Good morning.
It’s a day of strong storms and a high temperature of ninety-one degrees ahead for Whitewater.
In Whitewater, there’s a Park & Rec Board meeting today at 4 p.m. Later, at 5:30 p.m., there will be a joint meeting of the Common Council and the Community Development Authority at 5:30 p.m. Here are the two listed topics of the meeting:
(1) Discussion and Possible Direction regarding General Economic Development Program(s) for City of Whitewater and (2) Presentation on History of TIF 4 and Discussion regarding TIF 4.
From our history, the Wisconsin Historical Society observes that on this day in 1839,
First patent [was] issued to Wisconsin resident
On this day Ebenezar G. Whiting of Racine was issued patent #1232 for his improved plow, the first patent issued to someone from Wisconsin. Whiting’s improvements consisted of making the mold-board straight and flat which, when united in the center with the curvilinear part of the mold-board, would require less power to drag through the dirt. Whiting went on to serve as Vice President of the J.I. Case Plow Company and received another patent for a steel plow in 1876. [Source: United States Patent and Trademark Office]