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Watertown Sharpshooters Society
1853
Organized
1853
Shooting Park,
1872 club officers: (source,
1872 Watertown City Directory)
President Fred Kusel
Vice President Jacob Zimmermann
Secretary Emil Schuerer
Treasurer Julius Goeldner
Shooting-Master S. M. Eaton
1867
08 14 SHARP-SHOOTER'S GROUNDS ON THE FOURTH
The
Fourth of July was celebrated in this city in a very indifferent way. A few people came in from the country, and a slim
delegation went up to the Sharp-Shooter's grounds north of the city. Myron B. Williams made a very appropriate
speech in English, and Rev. H. C. Fack spoke in
German. At Cole’s Hall the Antediluvian Gollgonisters gave three inimitable performances, which
were really the principal attractions of +he day. Owing to the Mayor’s proclamation, forbidding
the discharging of fire-crackers or other fireworks in the city limits, the
streets were comparatively quiet. There
must have been some, however, who did not have the fear of the law before their
eyes, unless, as may be the more charitable presumption, the fireworks took
fire of their own accord, and exploded by spontaneous combustion.
08
14 SHARPSHOOTER
AND TURNERS
The
State Festival of Sharpshooters and Turners, held at Milwaukee from the 18th
to and 22nd insts., was numerously
attended. Delegations from the
Sharpshooter’s and Turner’s societies of this city were present. Lieut. Charles Wood, a member of the
Watertown Sharpshooters, carried off one of the best prizes. The Lieutenant is a fine shot.
Cross reference:
1873: mention
of club grounds
History of Watertown, Wisconsin