Good morning,
There’s a forecast for partly sunny skies, with a high of forty.
There’s a half day of school today, for students, beginning in the afternoon. It’s a transition back to a single month of school before Christmas Break.
You’d likely be unaware only if you’re from far away: it’s been a great season for our college campus’s football team: “Whitewater continues to be amazing.” (UW-Whitewater 45, Illinois Wesleyan 7.)
Today’s an odd day in Wisconsin history: the incorporation in 1837 of a bank that never truly came into existence:
1836 – Bank of Milwaukee Incorporated
On this date the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature passed into law legislation incorporating the Bank of Milwaukee. The bank never opened its doors for business due to the panic of 1837 and other events.
More on the blank is available online at the Wisconsin Historical Society website.