Category Archives: Colgate

Post Office / Postmaster / Mail Delivery History – Sussex, Lisbon,Colgate, Lake Five, Lannon

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  Post Offices, Postmasters, Mail Carriers and Mail DeliveryHistory for Sussex, Lisbon, Lake Five, Colgate, Templeton, and Lannon, Waukesha County,Wisconsin by Mike Reilly, Editor, January 8, 2004,Revised 09/16/2007 also see The Postal System in the Wisconsin Territory: Early Milwaukee County; Waukesha County and the Sussex-Lisbon Area 1911 – Unknown Men, possibly railroad employees Backside of above postcard Lisbon Post Office… Read more »

Colgate: Local History

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Retrospect A Colgate baseball team? This postcard photo is thought to be of a Colgate, Wis. baseball team. The uniform jerseys are circa-1910 or earlier (Note: Major league baseball teams were phasing out the collar type about that time.), Also, picture postcards like this were popular in the early 1900’s. Click on photo to see full size. Any information about… Read more »

Colgate’s Hotel and Taverns / Saloons

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  Colgate Hotels & Saloons The book Richfield Remembers The Past identifies Colgate was established in 1886. Initially the community had the usual compliment of businesses: small hotel, general store, four saloons, a tin shop, a blacksmith shop, a cheese factory, with a church and school nearby. The cheese factory went out of business in 1914. In 1916 the community… Read more »