Cedarburg History Museum Lecture - "Frederick W. Horn: Cedarburg's Civil War Contrarian"

Frederick Horn of Cedarburg was a prominent figure in the history of Cedarburg, Wisconsin. He was known for his contributions to the community, which included establishing businesses, supporting local infrastructure projects, and participating in civic affairs. Known as the "Sage of Cedarburg", he nominated Stephen Douglass for President at the National Convention. His Wisconsin opponent was Carl Schurz of Milwaukee, known as that "Tremendous Dutchman".

Paul's journalism career covered 37 years (1958 -1995), the last 33 for The Milwaukee Journal. From 1987 until retirement in 1995, he wrote for Wisconsin, The Journal's Sunday magazine.  In 1987, he was named a Fellow of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. He was a member of the team that produced "Pollution, the Spreading Menace," for which The Journal won the 1967 Pulitzer Prize for public service. Other awards included the Gordon MacQuarrie medal of the Wisconsin Natural Resources Foundation and two Westinghouse Science Writing Awards of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1977 and in 1985. He is co-author with Martha Bergland of "Studying Wisconsin," (Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2014), the biography of Increase Allen Lapham, Wisconsin's first true scientist and an Academy founder.