Category Archives: Locations

Aero Park Airfield / Airport: Civil Air Patrol and Gliding School

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    Aero Park Airfield / Airport Home to Civil Air Patrol and a Glider School Lady Lisa Michalak HAPPY BIRTHDAY……..plus I used to live at Aero park, my Great-Grandma owned it. And I lived there while my dad ran it. I have lots of stories…. Cap’n Mike Reilly Aero Park Airfield, closed Dec 2004, was located near Lannon &… Read more »

Sussex Early Flyers, Airplanes, Airfield

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    Retrospect: Daring young flyers built their own airfields in Sussex by Fred H. Keller, Sussex Village Historian Sussex Sun, Posted: Oct. 8, 2008 The Wright bros. introduced the world to airplanes. Waukesha County entered the airplane age with its own airfields and aviators, as recounted in “The History of Aviation in Waukesha County.” The Wright brothers and World… Read more »

Sussex Local History

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From logos to ice cream social, Sussex plans to mark its 75 years – Organizers prepare events to add to celebration of village’s anniversary Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Thursday, February 4, 1999 Readability:11-12 grade level (Lexile: 1270L) Author: CINDY CREBBIN, Special to the Journal Sentinel An ice cream social with a historical theme and a special float in the annual… Read more »

Township 8 North, Range 19 East of 4th Principal Meridian (Town ofLisbon) – Survey

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Original Survey of Lisbon Township    The Survey of Township 8North, Range 19 East of the 4th Principal Meridian Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 03/03/2005 General Survey History     The US General Land Office (GLO) was a partof the Federal government. Its main responsibility was to survey land in thecentral and western United States so that the land… Read more »

Sussex Main St. East

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  The Sussex Methodist Episcopal Church is on theimmediate left, scene looking west toward the intersection below. Source: Recollections from the Past: Sussex, Wisconsin,Presented by Farmers & Merchants Bank, August 4, 1972 Circa 1912 intersection of Main St. and SilverSpring Drive (angling in from right side); the ME Church above would down on theright of Main St. (left side) looking… Read more »

Sussex Main St. 1908a

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  Sussex Main St. 1908: Southwestview from present day Associated Bank. Above, a view looking east.   Slightly different pictures  

Sussex Main St. 1908b

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  Sussex Main St. 1908: Southeastview from just west of present day Pauline Haass Library. and a variation of the same scene but an earlier date: Another view below of the top photo from a different angle about 1908. Noticetelephone poles. Source: Recollections from the Past: Sussex, Wisconsin,Presented by Farmers & Merchants Bank, August 4, 1972  

Martin C. Weber, Father of Land O’ Lakes Baseball

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Merton News Living Lake Country Reporter, Posted: Sept. 18, 2008 LOL memorial Through the efforts of theLand O’ Lakes Old Timers Association and the Weber family, a new memorial in memory of Martin C. Weber Sr. and Martin C. Weber Jr. has been erected at the entrance to the hardball field at Merton’s Firemen’s Park. The public is invited to… Read more »

Barney Joecks – Lannon Groundskeeper, Scorekeeper

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Lannon Contributor Barney Joecks from the collection of Sussex Village Historian Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, Dec. 27, 2011 Barney Joecks a volunteer groundskeeper is an honored man in the Village of Lannon. He died at age 50 in 1962 and 2012 will mark the 50th anniversary of his death and also the anniversary of the village and… Read more »