Download or read book Watertown written by William F. Jannke, III and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of how a village became a center for industry, shopping, and recreation while focusing on the people who lived the Watertown story. Readers will discover how riots broke out when politics took center stage just before the Civil War due to strong anti-Republican sentiments. The bond scandal only decades later is highlighted as the event that plunged Watertown into her darkest days.

Download or read book Watertown written by Friends of the Watertown Free Public Library and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established in 1630, Watertown was the first inland settlement of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. With its central location and proximity to the Charles River, Watertown has always been a convenient meeting place and a starting point for travelers and traders headed to the West. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the town consisted of many country estates and farmlands. The nineteenth and twentieth centuries saw industrial growth and an influx of immigrants. Today, Watertown has become a thriving business community, retaining its small-town character, beautiful historic houses, and tree-lined streets. In Watertown, the long and colorful story of the town is told through vintage images as never before. Within these pages, see the Perkins School for the Blind, the Stanley steamer, the Arsenal, and an array of historic houses, churches, and public buildings. Learn how Paul Revere and his comrades held meetings in Watertown during the eighteenth century and how the first streetcar routes originated in Watertown in 1894.

Download or read book Watertown written by William F. Jannke and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ever-changing face of Watertown is captured in this fascinating collection of postcard images dating from the early 1900s to the present. The postcards in this book come primarily from the extensive collection of W. F. Jannke III. He has presented an entertaining history of the city, from the changing face of its business district to the different forms of recreation once enjoyed by its inhabitants. Other images highlight scenes of calamitous events, most notably the 1914 cyclone. All will find this work to be a most engaging guide to the way life was lived in Watertown in "the good old days."

Download or read book Watertown Arsenal written by Alan R. Earls and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1988, the U.S. Base Realignment and Closure Commission announced the closure of the Army Materials Technology Laboratory in Watertown, the last remnant of the famous Watertown Arsenal, which served the country from shortly after the War of 1812, through two world wars and much of the Cold War. Known for its contribution to the development of some of the most powerful artillery ever made, including the famed aatomic cannon, a the Watertown Arsenal also earned a reputation in other ways. In the early 1900s, it hosted famous efficiency experts, such as Frederick Winslow Taylor. Later it pioneered important advances in materials science and stood as a vital regional institution that employed generations of people from the Boston area. Along the way it hosted many famous visitors, including Franklin D. Roosevelt and Gen. Douglas MacArthur.

Download or read book Watertown Wisconsin City Directory 1893 written by Ken Riedl and published by Ken Riedl. This book was released on 2005-07-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watertown, Wisconsin, City Directory, 1893. A reference for area history and genealogy research.

Download or read book Watertown Wisconsin written by W. F. Jannke III and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2000-08-28 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watertown, Wisconsin, nestled in the southeastern part of the state between the largest city, Milwaukee, and the state capital, Madison, was once considered the second largest city in Wisconsin. Founded in 1836 by Yankee settlers from the East coast, these individuals were soon joined by Irish and German immigrants who contributed to Watertowns unique cultural and ethnic make-up. The town was granted a village charter by 1849 and became a city in 1853. Watertown, Wisconsin: 18361936, explores this exciting era of growth and expansion in the citys first one hundred years. From the arrival of the stage line in 1844 to the new ideas and inventions presented in the twentieth century, the reader is able to gain insight into the development of this wonderful community. However, amidst all of this change, there is one thing that has remained constantthe people. Within the pages of this book, the lives of the residents of Watertown are represented through the images and the text, thus bringing to life the rich history of this community.

Download or read book Watertown Remembered written by Ken Riedl and published by Ken Riedl. This book was released on 2005-07-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watertown Remembered Part of the Hometown Series of Publications of the Watertown Historical Society, Ken Riedl editor. Reformatted and republished in 2010 in eBook format CONTENTS: I The River II The Trees III The Indians IV The Settlers (Yankees, Irish, Welsh, Bohemians, French) V The Settlers (Germans) VI The Story of Education in Watertown VII Colorful Characters VIII A House, a “House Divided,” and Watertown’s “Finest” IX Music and Musicians, Books, Clubs and Newspapers X Industries, Crafts, Services XI Let Us Now Praise Famous Men; Bibliography In the year 1976, the nation's bicentennial year and the 140th year of Watertown's first settlement, an authentic history of Watertown, Wisconsin was published. Watertown Remembered is a rich composite of factual history seasoned with a charming array of anecdote and folklore. The capable blender and author of all this is E. C. Kiessling. Dr. Kiessling is a native son of Jefferson County and a long-time director of the Watertown Historical Society. He was a professor of history and English at Northwestern College for 46 years, and continues as a book reviewer for the Milwaukee Journal. Perhaps every community would like to boast of its heritage as worthy of written record, but from its river, which had somehow “overlooked something precious," through the amazing 48ers and others who came here by the thousands to make it the second biggest city in the state and the unforgettable characters who enlivened its past, to the solid, traditional town it is today, E. C. Kiessling has given us an especially vivid and indelible recollection for all to remember Watertown. Local history, Watertown, WI, Dodge County and Jefferson County.

Download or read book Watertown History Annual 1 written by Ken Riedl and published by Ken Riedl. This book was released on 2006-11-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watertown History Annual 1. Hometown Series of Publications. Watertown Historical Society, Watertown, Wisconsin.

Download or read book Watertown Wisconsin City Directory 1895 written by Ken Riedl and published by Ken Riedl. This book was released on 2005-07-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watertown, Wisconsin, City Directory, 1895 A reference for area history and genealogy research.

Download or read book Watertown High School Orbit 1918 written by Ken Riedl and published by Ken Riedl. This book was released on 1918-06-01 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watertown High School Orbit, 1918. Watertown, Wisconsin

Download or read book Watertown High School Orbit written by Ken Riedl and published by Ken Riedl. This book was released on 1921-06-06 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watertown Wisconsin High School Orbit, 1921 Watertown Historical Society Hometown Series

Download or read book Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Convention of the Association held at Watertown June 2 3 and 4 1874 written by New York State Sunday School Teachers' Association (NEW YORK, State of) and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Watertown Wisconsin City Directory 1897 written by Ken Riedl and published by Ken Riedl. This book was released on 2005-07-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watertown, Wisconsin, City Directory, 1897 A reference for area history and genealogy research.

Download or read book Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown Massachusetts Including Waltham and Weston written by Henry Bond and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 1150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Watertown History Annual 2 written by Ken Riedl and published by Ken Riedl. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watertown History Annual 2. Hometown Series of Publications. Watertown Historical Society, Watertown, Wisconsin.

Download or read book Watertown N Y a History of its Settlement and Progress with a Description of its Commercial Advantages written by Charles Rufus Skinner and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-06-17 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

Download or read book Watertown Fire Department 1857 2007 written by Ken Riedl and published by Ken Riedl. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 150 Year History of the Watertown Fire Department, Watertown, Wisconsin.