by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Places
Date in History: 1835 The most important archeological site in Wisconsin lies in Aztalan State Park, near Lake Mills. Archeologists think that about 1,000 year ago a group of Native peoples left their base village of Cahokia, now near East St. Louis, and came north,...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 21, 2012 | Historic People
Date in History: 1911-1973 Did you know that a Fort Atkinson man is in the Green Bay Packer Hall of Fame? Howard “Whitey” Woodin grew up on South Fourth Street and played on the dominant Fort Atkinson High School Football teams from 1911 to 1914. Woodin’s...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 21, 2012 | Historic People
Date in History: 1969 As NASA renews its space exploration, it’s a good time to recall a mission from its past. In the summer of 1969, the Apollo 11 mission sent into space the first men to walk on the moon. Fort Atkinson was represented at the spaceship’s splashdown...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 21, 2012 | Historic People
Date in History: Early 20th century In 1927 when the Mayor of Fort Atkinson – the Honorable Dr. William Weld – died in office, he was best known, not for his politics, but for a remedy. William Weld was born in New York, but grew up in Fort Atkinson after...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 21, 2012 | Historic People
Date in History: 1917 – 1997 Howard Weiss was born on October 12, 1917 in Fort Atkinson. He went on to be one of Fort Atkinson’s all time football greats. It all began in 1934 when Weiss – handling the running, kicking and sometimes even the passing duties...
