Good morning, Whitewater
There are no public meetings scheduled for today in Whitewater.
The National Weather Service forecasts patchy fog with a high of 80 degrees. The Farmers’ Almanac predicts, continuing its multi-day series, “fair and cold weather.” It hasn’t been cold all week.
Yesterday’s better prediction: NWS.
In Wisconsin history on this date, in 1833, from the Wisconsin Historical Society, there is an account of how several tribes living in Wisconsin ceded land to the government:
Indian tribes including the Ojibwe, Menominee, Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk, Ottawa, and Sauk ceded land to the government, including areas around Milwaukee, especially to the south and east of the city. The ceded land included much of what is today John Michael Kohler and Terry Andrae State Parks. The Potawatomi continued to live along the Black River until the 1870’s, despite the treaty.
On this date in American history, in 1960, the first Kennedy-Nixon debate took place.
Here’s a short video clip describing background on the Kennedy-Nixon debates.