Category Archives: History

Rural Free Delivery and area Postal Memories

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  The Postal System in the Wisconsin Territory: Early Milwaukee County; Waukesha County and the Sussex-Lisbon Area by Mike Reilly, Editor, January 17, 2004, Revised 09/16/2007 also see Post Offices, Postmasters, Mail Carriers and Mail Delivery History for Sussex, Lisbon, Lake Five, Colgate, Templeton and Lannon, Waukesha County, Wisconsin and Postal Finder lists postmasters of other nearby communities     While… Read more »

Area Postmasters by City

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  Postmaster Finder Postmasters by City Source: http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt002.cfm Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 03/03/2005 MERTON POST OFFICE WAUKESHA COUNTY, WISCONSIN Name Title Date Appointed William Odell Postmaster 09/13/1847 Henry Shears Postmaster 03/22/1849 Addison J. Dibell Postmaster 12/04/1849 Edward Hackett Postmaster 05/11/1853 James M. Gavett Postmaster 10/10/1857 Thomas Mayhew Postmaster 03/29/1861 Francis Vaughan Postmaster 09/28/1866 Eli Eastman… Read more »

Prohibition Club – W.C.T.U. Temperance

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Sussex Prohibition Club W. C. T. U. Transcribed by Michael R. Reilly Updated 05/01/2014 Two months before David Bonham’s ad appears for his “public house. or house of entertainment”, the people in Milwaukee form a Temperance Society: “At a meeting of the friends of the Temperance Reform Reform, held of the court-house, in Milwaukee, on Monday evening, January 9, 1837,… Read more »

The Early Days Gas Engine & Tractor Association

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Sussex Antique Power Association, Inc. formerly the The Early Day Gas Engine & Tractor Association The start of antique engine show Event that dates back to 1960s By Fred Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, Aug. 17, 2010 ]]>    PAST SHOWING – Allen Nettesheim operated an Eclipse Steam Engine being hooked up to a log sawing machine at the 2009 show. Village… Read more »

Scouting: Lannon

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Lannon Scouting compiled and edited by Michael R. Reilly, May 17, 2003 Updated 04/04/2014    The earliest Scouting activity in Lannon with documentation is Troop 25’s formation, though a Troop 10 was  to have started it all in Lannon. If a Troop 10 existed, it may have been formed prior to the creation of the Potawatomi Area Council (formed on… Read more »

Potawatomi Area Council: Pre-History, of Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts

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Potawatomi Area Council:Pre-History compiled and edited by Michael R. Reilly, May17, 2003 updated 05/19/2005 Early Waukesha County Boy Scout History    Note: This history isn’t an attempt to include all of Waukesha County’s manytroops and packs, nor those of the Potawatomi Area Council outside of Waukesha.It’s more of an attempt to show how scouting eventually evolved in theSussex-Lisbon area, thanks to… Read more »

Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts: Sussex-Lisbon Area

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Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts:  Sussex-Lisbon Area compiled and edited by Michael R. Reilly, May 17, 2003 updated 06/05/2014 Early Scouting activity in Waukesha county and Sussex-Lisbon area; see Scouting: Lannon for early scouting in Lannon and a brief early history of Boy Scouts. Potawatomi Area Council: Pre-History, Waukesha County Early Boy Scout History – History as early as March,… Read more »

Girl Scouts: Sussex – Lisbon and Lannon Areas

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 Girl Scouts and Brownies:  Sussex-Lisbon and Lannon Areas compiled and edited by Michael R. Reilly, May17, 2003 updated 12/27/2005 Early Sussex, Lisbon, Lannon Girl Scout History     Waukesha Girl Scouts playing Santa and distributing to thepoor children of Waukesha. Waukesha Freeman, Thursday, November 25, 1920,page 1.     The (Waukesha) Girl Scouts Troops No. 3 held a business meetingMonday evening at… Read more »

Sussex-Lisbon Jaycees, Inc.

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Sussex-Lisbon Jaycees, Inc. A Leadership Training Organization Membership Open to All Persons Age 18-36 The Sussex-Lisbon Jaycees were formed and chartered in 1965, and are affiliated with the United States Jaycees and the Wisconsin Jaycees. The purpose of the Jaycees is to provide personal growth through the conduct of community development projects, and the execution of fund-raisers to provide funds… Read more »

Lions Club / Lioness Club

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Sussex Lions Club & Lioness Club Start of the Sussex Lions Club In 1939, there was a need for a fraternal and civic‑minded club in the Sussex area with a bent toward including the business community. Earlier, this had been first fulfilled by the Ashlar Lodge, then the Sussex‑Templeton Advancement Association and the Sussex Fire Department, but these had found… Read more »