Thanks for the tour. I was born in Kenosha Memorial Hospital and while my parents were natives, we moved to Ohio when I was born. I remember the Kenosha of the 1960s when I was a kid and spent summers in my grandmother’s house at 6208 7th Avenue. Sadly the hospital, right across the street, took her house and several of her neighbors’ and built that monstrosity of a parking garage ruining a beautiful street. My mother was both a graduate of and a teacher at Kemper Hall. My great, great grandfather John Nicoll was a founder of the Gottfredsen & Nicoll Jewelry store, right next to where you had lunch at Rustic Road. Library Park was close to my grandmother’s and I remember it well. My grandmother’s sister, Susan Swandale, married Charles C. Allen, owner of the Allen tannery, a huge part of Kenosha history now largely forgotten. They owned the magnificent house along 3rd Avenue. Two more of my great aunts (Mrs. Pettit and Mrs. Carpenter) also lived in beautiful 3rd Avenue homes. My grandfather, Henry Lundskow worked closely with his step brothers, Martin and Tony Winther when they founded Dynamatic, eventually bought by Eaton Corp. I think you even drove by Henry’s old, brown house at 75th and 21st. I can’t believe it’s been nearly 45 years since I was there.
@@WisconsinTraveler Thanks. I hope I see it again someday too, although I'm a long way off in Maryland. Coincidentally, my daughter just told me that she's visiting Chicago this year and plans on checking out Kenosha. Just a few hours ago I saw the new RU-vid video, "Unearthing the Past..." by Discover Wisconsin. My daughter nearly studied paleontology and is looking forward to visiting the museum in Kenosha.
Well done Grew up on.52nd st You could do a full video just on that streets history Tenutas Montgomery Wards Community Airport Zurik fittings ..Snap On Pets...
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the video. One could almost do a video on Tenutas alone. We love shopping there from time to time....I'm overdue...Thanks for the reminder.
Yep. That car could replace one of my Jeeps as it has AWD. I only need one of my Jeeps to tow the boat but don't want to give up AWD/4WD for the winter months. For the fishing, I hear they are getting them out at 120 to 160 Feet of water.
Erik, If you are on a computer, you can go to the about tab to see the email address. If on a mobile device, I did not see it. Anyway, it's thewisconsintraveler@gmail.com
