by Steve Tesmer | Apr 21, 2012 | Historic People
Date in History: 04/09/1968 Thirty-five years ago, on a cold and overcast Tuesday morning, Fort Atkinson Police Officer David McKee dove into the cold and muddy waters of the Rock River to rescue a frightened boy who had fallen into the river from the railroad bridge....
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 21, 2012 | Historic People
Date in History: 1830s – 1860s The cream brick home that sits at 407 East Milwaukee Avenue in Fort Atkinson is the May House, built in 1863 for Eli May. Young Eli came to this area in 1839 with his family. His dad, Chester May, was a contractor who had worked on...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 21, 2012 | Historic People
Date in History: 1850 – 1930s George Marston, the man who helped shape the civic and cultural development of the beautiful city of San Diego, California, was a Fort Atkinson boy. Born here in 1850, George grew up at the home his dad built at 323 Merchants...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 21, 2012 | Historic People
Date in History: 1883 – 1952 Born on the Kumlien homestead in Sumner WI, Angela spent her childhood exploring the shores of Lake Koshkonong. She later taught in Fort Atkinson schools until she married Herbert Main. Angie adored her paternal grandfather, the...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 21, 2012 | Historic People
Date in History: 1821 – 1914 “To any enterprising young man, America threw out the most tempting promises. So, in the hopes of bettering my condition in life, I sailed for the United States, making southern Wisconsin my goal. There we lived in log cabins,...
by Steve Tesmer | Apr 21, 2012 | Historic People
Date in History: 1843 to 1888 The naturalist Thure Kumlien was born to a Swedish aristocratic family. He migrated to this country in 1843. He was drawn to the Koshkonong area by letters he read from a minister of a Koshkonong parish. When he came to the county to buy...
