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The primary north–south highway serving Kewaskum is U.S. Route 45, and the primary east–west highway is Wisconsin Highway 28. Kewaskum is located in the 262 Area Code of south-eastern Wisconsin, with Prefix 626. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.45 square miles (6.35 km 2), all of it land. [21]
Kewaskum was the leader of a group of Potawatomi Native Americans who lived in Washington County in the 1840s. [2] He was friendly with the early settlers, including future Wisconsin state senator Densmore Maxon. [3] He died sometime between 1847 and 1850. In 1849, the early settlers named the Town of Kewaskum (and later the village) in his honor.
Marjorie "Midge" Miller (June 8, 1922 – April 17, 2009) was an American politician and activist for peace, nuclear non-proliferation, and women's rights.She was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for 14 years, from 1971 until 1985, and ran the Wisconsin primary campaign of U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy in his 1968 anti-Vietnam War bid against incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson.
The Wisconsin Territorial legislature created the Town of West Bend on January 20, ... Kewaskum, and Trenton. [16] In the 1840s and early 1850s, ... Charles H. Miller:
Calvary Cemetery contains a monument dedicated to the approximately 430 people who died with the sinking of the Lady Elgin on Lake Michigan in 1860. Most of those lost in the tragedy were from Milwaukee's Third Ward Irish community and is the second greatest loss of life seen on the Great Lakes.
He was inducted into the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2010 and the Racine County Sports Hall of Fame in 2013. [9] His 2005-06 team went undefeated and holds the record for the largest victory margin in a state-title game, when the Angels pounded Westby 69–29 in the Division 3 championship game. [ 10 ]
Wauzeka is a village in Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 628 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] The village is located within the Town of Wauzeka near the confluence of the Kickapoo River and Wisconsin River .