by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Places
Date in History: 20th Century Hospital service in Fort Atkinson began in 1903 when Dr. Frank Brewer set up some surgical facilities and a few beds above a barbershop on South Main Street. Shortly thereafter, he added a wing on to his own house and ran the “Fort...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Places
Date in History: 1931 – 1940 On December 15th, 1931, an unusual hotel opened its doors in Fort Atkinson to accommodate the increasing tourist traffic coming to town. These “box-car tourists,” as they were called, were not your usual visitors with...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Places
Date in History: 1956 The house that began the Hoard Historical Museum was a generous gift given to the city of Fort Atkinson. Built in 1864, the stately and solidly built cream brick home at the end of Merchants Avenue was purchased in 1909 by Frank & Luella...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Places
Date in History: 1930s In 1933 the Fort Atkinson chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, or DAR, met in the home of Luella Hoard to start thinking about the city’s upcoming centennial celebration. They decided to begin collecting historic artifacts and...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Places
The citizens of Helenville Wisconsin, an unincorporated community eight miles east of Jefferson, should be grateful to an early settler for the care he took in naming their town. Ortgies Bullwinkel came to the area in 1848, and like many early settlers, he soon had...
