October 7, 2020 – Kewaskum, WI – As knots of fall reds and yellows begin to dot the local landscape some neighbors are remembering Kettle Kountry Kolors?
The seasonal fall festival at River Hill Park, celebrated the colors of the Kettle Moraine.
The event was started in 1988 by Lanna Kuehl and Lee Kempf who were members of the Kewaskum Area Chamber of Commerce.
Over the years there were attractions like the Buckskinners group that dressed in deer hides and camped out in teepees by the river. One year, temps got so cold it snowed. But, they were hardy folk and survived the night.
Do you remember the guy with the big beard and a belly to match and he’d take meatballs and roll them in breading and then fry them up in a pot over a campfire. He called them ‘cannonballs’ or ‘belly rocks’ or something woodsy and authentic.
The last two years of the festival were organized by a group called Friends of Kewaskum.
The last time Kettle Kountry Kolors was held was October 2006.
The demise of Kettle Kountry Kolors was blamed on a lack of volunteers.
