Sussex Swimming Quarry edited by Michael R. Reilly updated03/17/2015 Now after 26 years of operation in 1916, a disastrous fire destroyed the wood piles, warehouses, kilns and the pump house. The business was dead, never to be revived. In 1918, the Kraemer family bought the now-rundown acreage, and the water filled quarry for a reported $5,000. In Sept. 1920, the… Read more »
Ghosts haunt ‘Dead Man’s Corners’ by: Village Historian Fred H. Keller Source: July 29, 2009, Living Sussex Sun Have you seen the ghosts at the intersection of Silver Spring Drive and Town Line Road? The story of the intersection’s interesting history starts with Thomas S. Redford, who at age 17 began walking to Wisconsin from New York in the spring… Read more »
Lisbon ponders water for Maple/K; Halquist $1 million lawsuit settlement could fund project Halquist Stone Co. and town officials might work together to install municipal water on the town’s southeast side. By KELLY SMITH Sussex Sun, Posted: Jan. 14, 2008 Halquist Stone Co. and town officials might work together to install municipal water on the town’s southeast side. One town… Read more »
Sussex YMCA By Kelly Smith Posted: May 20, 2014,Living Sussex Sun Sussex A 75,000-square-foot YMCA facility and a new, 45,000-square-foot civic center may be built on the existing municipal government campus on Main Street at an estimated cost of $14 million to village taxpayers, according to a tentative development partnership between the Village of Sussex and the YMCA of… Read more »
Sussex Estates remains friendly place in the `country’ – Built in the early 1960s, subdivision is still home to some early residents Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Sunday, June 15, 1997 Readability:10-12 grade level (Lexile: 1160L) Author: KRIS RADISH ; Special to the Journal Sentinel When Mardene and Norman Waldhauser bought their ranch home in the Sussex Estates subdivision in 1962,… Read more »
History on the demise of the mighty elm tree by Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex, Sun, Aug. 10, 2010 A pages past article in the July 28 Sussex Sun told of two cases of Dutch Elm disease being reported in Menomonee Falls during the month of July in 1960. “This brings the total to 20 in Waukesha County. American… Read more »
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 »
The Postal System in the Wisconsin Territory: Early Milwaukee County; Waukesha County and the Sussex-Lisbon Area by Mike Reilly, Editor, January 17, 2004, Revised 09/16/2007 also see Post Offices, Postmasters, Mail Carriers and Mail Delivery History for Sussex, Lisbon, Lake Five, Colgate, Templeton and Lannon, Waukesha County, Wisconsin and Postal Finder lists postmasters of other nearby communities While… Read more »
Land Patentees of Township 8 North, Range 19East of the 4th Principal Meridian “Town of Lisbon, Waukesha County,Wisconsin” Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 05/06/2014 ImageAccessionNamesDateDoc #StateMeridianTwp – RngAliquotsSec. #CountyWI2770__.311AINSWORTH, SILAS8/1/184615403WI4th PM – 1831 MN/WI008N – 019ESE¼NW¼30WaukeshaWI3140__.357AINSWORTH, SILAS3/1/185034146WI4th PM – 1831 MN/WI008N – 019EW½NW¼30WaukeshaWI2690__.203ANDREWS, JOHN9/10/184411255WI4th PM – 1831 MN/WI008N – 019ENW¼5WaukeshaWI2640__.143BACON, RALPH3/3/18438738WI4th PM – 1831 MN/WI008N – 019EE½SE¼5WaukeshaWI2770__.391BARROWS, WILLIS8/1/184615483WI4th PM – 1831 MN/WI008N – 019ENE¼NW¼4WaukeshaWI2630__.281BEARDSLEY, REUBEN3/3/18438372WI4th PM – 1831 MN/WI008N – 019EW½SE¼5WaukeshaWI2660__.430BLACK,… Read more »
SussexProhibition Club W. C. T. U. Transcribed by Michael R. Reilly Updated 04/01/2014 A temperance lecture will be given at the Town Hall, Sussex, onWednesday evening, Feb. 15th, under the direction of the W. C. T. U. WaukeshaFreeman, Thursday, February 9, 1888 [Note: TheWoman’s Christian Temperance Union (W. C. T. U.) was organized in 1874 by womenwho were concerned about… Read more »
