In 1959, the Waukesha Freeman newspaper published a Centennial Edition of their paper which started in 1859. The Centennial Edition celebrated the history of their coverage of Waukesha county and …
Eagle Residents From The Past
Harry F. CruverColonel, United States Air Force Col. Harry Franklyn Cruver was a retired Air Force colonel and decorated bomber pilot in World War II. He was born May 2, …
Sidney P Kline
Sidney P Kline was a young man from Eagle Wisconsin who served with the 24th Wisconsin Infantry in the American Civil War. Sidney Kline was one of 13 boys from …
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Wisconsin
The “Spanish Flu” as it was called, first appeared in Europe in late 1917 as WW1 raged. The symptoms were so unusual that doctors were baffled and misdiagnosed it as …
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History of Influenza in the United States
The influenza COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak of 2020 has piqued interest the outbreak of 1918-1919 in the U.S. that killed an estimated 675,000 Americans.(1) Annually, the flu virus kills an estimated …
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