by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Events
Date in History: 1836 In 1836, when a new county split off from Milwaukee County it proudly took the name of the nation’s third president, Thomas Jefferson. The county consisted of 526 square miles and was sectioned off into sixteen townships. Hebron was the site of...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Events
Date in History: World War II The Home Town Folks was an organization created in Fort Atkinson during World War II to support our servicemen and women who were far away from home. Every holiday and birthday throughout the war, these kind folks sent a card to the...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Events
Date in History: 1931 Fort Atkinson was recently the setting for a movie, but Hollywood first invaded Fort Atkinson over 70 years ago. The Hollywood director known as S. Cudia traveled the country during the 1920’s and 30’s making films to promote the movie industry....
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Events
Date in History: 1885 – Present Hoard’s Dairyman Magazine, the only national dairy magazine in the United States, has been published in downtown Fort Atkinson for the past 120 years. First issued by William Dempster Hoard as a supplement to the Jefferson...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Events
Date in History: 1974 In 1974, Fort Atkinson resident Mary Hoard traveled to New Mexico to have her portrait painted by Henriette Wyeth, the sister of Andrew Wyeth. By that time Henriette was a renowned portrait painter in her own right, with many of her works in the...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 22, 2012 | Historic Events
Date in History: 1922 In June of 1922, the Jefferson County Guernsey Breeder’s Association celebrated their annual picnic at the farm of E. H. Kiesling. Located three miles northwest of Fort Atkinson, the Kiesling’s new modern barn was decorated especially for...
