HIstorical photo of William E. Cramer (1817 - 1905)

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1817 - 1905

William E. Cramer

Cramer built The Evening Wisconsin into one of the region’s leading newspapers. Although he had lost both his eyesight and hearing before age 20 due to scarlet fever, Cramer edited the newspaper for over half a century. At the age of 58, he married 21-year-old Harriet Laura Barker who continued publishing the paper after her husband’s death.