For all of you who have written letters to the www.SLAHS.org website editor, Mike Reilly, here is an opportunity for you to exchange thoughts about our local history online.
This blog won't be monitored by me, so if you have an unanswered question, please email at slahsinc@yahoo.com
Thanks and Happy Holidays
Thomas Spencer Redford
1st to Stake a Claim in Lisbon Township
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I'm looking to find out why the railroad was called the "Bugline". On the website it says the Passengers were called Bugs....Why. Thank you
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The reason the old Milwaukee Road tracks - now The Bugline Hiking trail was so named, was because of the way the tracks meandered from Milwaukee, Granville (Brown Deer), Menomonee Falls, Lannon, Sussex, Merton, to North Lake like a caterpillar. Since the tracks were not kept up very well, the speed was slow (10-20mph). The train stopped running on the tracks in the early 1970's.
I am looking for information about a fire which happened in the early 1930's. It burned out the 2 story portion of the Cyrus Davis house at W204 N7776 Lannon Rd.
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