Quarry / Quarries also see Lime Kilns Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 02/20/2014 Retrospect: Massive fire took out old Templeton quarry By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian Posted: Feb. 3, 2009, Living Sussex Sun Below banner headlines on its front page, the Friday, July 23, 1909, Menomonee Falls News reported a mighty fire in Templeton… Read more »
Sussex-Lisbon pioneers started first businesses by Fred H. Keller, Retrospect, Living Sussex Sun, Posted: April 24, 2012 The “1880 History of Waukesha County” lays out cryptically the embryonic businesses of historic Sussex and Lisbon. Lisbon was started in 1836 and Sussex had its start around 1842. Lisbon did not get to be an official political town until April 5, 1842,… Read more »
Mammoth Spring Canning Co. : Kewpie Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 05/15/2005 In 1920 the Kraemer family came to Sussexand built the Mammoth Spring Canning Company. John Kraemer, one of the leadersof the Kraemer family, helped found the Sussex Fire Department in 1922. This wassuch a successful endeavor of community cooperation that Kraemer led a… Read more »
Lime Kilns Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 05/26/2010 Lime Kilns Were An Important Industry The lime kilns played an important role in the early history of the area. About 50 men were employed by the company, with pay ranging from 12 to 15 cents per hour. The lime kilns at Templeton were rather large structures as… Read more »
Retrospect: Charles Zimmermann held the reins at Sussex Lumber for 42 years Posted: April 2, 2008 By FRED KELLER Sussex Village Historian Sussex Lumber went by many names between its beginnings in 1886 as Sherry Lumber Co. and its demolition on Sept. 13, 2004. The owner of the land that the lumberyard was built on was William Graeves, who… Read more »
Sawall to break ground in 2013 on Mammoth Springs complex No one sure how to move the Bug Line trail By Kelly Smith Posted: Dec. 24, 2012, Living Sussex Sun Developer Art Sawall presented architectural plans at the Dec. 20, 2012 Plan Commission meeting for his commercial-residential development Mammoth Springs. He plans to break ground in spring on the apartments…. Read more »
Medical History Doctor / Physician Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 04/11/2006 When the first settlers arrived in what wasto become the town of Lisbon area in 1837, the closest medical doctor wasprobably in the small village of Milwaukee, a good day’s journey, if you werehealthy. The settlers had to rely on what down home… Read more »
The Plaindealer compiled by Michael R. Reilly Updated 01/13/2006 Business Notice The undersigned having purchased the press,type and material lately used in publishing the “Waukesha CountyDemocrat”, and made extensive additions to the office, both in news and jobtype, would respectfully solicit for the PLAINDEALER, the former generouspatronage of the “Democrat” office. The Plaindealer, Tuesday,August 8, 1865
Hop Growing History in Lisbon, Waukesha County, and Wisconsin Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 07/07/2014 Note: Additional non-Wisconsin material supplemented to provide insight into hop growing industry. Why would James Weaver have brought hop plant roots to Lisbon in 1837? The first brewery in the area wasn’t started until 1840 in Milwaukee (see below). Which means… Read more »
RETURN OF MATERIAL TO THE ROOT OF THE HOP Last Revised 01/30/2015 In the old-fashioned way of growing hops, the bine or vine, which renews itself from the permanent root every year, is trained up one or more wooden poles from 10 to 15 feet high, and when the hops are ready for picking the bine is cut near the… Read more »
