by Steve Tesmer | Apr 21, 2012 | Historic People
Date in History: 1861-1933 Never was the Jefferson County Union a more vibrant and interesting paper than from 1918 to 1933 when Halbert Hoard held the editorial reins. Halbert was born in 1861, the eldest son of Agnes Bragg and William Dempster Hoard. He took over...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 21, 2012 | Historic People
Date in History: 1922 Widely considered to be the father of the Wisconsin dairy industry, William Dempster Hoard also played a prominent role in the early development of the School of Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. To honor his contribution, in...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 21, 2012 | Historic People
Date in History: 1877-1955 Born on the 4th of July 1877, in the same house on Clarence St. where he would live his whole life, Ernie Hausen was destined to become Fort Atkinson’s only world champion. Using the techniques he perfected while working as a butcher at...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 21, 2012 | Historic People
Date in History: 19th century In the years after the Civil War, an elderly widow moved to Fort Atkinson and taught Sunday school at the Congregational Church. This unassuming woman was Cordelia Harvey – better known by soldiers everywhere as an Angel of Mercy....
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 21, 2012 | Historic People
Date in History: c. 1863 – 1886 In 1863 Fort Atkinson resident Emily Frissell was notified that her husband Charles had died fighting to save the Union in America’s great Civil War. Thirty-one-year-old Emily was now alone – the sole support for her...
