by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Places
Date in History: c. 1900 With plans now afoot to redo historic Sherman Avenue in Fort Atkinson, an effort is being made to minimize the impact on this beautiful street. It’s not just a matter of saving trees but of preserving the historic setting for the impressive...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Places
Date in History: 1898 to 1967 In 1898, the Creamery Package Manufacturing Company of Chicago came to Fort Atkinson, buying our city’s thriving creamery equipment manufacturer, Cornish Curtis & Greene located on North Main Street. Over the next few years the...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Places
Date in History: N/A In Elba township in Dodge County there is a 150-year-old resting place named Okeeg Cemetery. According to local tradition the unusual name of “Okeeg ” was the Indian name of the nearby Crawfish River. This tale is supported by an old...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Places
Date in History: 1830s One of the founders of the village of Cold Spring was Abram Brink, who settled on Whitewater Creek in 1838 opposite a spring of pure cold water – so cold in fact as to entitle it to the name of Cold Spring. Brink was a one-man dynamo,...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Places
Date in History: 20th century In 1902 two local nurseries in Fort Atkinson combined to form the Coe, Converse & Edwards Company. Their main office was located on Rockwell Street in the building that now houses Dunsmoor Doors. The huge nursery had well over 220...
