Calling All Gardeners!!!

 Share your perennials plants with friends and neighbors at a Plant Exchange on the new Patio at the Eagle Historical Society Museum. 217 Main Street, Saturday May 19 from 8:30 to noon. Bring  plants, take  plants. If possible identify your plants and indicate best  planting location. Bring additional plants to share with new gardeners or to be planted around the Patio at the museum. Meet Master Gardeners Nancy Manschot and Sandy Schwartz. They will be available to answer gardening questions and to offer planting suggestions. Call Elaine for more information at 262-594-3301.

As we commemorate the 150th anniversary of events in the American Civil War, we would like to thank those who have contacted us with information about Eagle soldiers who served.  Much information about the William Logan family has been provided by descendant Jean Hren and her daughter Mary Oxaal.  William was one of the first from Eagle to enlist in the newly formed 1st Wisconsin Cavalry and was severely injured in a fall from his horse.  He was sent back home to heal and returned to serve with the 46th Wisconsin Infantry until the end of the war.  William married Mary Ackley and lived in Eagle most of their lives.  Their children and grandchildren served the community well.  William served as Eagle postman in his later years.

Corporal Silas Parsons served with Co A 24th Wisconsin Infantry and bravely fought off a blistering Confederate attack on the regiment at Chickamauga Georgia the afternoon of September 20 1863.  He was struck and killed by a musket ball that day.  Recently, we came in contact with a descendant who has been kind enough to share pictures of him, along with Civil War Letters.  We look forward to more conversations.

A descendant of Ferrand Bigelow is also sending pictures and other information on Elverton, William, and Franklin Bigelow; three Eagle brothers who served in the Civil War .  We look forward to sharing that with you.

Please keep the information coming as our Eagle Historical Society develops a “Eagle In The Civil War” page.

Thanks to all…

Mal Olson’s motto is “never give up.” After more than twenty years of honing her craft and submitting manuscripts, the local author will see her dream come true with the release of her romantic suspense novel. SHADOW OF DECEIT is now available in paperback at amazon.com. and will be released March 7, 2012, in ebook at Amazon’s Kindle Bookstore, The Wild Rose Press (thewildrosepress.com), malolson.com, as well as most other ebook retailers.

Olson, who’s author brand is “adrenaline kicked romantic suspense,” promises a fast-paced read that will keep you glued to the pages. The story is set in Milwaukee and the Green Bay area where an FBI agent risks his career when he collaborates with a young widow desperate to prove herself innocent of diamond trafficking with terrorists who killed the agent’s Delta Force team three years earlier.

Currently residing in Eagle, the author and her husband Ken Olson, former Muskego High School band director, were Muskego residents for over thirty years.

Olson is a member of Romance Writers of America, Wisconsin Romance Writers, and Mad City Romance (Madison, WI).  Find out more and access free reads at malolson.com. Friends and fans can meet the author and purchase autographed copies of her book at the Eagle Showcase scheduled March 31, at the Eagle Elementary School.

Mal Olson writes adrenaline-kicked romantic suspense. When her consuming passion for writing allows time, she enjoys reading, flower gardening, jamming with friends on the mountain dulcimer, and hiking in a nearby state forest (or in the mountains somewhere). She has three grown children and one granddaughter and resides with her own special hero in southeastWisconsinwhere she juggles writing time with her freelance landscape design business.

SHADOW OF DECEIT

ebook or paperback

AMAZON

Most online booksellers

Available March 7, 2012

My website is: www.malolson.com

 The link for my trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MN-ph78gic

 Mal (right) donates a copy of her book to  Barb Jatczak at the Eagle Historical Society.

Do you have any pictures or information on Eagle soldiers in the American Civil War? 

Mike Rice, a member of the Eagle Historical Society, is writing a book about Company A 24th Wisconsin Infantry,  following letters written home to family members by two Eagle soldiers, Sidney P. Kline and George M. Logan.  Eagle sent nearly 100 men into the war effort between 1861 and 1865.  Names like:

August Agathen, Elverton, Franklin & William Bigelow, John & Matthias Bovee, Bernard and John Breidenbach,  Charles W. Brown, Harvey Clemmons, Henry and Jonathan G. Cox, Hiram Daniels, Merritt, Napoleon P. & Thomas S. Draper, John Fink, George N. & William L. Henry, Albert, Edward P & Len D.Hinkley, John W. Hubbard, James Kelley, George, William & John Logan, Cephas J Melendy, Frederick O & Silas B Parsons, Henry Potter, Stephen W. Powell, Andrew J., Julius & Silas Reeves, James & Lucian Robinson, Newton Salisbury, Antoine & Martin D Schulte, Lewis & William Sherman, James & Matthias Snyder, Henry Steinhoff, Anton Thiele, Lewis Thomas, Conrad & Jacob Von Rueden, Hiram Way, John P Weston, Albert Williams.

These are just a few of the men from Eagle who served in the war. 

Do you have any stories, pictures or artifacts you would like to share? 

Please contact us at the Eagle Historical Society.

The opening of the American Civil War began on Friday, April 12, 1861, when Confederate batteries opened fire on Fort Sumter, located in the Charleston Harbor of South Carolina.  The firing continued for 34 straight hours and resulted in the surrender of the Union troops and the fort.

News of the attack on Fort Sumter launched the Nation into a war that would last 4 years, and cost over 600,000 dead and more than 500,000 wounded.   In the weeks that followed the attack, President Abraham Lincoln called on state governors to recruit troops in the defense of Washington.  Over 100 young men from Eagle Wisconsin served the Union Army in defense of this Nation.

The Eagle Historical Society has several letters home from Eagle soldiers in the Civil War, which we will begin sharing with you over the course of the next several months.  Two Board Members, Mike Rice and Mark Dexter are writing a book titled

Using 14 letters home by Eagle soldiers Pvt Sidney P. Kline and Pvt George M Logan, who enlisted in the 24th Wisconsin Infantry, we will follow the men and their infantry unit through the war.  Be sure to check in regularly for updates.

We offer our most sincere thanks to all of the volunteers who donate their time and efforts in making our Eagle Historical Society a vibrant part of this community.  We also thank each of you who donate artifacts for future generatons to see and experience a slice of American History.  A final thanks to our members and those who have made contributions throughout the year. 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to ALL.

The winners of the 2011 Pumpkin Party Carved & Painted Pumpkin contest are as follows;

 Winners needed to be present to claim prize

At the annual Eagle Pumpkin Party held on Saturday October 29, 2011 our Historical Society Museum hosted a “not-too-scary” Graveyard Stroll” where participants could hear stories of those who lie beneath the grave markers.

 Actually, art students at Palmra-Eagle High School painted the grave markers which were judged by two local, nationally acclaimed artists,

Martin Murk and Charlotte Fung Miller. 

    The high school juniors, under the direction of  Ms. Kristen Falkner, are quite talented and we thank them for their great work.  Take a look for yourself;

 

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Join the Eagle Historical Society

As we celebrate our annual

Eagle Pumpkin Party

Saturday, October 29^th

12:30 – 4:00 p.m.

In Downtown Eagle.

Stop by our Museum onMain Street

For a fun, but not too scary

Graveyard Stroll & Scavenger Hunt

 Hope we see you there!

If you enjoyed the Palmyra-Eagle Community Band at the Ice Cream Social, here is another chance to see them at the

Palmyra United Methodist Church

Spaghetti Dinner & Concert