SLINGER
COMMUNITY
HISTORY AND CULTURE
150 years of Slinger
1869-2019
During the 2018-2019 school year, Slinger High School Social Studies students conducted research using Slinger HS annuals, newspapers, books, letters, photos, surveys,and interviews to get a sense of the history and culture in the village of Slinger, Wisconsin (past and present). The data was used to help students get a better sense of the village of Slinger's 150 years (1869-2019) and the events celebrating it in the village in 2019
This website captures part of the research. While somewhat comprehensive, there are many subjects not represented.
In addition, please go to www.slingerhistoryculture.com for more history and culture from class projects prior to 2018-2019 about the Slinger area including information on fire fighting, music, racing, skiing, recreation, schools, manufacturing, agriculture, and more. Veteran data is a 2019-2020 focus.
For specific information on water, transportation, construction and trades, and working lives in the Slinger area, go to www.slingerareaworkwt.com
1950s Photo (above): Washington County Historical Society (042, 036)
2019 Photo (left): Nate Grimm
150 years of Slinger
Race Track
History
This 2014 video short, created by Slinger grad, Eric Kuhn, the great-great grandson of the original race track owner, shows Slinger race track history
For more local racing history and culture, click here
RaCING, MEntoring, Trades, Working LIVES
This 2017-2018 video short shows some of the work done behind the scenes getting the Slinger Super Speedway racetrack and cars ready for racers and fans
For more local racing history and culture, click here
Little Switzerland Ski Hill
This 2018-2019 video short shows the many layers of community and teamwork at Little Switzerland Ski Hill
For more local skiing and snowboarding history and culture, click here
How SKI HILL Got Name
Director of Group Sales, Jen Gilmore, briefly discusses how Little Switzerland got its name in the video clip above from a sociology class site visit in 2019.
For more local skiing and snowboarding history and culture, click here
Working Lives: Assistant Mountain Manager
Slinger alum and assistant mountain manager, Christian Brandt, discusses his work at Little Switzerland in this 2019 video cip.
Cemeterians
A Slinger sociology student discusses what he learned working with the Cemeterians in 2018 in this 2019 video short.
For more on Cemeterians, click here.
Slinger fire department
This 2019 video short produced as part of 150th anniversary of Slinger research includes a focus on how the Slinger Fire Department passes down cultural legacy in their history wing. For more SFD, click here.
Storck Brewery
Students and teachers learn about the history of the Storck Brewery from retired judge John Storck in this video created during the 2018-2019 school year. In addition to his Storck lineage, John is also related to the Feutz and Thiels from Slinger.
Downtown businesses
Slinger alum, Jacob Storr's 2015 video above about Downtown Slinger Business Memories (featuring Gundrum's, Risse's, and Kachelmeier's)
music
2015 Slinger HS Marching Band Homecoming Performance
For more Slinger area music history and culture, click here.
EH Wolf: Building Social Capital
Roads and rails
This 2017 video short gives a snapshot of the value roads and rails have played in the development of the Slinger area through the eyes of a village public works engineer, a village police chief, a district school superintendent, a district social studies teacher, a local lake author, and a local former railroad employee
More transportation, here.
School construction
The 2017-2018 video short above highlights angles of the Slinger HS 2016-2018 renovation project from several of the workers for companies involved in the work including J.H. Hassinger, Miron Construction Company, Inc,and Bray Architects.
More Local Construction here. History of Slinger School Construction, here.
Kettle moraine playhouse
In this 2019 video short, a Slinger sociology student discusses part of what she learned about the Kettle Moraine Playhouse building history as well as the many ways the theater group builds
community.
More KMP info, here.
german history
Slinger High School's German Studies classes are strong. In this 2019 video clip, a student reveals the value of interdisciplinary education between German and History classes particulary as the students studied 150th anniversary of Slinger during the 2018-2019 school year.
More German history here.