Lannon History (in chronologicalorder) After Incorporation 1930 – 1959 Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 05/02/2005 Village of Lannon History Pre-Incorporation > After Incorporation 1930-1959 > Lannon History 1960-1989 > The 1990’s to the Present – this issue updated 05/02/2005 1930/2/14: MFN – Lannon Village ElectsOfficers: Electors Choose First Set at Special Election -WaukeshaCounty’s youngest village… Read more »
Lannon History (in chronological order) 1960 – 1989 Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 03/03/2005 this issue updated 03/03/2005 1960: October or November – a big addition went up, and Erv Miller’s Suburban Market openswith groceries and a self-serve meat department. Two more additions were addedto the “warehouse” (?), more walk-in coolers, a walk-in freezer, andanother door for deliveries…. Read more »
Lannon, Menomonee Falls agree to combine fire departments By Ty Schmidt Posted: May 23, 2014, Living Sussex Sun Menomonee Falls After almost two years of discussion, officials from the villages of Menomonee Falls and Lannon have reached an agreement that will consolidate their fire departments starting in 2015. The Menomonee Falls Village Board on Monday, May 19, approved the… Read more »
Little Old Lake Five through old photos by Fred H. Keller Living Sussex Sun, Posted: Oct. 20, 2009 11:50 a.m. This “Little Old Lake Five” series of Retrospect will be illustrated with postcards from about 100 years ago, plus a 60- and a 30-year-old set of pictures. Lake Five is on the border of the Town of Lisbon in Waukesha… Read more »
From quarries to quarrels by Fred H. Keller Originally published in the Sussex Sun, Tues., Sept. 10, 1996 These are trying times for Lannon, a village that is two-thirds of a century old (started in 1930). The long-delayed municipal sewer system is being installed, and the village is trying to save money by simultaneously putting water mains in the broken-up… Read more »
This Old House by Linda Schafer, 1985 Reprinted with permission of the author Except for four months of his life, my grandfather , Willard E. Schafer, had lived all of his 78 years in the same house. That beautiful old houseis the subject of this paper which I would like to dedicate to my grandfatherbecause of his long… Read more »
First Town of Lisbon Settler – ThomasSpencer Redford or ? Written and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 05/28/2013 To Thomas S. Redford, probably, belongs thedistinction of having been the first one to drive his stake in this town.When he first came here, he accompanied the surveying party of Hudson (?),Garret Vliet and John Brink, who surveyed… Read more »
Sussex-Lisbon Area’s Pre-History (For further reading click The Story Of Wisconsin, 1634-1848) Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 10/07/2011 The Sussex-Lisbon area was once part of New France, which was the western 2/3’s of North America claimed by France in 1671, and then the Northwest Territory in 1783 (but wasn’t yielded by British troops until 1815). The… Read more »
The Community of Duplainville Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 03/03/2005 Note: Duplainville is part ofthe Town of Pewaukee to the south but is an integral part of the Sussex-Lisbon area history and influence. (Note: see Duplainvillehome page on the internet) Pewaukee Area Historical Society Web Site Duplainville, Wisconsin, anunincorporated community within the… Read more »
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 »
