by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Events
Date in History: 1930’s In 1931, Fort Atkinson city engineer Elmore Klement made a survey of the Rock River as it traveled through the city with the idea of building a river wall to tidy up the messy shorelines. Happily his plan coincided with the depression-era...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Events
Date in History: 1830 to present The Hoard museum has over 150 quilts in its collection dating from 1830. Designs range from patchwork to Victorian crazy quilts to original appliques. The museum’s first quilt was donated in 1946. This quilt is a basket design with...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Events
Date in History: 9/26/1924 In 1921 a young Bavarian immigrant named Carl Ebner purchased the Spaeth brewery on South Water Street in Fort Atkinson. Since prohibition was then in force, Ebner changed the name to the Fort Atkinson Beverage Company and bided his time...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Events
Date in History: 1917-1919 The local temperance movement flexed its muscle in 1917 when Fort Atkinson voted to become a dry town, joining 40 other communities statewide. Eleven towns, including Jefferson, voted to keep the taverns open. “Jefferson saloonkeepers...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Events
Date in History: 1955 Fifty years ago, in 1955, the Salk vaccine for polio was given to school children for the very first time. Despite the vaccine, the disease still threatened young people throughout the nation. Fort Atkinson reported its first case of the season...
