Updated 05/09/2012
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Indians: Local - Arrowheads and Artifacts - "Indians Were Here First!" Town of Lisbon Plat Map > 1873 > 1891 > 1914 Lisbon Incorporation Efforts - chronological history of events Updated March 20, 2012 Continued on Lisbon Incorporation Efforts - Page 2, Page 3 - Town of Lisbon Consolidation/Merging Discussions Sussex' Incorporation as a Village Pages from the Past - Need volunteers to help in transcribing past columns. Nov and Dec 2006 added 12/28/2011. Thank you Sarah! |
SLAHS Quarterly Meeting: Quarterly Meeting and Elections, Thursday, JUne, 2012, 6:30 pm, at the Waukesha State Bank Community Room, off Hwy 164 in Sussex. Depot Museum Needs Help! New Exhibit: "Early Businesses of Our Founding Fathers": Depot Museum, Coming in Spring 2012.! Everyone is welcome! (The Depot Museum will be open every 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month from 1 to 4 PM. January thru March by appointment only; call Fred Keller 262-246-3603)) Admission $4.00, children 10 and under Free. Fundraiser Letter and Buy A Brick Donation Give us a Click! Museum Memorial Garden: We are in need of volunteers to care for the flowers and trees. Please call June Keller (262) 246-3603 if interested in helping. FUNdraising - our Pick 'n Save id number is 737810. Please add us to the We Care program, whether you already have a charity selected or not. You may donate up to three charities. Thank you. |
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The Civil War: Lisbon Township - Regimental Service Accounts The Civil War: The Volunteers and Draftees of Lisbon Township Hardeman Family Letter Collection - eight (8) early letters from James Weaver (b 1800) and family to relatives in England, dated 1831 thru 1883 describing family and circumstances in both the Township of Augusta, Oneida, New York and Township of Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin. Updated 01/28/2009. |
At the March 8, 2012 Annual Meeting held
at the Waukesha State Bank meeting room, the following were re-elected Officers: |
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In 1906 Click on link to left to read about 100 years ago. |
Board of Director Meeting: Now held quarterly -- Depot Museum, 6:30 PM on: 8/02/12. |
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Waukesha County Directories, 1890 - 1892 Listing individuals with Sussex, Lake Five, Lannon Springs and Merton as residence or PO. |
Building & Grounds Meeting: Now held quarterly -- Depot Museum at 6:30pm, the Wednesday after the Quarterly Board Meetings. 6/13/12. Extra meetings to be called as needed. |
| About your: Historian Fred Keller, click on Fred Keller: A Man For All Seasons and also Fred H. Keller and His Collection - Sussex Sun articles about his collection and the beginning of a local historical society. | Newsletter Committee Meeting: Steve Haasch residence at 6:30pm on: 5/07/12. |
| About your: Website Editor & Webmaster: Michael R. Reilly (Mike) (510) pages of local historical information currently (339 in February 2007). Website pages - 173 as of 8/18/03 See us grow! |
Newsletter articles due: 04/27/2012. Newsletter Mailed: 05/22/2012. |
Why music? Both Enya and Loreena McKennitt create and sing songs of folk-like nature. As Editor, I added the player to several web pages thinking that visitors might welcome listening to the music while they search and read. You can continue listening by opening a new page within your browser window.
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If you are interested in contributing to this website's content, cemetery and newspaper transcriptions, individual/family history, early stories of the area/people/businesses, etc., please contact Mike Reilly Note: To make your contributions easier to add, please consider submitting them by email, email attachment, or CD, audio DVD, or SD. |
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The Sussex-Lisbon Area Historical Society, Inc. is a non-profit corporation dedicated to the collection and preservation of historically significant artifacts, pictures, stories, and similar materials from the Sussex and Lisbon area (Lannon, Colgate, Lake Five, Marcy, Merton, Pewaukee, Menomonee Falls, and Butler). The Society held organizational meetings in mid 2001, and formally announced intentions for official formation as a non-profit corporation in November 2001. The Society is affiliated with the Wisconsin State Historical Association as a local society. The Society has an open membership policy, welcoming all interested parties to join for a nominal fee. Annual memberships are for the calendar year beginning on January 1 of each year. Lifetime memberships are also available for a fee. |
1st to Stake a Claim in Lisbon Township |
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The Sussex-Lisbon Area Historical Society, Inc.'s museum is located at: N63 W23791 Main St., Sussex, WI. 53029 (The Depot Museum will be open every 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month from 1 to 4 PM. January thru March by appointment only; call Fred Keller 262-246-3603)) Admission $4.00, children 10 and under Free. Telephone: (262) 820-9164 Correspondence should be addressed to : Sussex-Lisbon Area Historical Society, Inc. (or SLAHS) P. O. Box 32 Sussex, WI. 53089-0032 E-mail us at: slahsinc@yahoo.com |
