Lisbon – Why Did They Name it That? Written by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 09/07/2010 Byact of the Territorial Legislature, approved January 2, 1838, the land includedin the present towns of Lisbon, Pewaukee, Brookfield and Menomonee, was erectedinto the Town of Lisbon [1838 – the Town of Lisbon is formed within the Milwaukee CountyTerritory along with… Read more »
The Underground Secret Fortress, Wisconsin From: Black Belt TheatreOn Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 7:34 AM, <noreply@bandcamp.com>To:Mike Reilly Today at 12:18 PMHi Mike,It’s our drummer’s basement. Steve Adams,of Sussex, Member of Black Belt Theatre, drummer, http://www.blackbelttheatre.com, https://www.facebook.com/blackbelttheatre, Former member of TVT recording artists Bender: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bender_(band) and https://www.facebook.com/bendermusic . Uses home recording studio known as:”The Underground Secret Fortress”.
The Community of Monches Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 03/03/2005 Monches in 1920 The Founding of Monches, Waukesha County, Wisconsin extracted from historical publications by DonaldJ. Schulteis Back in 1843 two four acre plots of land were donated to theMilwaukee Diocese. These were contiguous acres four (Section 34) were located inWashington County and four (Section… Read more »
North of the Bark the story of Our Farm – the North End of the Village of Merton by Ruth Schmidt, copyright 1987 Scanning of book pages and layout – grandson Michael R. Reilly, April 30, 2013 Title page Includes detailed history of “downtown” village of Merton. Click on each thumbnail to read book contents 1-2 contents3 -p1… Read more »
Merton Township Historical Documents Compiled by Brandon C. Brooks Last Revised 04/28/2013
The Community of Merton- Town and Village see also Lake Keesus of Merton Township and Merton Township Historical Documents Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 04/28/2013 Main St. in Merton circa 1900 Main St. further north by the present day Bug Line The Township of Merton,established in 1839 originally as the Town of Warren. The Village of… Read more »
Lake Keesus of MertonTownship Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 04/28/2013 Hotel Keesus, Lake Keesus, Wis. Card 946 by Jos. F. Seidl of Hartford, Wis. Card is postmarked Merton, Wisconsin Aug 12, 1919 and sent to Mr. Howard Palmer c/o/ Milwaukee Sanitarium, Wauwatosa, Wis. from Hap. Hotel Keesus Dining Room c. 1922 C. 1910 Neumueller’s Cottages, Lake… Read more »
MertonTownship Historical Documents Compiled by Brandon C. Brooks Last Revised 04/28/2013
MertonTownship Historical Documents Compiled by Brandon C. Brooks Last Revised 04/28/2013
A game of base ball between the Experts, of Hartland, and Greenhorns, of Merton, in which the former had nine innings and the latter eight, the score was, respectively, 26 and 43. Ignorance was bliss in this instance, sure. source: Waukesha Freeman June 1, 1882, page 1 of 8. The Merton and Sussex baseball teams played here [Merton] on… Read more »
