by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Events
Date in History: 1895 to 1967 Most of us think of margarine as yellow, but actually that’s a fairly recent development. In 1895 the Wisconsin Legislative passed a law declaring that oleo, or margarine, purchased in Wisconsin was not allowed to have yellow coloring...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Events
Date in History: January 1906 In January of 1906, a spectacular nighttime fire completely destroyed the Northwestern Manufacturing Company in Fort Atkinson, which had been making furniture, wagons and buggies since 1866. Overnight, Fort’s largest industry was wiped...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Events
Date in History: 1885 Quilts have warmed many a winter night and provided an heirloom for generations. In 1885, when the ladies of the Methodist Church in Fort Atkinson created a red and white basket quilt, their purpose was to raise money for the church’s building...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Events
Date in History: 1940s In 1948, when news reached ordinary Americans about the personal hardships that the French continued to suffer in the wake of World War II, American citizens acted, delivery 700 railroad cars of supplies to the people of France. A year later,...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Events
Date in History: N/A Everyone probably knows, or has heard of, someone who married themselves right into an unusual name. For instance, in 1919 a young woman named Golden Ward married Fort Atkinson dentist, Dr. Orie Gates and wound up with the bridge-like name of...
