Eagle Volunteer Fire Dept, American Legion Post 535, Eagle Lions Club

Presents the 56th Annual  Kettle Moraine Days

June June 22, 23, & 24, 2018  Eagle Village Park, Eagle, WI  

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The Eagle Historical Society will present

“WISCONSIN REMEMBERS: A FACE FOR EVERY NAME”  

This traveling exhibit features photographs or the 1,161 Wisconsinites officially listed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. The exhibit consists of 17 pop-­up indoor banners and is available from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s Traveling Exhibit Program.

The exhibit will be open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 1st, 2nd and 3rd from 9:00am to 4:00pm.

Our Veterans Recognition Program honoring  Vietnam Veterans will be held Saturday, June 2nd at 1:00pm.

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May 1922
Train Wreck
From the Eagle Quill

Life of Bernard Marsh

On Saturday afternoon (May 20, 1922) at about 2 o’clock a disastrous railroad wreck occurred three miles west of Eagle. The train was the regular way freight which left Eagle at 1:48, west bound, and contained sixteen cars loaded with merchandise and other freight. When about 3 miles west of Eagle a tank car containing oil left the track and ran along on the ties for 20 rods when the car ahead and ten cars following left the track and plunged down the embankment on either side of the road bed in a tangled mass. Cars were tipped upside down and the heavy steel rails were twisted like wire.

Bernard Marsh, head brakeman, was riding on top of one of the cars and when he saw the inevitable, he jumped, only to be struck by the car on which he was riding and be hurled to his death. People residing nearby who witnessed the accident phoned to Eagle and soon Drs. Fitzgerald and Schmidt arrived at the place but Mr. Marsh was dead when he was taken from the wreckage, having sustained a broken neck, collar bone and thigh, and was bruised about the face. Conductor Raymond, Engineer Bonham, fireman Frank Rodgers and Brakeman Connolly escaped injury.  A tramp who was riding on one of the cars ahead of the tank car also escaped injury.

One car was loaded with cattle being shipped by Sol Engle from Genesee to Whitewater and all but one escaped injury. A wrecking crew soon arrived and Sunday morning trains were running over the track as usual.

Bernard Marsh was born in Caledonia, Wisconsin, April 12, 1890, and was a son of Joseph and Lena Marsh. 

The family moved to Eagle and owned and occupied the farm now owned by Sam Engle. Here Bernard grew to manhood and here attended school and later became interested in railroading. When the family moved to Milwaukee a few years ago Bernard went with them and made his home there. Twelve years of his life were spent as brakeman and conductor on the Prairie du Chien division, passing through Eagle, his boyhood home. Bernard was a model young man, of quiet disposition, and had many friends here who mourn his untimely and accidental death.  The body was brought to the Mealy undertaking rooms and then sent to Milwaukee, to the home of his parents. The funeral was held Wednesday.

            Saturday May 19, 2018
                     10 am – 2 pm

                       Join us on the Patio
             Share your plants & vegetables

     On Tuesday March 13, 2018, members of the Eagle Historical Society held a live performance telling the story of four women from Eagle Wisconsin’s past.  The event was sponsored jointly by the Alice Baker Library and Eagle Historical Society.  Titled “Celebrating HER Story – The Women of Eagle”, the show was a smashing success with a full house! 

Copies of the book are available at the Eagle Historical Society for $8.00.  Please enjoy the videos below.

 2018  Celebrating HER Story – The Women of Eagle

 Full Video     48 Minutes

Intro and Alice Baker     7:42 Minutes

Mrs Wood – Eagle Diamond     9:11 Minutes

Mary Churchill Colyer      9:15 Minutes

Catherine Whettam    7:45 Minutes

Eliza Mae Chapman Meredith      6:18 Minutes

Womens Organizations  6:44 Minutes

Credits      0:34 Minutes