General / Grocery Store History Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 04/14/2014 Colgate area Once there were several businesses in Colgate, including general stores, a blacksmith, and a post office. From 1887 to1903 the post office was on the south side of County Line Road, and thereforewas in the Town of Lisbon. The Wisconsin Central Railroad… Read more »
The Lees family was a huge factor in the Sussex-Lisbon area from before World War I through the Korean War. At one time the expanded Lees family had a property imprint of more than 150 acres, including today’s Clarence Golner property on Hickory Drive off Silver Spring Road and the subdivisions that include Sunset or Hickory, Sumac and Butternut drives… Read more »
Sussex – Lisbon Area Business History Directory (Current & Recent) The Directory links below are to local area businesses, both current, or no longer in active operation. Many more businesses aren’t listed, but will be in the future. Whether your business is/was a traditional brick-and-mortar one, or you operate(d) from your home, SLAHS wants to document your business history. In… Read more »
Sussex – Lisbon Area Business History Directory (Current & Recent) The Directory links below are to local area businesses, both current, or no longer in active operation. Many more businesses aren’t listed, but will be in the future. Whether your business is/was a traditional brick-and-mortar one, or you operate(d) from your home, SLAHS wants to document your business history. In… Read more »
Retrospect: Butcher Jack Walter left his mark as Lannon founder, firefighter By FRED KELLER Posted: Mar. 12, 2008, Sussex Sun Back near the turn of the last century, stand-alone meat markets were common, and many remained viable through the 1950s and beyond. A 1923 Waukesha directory listed 39 meat markets, including Sussex’s Herman Kaderabek Meat Market, Templeton’s Charles A. Busse… Read more »
PDQ PDQ (southwest corner Silver Spring Rd. and Lake Five Rd.) looking south December 1, 2009
Gas / Filling Station & Garage Mechanics Clark Oil & Refining Corp. – Service Stations, N64 W23270 Main St., Sussex, 262-246-7185 Quarry Mart LLC, (Mobile) (262) 246-1999, N52 W23206 Lisbon Rd., Sussex, WI 53089 Quick Corners Sixty-Six now Mobile, W232 N6116 Waukesha Ave, Sussex, WI Jim Heck’s Citgo Svc,N63 W23661 Main St, Sussex, WI BP , N62 W23456 Silver… Read more »
Lake Five Mobil Lake Five Mobil (northwest corner Hwy 164 and County Line Q) looking northeast December 1, 2009
About a century ago, local farmers started taking their sweet peas to a new canning business on Milwaukee Avenue (today’s Silver Spring Road), the Waukesha Canning Co., which opened a pea vinery about 1908-12. The vinery station was just east of Sussex Creek in the valley adjacent to today’s BP Petro Pantry on a flat piece of land that is… Read more »
Templeton souvenir returns after 50 years by Fred H. Keller, Village Historian Posted: Apr. 14, 2009 1:04 p.m. Living Sussex Sun The Sussex-Lisbon Area Historical Society Museum recently received a historical artifact from Carol Bolin of Manchester, Ky. About two years ago she called me, the museum curator, after reading about our display of Kewpie products and accessories from the… Read more »
