[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14113]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 COMMEMORATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VILLAGE OF LYNDON STATION, 
                               WISCONSIN

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Kind) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. KIND. Madam Speaker, this July the village of Lyndon Station, 
Wisconsin, in the heart of my congressional district, will be marking 
its centennial celebration. This beautiful, tranquil village lies in 
eastern Wisconsin and is surrounded by some of America's richest 
farmland. The village of Lyndon Station is a jewel in the crown of 
Juneau County. This community has been a primary contributor to the 
region's settlement, development of the timber industry, expansion of 
agriculture, and a hub of community trade and commercial growth for 
over 100 years.
  The first settlers were native Americans who used the banks of what 
is now called Lyndon Creek to camp and hunt the abundant wildlife in 
the mixed prairie-woodland of this region. The first European 
settlement of the present village site was in 1849. Three brothers and 
two sisters of the Havey family arrived in this area to start a new 
life, having immigrated from Kildare, Ireland during the worst years of 
the potato famine. They settled near the present village location and 
were the beginning of a wave to discover the fertile soils of central 
Wisconsin.
  Other settlers soon followed and established land claims in and near 
the growing village which became known as Kildare. In 1857, the 
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad spurred new life into the area 
when it built a railroad station as it pushed its lines of commerce 
further west.

                              {time}  1945

  By 1870, the name Kildare Village was changed to Lyndon Station 
Village since the name Kildare was already being used for the township. 
There has been much speculation as to the origin of the name Lyndon, 
and it still remains a mystery; but such a mystery only adds to the 
community's charm. In 1903, Lyndon Station was officially incorporated 
as a village in the State of Wisconsin, even though the name had been 
on maps for nearly half a century.
  The Lyndon Station Village Centennial celebrates the best of rural 
America. There are thousands of small rural communities across this 
Nation that form the backbone of rural life. These communities are the 
incubators of local politics, of commerce and education, recreation, 
entertainment, and faith for our rural neighborhoods.
  Collectively, the hardworking citizens of small-town America are the 
builders of our great Nation. I am proud to congratulate the citizens 
of Lyndon Station Village on their 100th anniversary. I believe that it 
is important to recognize their unique contribution to the development 
of central Wisconsin and wish them happiness and prosperity during the 
next 100 years.

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