by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Events
Date in History: 1970 The distinctive orange sculpture located by the entrance to the Fireside Dinner Theater in Fort Atkinson was unveiled in the summer of 1970. Designed by Fort Atkinson art teacher Bob Hase and built by Ferdinand Kutz, the unusual sculpture is...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Events
Date in History: 1964 Every year, hundreds of buses arrive in Fort Atkinson, making it the number one bus tour destination in all of Wisconsin. They all come here because of a dream that began in 1964. The Fireside Dinner Theatre was started by Dick and Betty Klopcic...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Events
Date in History: 12/17/1923 Though firemen with the Fort Atkinson Fire Department have sometimes incurred serious injuries on the job, the only fatalities in the history of the Department occurred on December 17, 1923. Responding to a call, the Fort firefighters were...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Events
Date in History: 1929 At noontime on Nov. 7th, 1929, a white Cadillac pulled up in front of the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Jefferson. Three men with machine guns boldly ran into the bank without disguise, ordered everyone on the floor and robbed the bank in broad...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Events
Date in History: 1880s In the fall of 1884, students at Fort Atkinson High School began a debating society, taking on some of the pressing social issues of the day. At their very first meeting in October they wasted no time, taking on the proposition that...
