw tourists Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI) – Tuesday, September 3, 2002 Author: DON BEHM, Journal Sentinel staff One of the nation’s first cross-country auto roads, the Yellowstone Trail, is Wisconsin’s version of Route 66 and has as much potential to attract tourists… Read more »
Wisconsin State Road (Highway) 74 Compiled, transcribed, with notes added by Michael R. Reilly Updated 05/01/2005 Looking for history of Highway 74; pleasesend information to website Editor, see below. State trunk 74, between Merton and NorthLake, a distance of five miles, under contract by the Morris Martin company. A stretch of six miles (74?) from MenomoneeFalls… Read more »
The Asphalt Rebellion – Area residents fighting Highway 164 widening project are part of an increasingly vocal movement nationwide challenging road plans that threaten their way of life – For foes, plan isn’t progress, it’s destruction Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Tuesday, November 16, 1999 Author: LARRY SANDLER, Journal Sentinel staff Standing on the farm where he grew up, David Rankin… Read more »
Merton News Living Lake Country Reporter, Posted: Sept. 18, 2008 LOL memorial Through the efforts of theLand O Lakes Old Timers Association and the Weber family, a new memorial in memory of Martin C. Weber Sr. and Martin C. Weber Jr. has been erected at the entrance to the hardball field at Mertons Firemens Park. The public is invited to… Read more »
