Make sure the container is replaced exactly where you found it, and please consider a FAV point if you enjoyed my hide
This cache is kid friendly, but the swag is more for the adults. Items are similar to the things I used while in the service, including emergency blankets, chemlights, flint and steel, commando wire saw, waterproof match container, mini LED flashlights, emergency whistles, and even a p51 can opener (look it up:)
Update 2019 - Please do not leave swag or trackables in the cache. Someone is taking anything left inside.
JACKSON, WISCONSIN
Prior to 1872, Jackson was one of three small, unincorporated hamlets located in the Towns of Jackson and Polk, none of which appeared to be more important than the other. Once known as Riceville (from the English misspelling of a German name) this little hamlet developed on 400 acres acquired by a German immigrant named Franz Reis.
When the railroad was built from Milwaukee to Fond du Lac, Reis offered the company a site for a depot. The railroad remained a vital force in the development of Jackson for years to come. Trains ran frequently and milk was transported to Milwaukee from the Jackson depot. Many people now living in Jackson can also recall commuting by train to high school classes in West Bend.
With the railroad passing through his farm and trains stopping at his front door, Reis saw an opportunity to profit from his gift. In 1873 Mr. Reis built a large general store, saloon, and a grain elevator. A second elevator and store were built later, and before long the community had two blacksmith shops, a carpenter shop, a hardware store, and, according to a county history written in 1881, "a number of neat stone dwellings." There was The Franklin Roller Mills, Otto Greve's Blacksmith Shop, Sam Frank's Blacksmith Shop, J.G. Frank & Company Elevator, Weckmueller's Saloon, Gilbert's Saloon, Schoenbeck & Quade's Sawmill, Charles Frank's Harness Shop, Procknow's Shoe Shop and Barber Shop, Jahnke's Wagon Shop, Mayer's Carpenter Shop, Nick Herman's Carpenter Shop, Jenner's Hardware Store, Frank & Froehlich Store and Post office, Gumm's Lumber Yard, Held's meat market, Ziegler's Dance Hall, Ziegler's Hotel and Saloon, two creameries, a cheese factory, and Doctor Blank.
On March 14, 1912, the hamlet of Jackson was incorporated as a Village. By that time, in addition to those businesses established in the late 1800's, the Village had a cheese factory, a post office, and a hotel. In 1918, the William H. Gilbert Company built a blacksmith shop, which became the Jackson Body Co., a manufacturer of truck bodies. In 1920, the Village had a resident population of 230 people and the first of the Village's three major industries, Rockfield Canning Company, had moved into the Village. Like its predecessors, Rockfield Canning Company chose a location adjacent to the railroad. Later, it operated as Seneca Foods and today is part of Northland Cranberries (now Cranberry Creek Subdivision). Other early businesses included Held's Feed Mill, Jackson Lumber Yard, Pete Pauley's Race Horses, and Green Valley Dairy.
During the three decades following 1920, little development took place in the Village. No new industries or businesses moved into the community and the 1930 census actually showed a slight decline in resident population. By 1940, the population of the Village began to increase again, and by 1950 the U. S. Census reported the resident population at 361. From 1950 to 1970 the Village population increased slightly as more industry moved into the Village. A medical supply manufacturing plant, George Bursock Industries, Inc., moved in in 1955 and occupied a building originally constructed as a cheese factory. In 1960 this plant was purchased by Will Ross, Inc., who constructed their new Badger Laboratories Division building in 1968, a building now occupied by Kerry Foods in 1986. In 1961, Kettle Moraine Coatings, Inc., began operations. During this 20-year period, other industries and businesses, such as Rex Cabinets, Ozaukee Pattern Company, Inc., and Sundance Photo, Inc., moved to the Village. In 1981, Quality Stamping built a new factory and in 1987, Rytec Inc. established a factory. In 1985, Wisconsin Pharmacal was annexed to the Village.
In 1970, the U.S. census recorded the population of the Village as 561. In 1975, the Wisconsin Department of Administration estimated the resident population as 1,895, an increase of almost 2 ½ times in just five years.
To house the new residents, two new subdivisions were added to the Village in 1971. In the following years, many more subdivisions were completed. A mobile home development of about 300 homes, Green Valley, was also established.
In May of 1981, construction of a new wastewater treatment plant was completed. First updated in 1994, it has been expanded and updated as the Village has grown.
During the 1990’s, the Village of Jackson has been one of the fastest growing incorporated communities in the state. The event contributing to that dramatic increase, was the completion of the US Hwy. 45 project in 1988. This construction produced a four lane, limited access expressway, enabling 20 to 30 minute commuting trips to the Milwaukee area.
The Village continued to expand with the construction of Old Church Square in 1991. Main Street (Hwy. 60) was reconstructed through the Village in 1992, and a new water main and the overhead electric services were placed underground.
In 1994, SYSCO Foods of Eastern Wisconsin located in the new Cedar Creek Business Park in Jackson. In 1995, McDonald's jointed the Village. In 1996, the Village purchased 14 acres of land from Seneca Foods (now Cranberry Creek subdivision) for Hickory Lane Park. The Tillie Lake Business Centre, added Sario's Restaurant in 1999, and in 2000, the Mid-Moraine Municipal Court offices, the Hawthorne Suites, a 52 unit Hotel/Motel, and Culver's Frozen Custard
In 1998 the Village began work with the Town of Jackson on a Revenue Sharing and Cooperative Boundary Agreement. This agreement was the first developed. within the state under a particular state statute. The agreement establishes a maximum boundary limit for the Village to the year 2015. There are also provisions for the extension of the water and sewer services of the Village to other users outside the Village.
In 1998, Washington County also announced the location of the new Washington County Fair. The Village of Jackson was chosen to provide for sanitary sewer and water service to the new County Fair site.
Recent Village presidents were Gerald Boldt (1989 to 1995), Donna Spaeth (1995 to 1999), Scott Mittelsteadt (1999 to 2010) and Wendy Kannenberg (2010 to present).
The Village of Jackson remains one of the fastest growing communities in Washington, County.
Permission to hide this cache was given by Jessica of the Park and Rec. Dept. of the Village of Jackson
FTF goes to Lobster9494, and WagginTails gets there almost at the same time, for second to find