Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, July 6, 2010 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago – July 6, 1910 A Standard Oil gasoline filling station was being built in Menomonee Falls. A local farm sold a 1,400-pound 3-year-old steer raised on the usual hay plus lots of beet pulp from the Menomonee Falls Sugar Beet… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, April 7, 2010 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian Posted: April 6, 2010 100 years ago – April 7, 1910 Exceptionally warm weather has allowed some enterprising Lisbon farmers to plant sugar beets this early in the spring season. 50 years ago – April 7, 1960 Oscar Grieb, Joe Weber and Paul… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, August 3, 2010 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian Posted: Aug. 3, 2010 100 years ago – Aug. 4, 1910 Frank Lenz died in late July in an industrial accident. He was run over by a road steam engine as he was taking gravel to the Bug Line train siding. He was… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, February 2, 2010 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago – 1910 Michael Ennis journeyed through the snow from Colgate to Menomonee Falls for business reasons. This past month, in Colgate Mr. and Mrs. John Melville lost a daughter, Marlou, at age 6. She had been sick for only a… Read more »
Pages from the Past Year in Review Top 10 of 2009 Posted: Living Sussex Sun, Dec. 29, 2009 12:22 p.m. In Sussex Sun territory, elections heated things up early in the year. Sussex also welcomed the addition of an upgraded public safety building that also serves Lisbon and Merton. And a few in Lisbon began a quest to upgrade… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, September 1, 2009 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago – 1909 The Wisconsin Central/Soo Line Railroad surveyed to get in spur lines to the Lannon quarries. The Menomonee Town Board met at Leimbach’s Hotel to discuss the Milwaukee Electric Railroad having an interurban passenger line for Lannon and… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Sussex Sun, January 7, 2009 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago 1909 Rev. C. W. Haywood married Eunice Davidson of Sussex to Frank Harris of Pewaukee in a major wedding just before the New Year at the Sussex Methodist Church. 50 years ago 1959 Gaylord Nelson was the states governor-elect…. Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, July 1, 2009 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago – 1909 Arthur and his sister Frances Flanagan from Lannon graduated Menomonee Falls High School. William Brown, 80, the last Lisbon pioneer of his family to come from England, died June 11. He came to the U.S. in… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, June 3, 2009 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian Pages from the Past June 3, 2009 100 years ago – 1909 L. E. Thompson, was killed near the Merton grain elevator while hunting gophers. His gun discharged, shooting him in the back of his head, while he was climbing over a… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, March 3, 2009 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago – 1909 Worker recruiters Wallen and Gumz “received 40 Italians this week.” The Lannon Berschem, Schroeder & Co. general store received a shipment of fine dress goods. John McCartan of Lake Five was in Menomonee Falls to sell honeybee… Read more »
