9/11 memorial, Lisbon incorporation top stories of year ByKelly Smith Posted: Living Sussex Sun, Dec. 27, 2011 11:16 a.m. 1The construction of the 9-11 memorial in the Town of Lisbon, built by volunteer trades and crafts workers throughout Southeastern Wisconsin and funded by scores of corporate and individual donations, was the top story in the Sussex Sun during 2011. Newly… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, January 5, 2011 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian Posted: Jan. 4, 2011 1:28 p.m. 100 years ago – Jan. 5, 1911 The 1911 Model T Ford is available at the Menomonee Falls J.B. Wittlin Motor Company for $780 for a touring car and $680 for a roadster. The cost of a… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, October 6, 2010 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian Posted: Oct. 5, 2010 100 years ago – Oct. 6, 1910 At the beginning of the year 1910, the chairman of the Town of Lisbon was Henry Rhineford, the first Lisbon chairman to be of German extraction. At the April election he was… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, September 3, 2010 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian Posted: Sept. 21, 2010 100 years ago – Sept. 22, 1910 A lighting storm and high winds destroyed several barns in Pewaukee and Lisbon. In a horrific death, William Busse Jr., just married three months, blew himself up with dynamite placed on the… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, June 2, 2010 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago – June 2, 1910 Lisbon, Sussex and Lannon residents are excited about the Waukesha Beach lake resort that opened on May 28. The manager of this south Pewaukee Lake carnival and resort is again Mr. T.M. Toll. 50 years ago… Read more »
March 3, 2010 – No Column printed March 10, 2010 – No Column printed March 17, 2010 100 years ago – 1910 At the Lake Shore Quarry north of Lannon, a boiler has been installed. Anticipating early spring plowing and cultivating the local farmers can get the Menomonee Falls-made (at I. B. Rowell Co.) “Little Teddy-Pivot Axil Riding Cultivator.”… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, May5, 2010 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian Posted: May 4, 2010 100 years ago – May 5, 1910 Our sister community, Menomonee Falls is having a big problem with speeding automobiles in the village. There is a group working to get speed laws in place. In other road news, “street sprinkling”… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, November 3, 2010 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian Posted: Nov. 2, 2010 100 years ago – Nov. 3, 1910 The recent construction of a crushing plant at the Wisconsin Stone Company is now the highest elevation in Lannon at 64-feet high. 50 years ago – Nov. 3, 1960 Fish frys can… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, January 6, 2010 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 Years Ago – 1910 Lannon resident N. I. Davis committed suicide in the forenoon of Jan. 6, is causing consternation in the Village. Born in the Lannon-area Davis farm, Aug. 19, 1856, he had a normal breakfast with the family, afterwards going… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, December 1, 2010 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian Posted: Nov. 30, 2010 100 years ago – Dec. 1, 1910 Frank Stirn, a general store proprietor in Colgate is the postmaster. 50 years ago – Dec. 1, 1960 Waukesha has begun a county wide health program that will begin June 1, 1961…. Read more »
