Category Archives: History

Hamilton High School – Sussex, Lisbon, Lannon, Menomonee Falls, Butler, and Pewaukee

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  Hamilton High School     The doors ofHamilton High School opened in 1962 to freshman and sophomores assigned to thisnew union high school. They had previously attended Pewaukee, Arrowhead,Germantown, Menomonee Falls, Brookfield, Wauwatosa and Waukesha high schools.Each consecutive year, a class was added until the first senior class graduatedin the spring of 1965. Its name is in honor of Alexander… Read more »

Hamilton School District

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Untitled Article by Fred H. Keller, Living Sussex Sun, Posted: Dec. 22, 2009 It was mandated in 1959 by the state and the county that there be a high school district in what became the Hamilton School District and it took three years of wrangling, lots of meetings and petitions to finally accomplish the opening of Hamilton High School in… Read more »

Templeton Middle School – Sussex, Lisbon, Lannon, Menomonee Falls, Butler, and Pewaukee

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  Templeton Middle School transcribed and edited by Michael R. Reilly last updated12/02/2010 Templeton Middle School opened for the first time in August 1969. A listing of the original TMS teachers for 1969-70 and the grades they taught. I have consolidated two different teacher listings showing teachers working in 1969, BUT the ones in bold red I have questions about…. Read more »

Index to Wisconsin Central Railroad (Soo Line) articles and photos

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Index to Wisconsin Central / Soo Railroad articles WisconsinCentral Railroad (the Soo Line ) click to read more about the Wisconsin Central. Wisconsin Central, Soo Line Come to Sussex-Lisbon, printed Sept 26, 2007. Far right: April 18, 2000 article “Soo Line Depot in 1950”. (Click on each image to open it in another window) Top row – 1st photo above… Read more »

Chargers Athletic Programs: Hamilton High School

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Press box planned for football stadium Source: Living Sussex Sun, June 23, 2009 People attending events at the Grove Athletic Stadium at Hamilton High School next season will soon notice a new facility on its north side behind the visitors’ bleachers: a 500-square-foot press box. The Sussex Lions Club has committed $55,000 to the project and the Hamilton Athletic Booster… Read more »

Railroad Depots – Restored: Museums, Restaurants, etc.

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      Wisconsin Railroad Depots – Restored: Museums, Restaurants, Etc. Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 03/24/2006 Central Wisconsin BlackEarth Depot and Museum – Black Earth DepotDays of Green County – All nine communities in Green County focus on theirindividual railroad history. Also taking place over the weekend were many modelrailroad, railroad collectible and artifact displays, railroad… Read more »

Pages from the Past – January 2015

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  Pages from the Past by Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, January 7, 2015 Pages from the Past: Jan. 7, 2015 Jan. 2, 2015 100 years ago — 1915 John S. Roesch, age 65 and the husband of the deceased Mary, died just before 1915 and was buried at the Lisbon Merton Cemetery. “Baer & Gringo,” who would… Read more »

Pages from the Past – March 2015

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  Pages from the Past by Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, Pages from the Past: March 4, 2015 Feb. 26, 2015 100 years ago – 1915 Fred Schuldt and son Walter left Colgate to visit North Dakota and visit son William Schuldt. William Smith of Lannon will shortly take up residence in Sussex, where he has purchased the… Read more »

About Pages From The Past Articles

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    “Pages from the Past” – About Posted: Sussex Sun,  by published Day/Week/Year By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian Compiled and transcribed by Michael R. Reilly The entries are by year of publication in the Sussex Sun /Living Sussex Sun newspapers then by month and date. Not all weekly “Pages from the Past” articles contain all of the following… Read more »

Pages from the Past – February 2015

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  Pages from the Past by Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, Pages from the Past: Feb. 4, 2015 Jan. 29, 2015 100 years ago – 1915 Waukesha Sheriff John Sleep received the Gold Star from the Waukesha County Municipal Court, presented by V. H. Tiecnor. Meanwhile, Charles Slawson of Pewaukee is the deputy register of deeds. The governor… Read more »