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 »
The photo for this Retrospect feature was taken of the entrance of the Allen Lumber Company in Templeton 99 years ago. The location is the eastern part of the future incorporated Village of Sussex (1924). The storage building for products in the foreground has the remnants of a Wisconsin State Fair sign showing fair dates for that year, 1911, of… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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. 1908: Southwestview from present day Associated Bank. Above, a view looking east. Slightly different pictures
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
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 Mertons Firemens Park. The public is invited to… Read more »
Lutz had ‘Major League’ moment Posted: Nov. 3, 2009 Many area baseball fans know just what kind of an impact player he was in Wisconsin, playing on the diamond for the Lannon Stonemen and Milwaukee Wolf’s Cleaners amateur baseball teams. But not as many are aware that John Lutz had a brief movie career, too. Lutz played shortstop for the… Read more »
