Town of Kaukauna Historical Society

06/18/2026

Good luck Ghosts!! You got this!! 🧡🖤

🏆STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS🏆
⚾ Kaukauna vs. Madison Memorial
🗓️ Thursday, June 18
⏰ 6:05 PM
📍 Fox Cities Stadium
📺 Live Stream:
www.tinyurl.com/WIAA-State-Television-Network

🧡🖤 GO Ghost 🖤🧡

06/12/2026

Mrs. Helen Van Epern, along with several townspeople founded The Town of Kaukauna Historical Society with the notion to preserve the town’s rich history. She was influential in the preservation of School District #5’s schoolhouse building, which is used as the historical society’s headquarters to date. The late Mr. Richard Van Epern and Helen also hosted Wisconsin Farm Progress Days in 1981. She passed away on June 9th, 2026 at 93 years old. Our thoughts are with her family in this difficult time.
Pictured is Mrs. Van Epern during TKHS’s 40th anniversary celebration on May 11, 2024.@
EDITED TO ADD HER OBITUARY LINK:
https://www.verkuilenfh.com/obituary/Helen-VanEpern

05/29/2026

On this date in history, Wisconsin became the 30th state in the union. 178 years in 1848. Nelson Dewey was appointed as the state’s first governor. The Town of Kaukauna Historical Society would like to wish Wisconsin a happy birthday.

05/17/2026

Kaukauna Public Library employee and local historian Gavin Schmitt gives a history presentation on the third tuesday of each month. This months topic will highlight Chief Konkapot. Tuesday May 19, 6:30 Confrence room ABC.

05/14/2026

The Town of Kaukauna Historical Society would like to take a moment to recognize National Police week and take this opportunity to share the holiday’s history. It is a holiday used to commemorate local, state and federal peace officers who have died in the line of duty. President Kennedy signed the bill into law on October 1st, 1962.

05/10/2026

04/29/2026

Do you remember?

With the construction of the new middle school, we thought we’d share a picture of then Senator John F. Kennedy attending a rally at what was the Kaukauna High School (current River View Middle School) in April of 1960.

04/27/2026

This day in history….

04/24/2026

THIS DAY IN HISTORY….

01/01/2026

189 years ago today, Charles and Mary Elizabeth Grignon were married in 1837. As a wedding gift to entice his bride to move to his home place of Kaukauna, he built a Greek Revival Style “Mansion in the woods” for her to move into. They were married in the home of George Lawe, “The Father of Kaukauna.” The mansion was finished around 1839, and had a major restoration in the 1980s. Pictured is the Mansion, circa 1993. Thank you!