Wisconsin, its story and biography, 1848-1913 . ostmaster ofAntigo will be signed in the very near future. Ferdinand A. W. Kieckhefer. Milwaukee has particular reason totake pride in the extraordinarily successful career of F. A. W. Kieckliefer, since he is a native son of the city, grew up here with onlysuch advantages as thousands of other youths in the city enjoyed,started with no capital, did small things well before he attempted thelarger, and many years ago arrived in the current sense of havingattained an impregnable position among the ablest, most resourceful,and riehest directors of b
Wisconsin, its story and biography, 1848-1913 . ostmaster ofAntigo will be signed in the very near future. Ferdinand A. W. Kieckhefer. Milwaukee has particular reason totake pride in the extraordinarily successful career of F. A. W. Kieckliefer, since he is a native son of the city, grew up here with onlysuch advantages as thousands of other youths in the city enjoyed,started with no capital, did small things well before he attempted thelarger, and many years ago arrived in the current sense of havingattained an impregnable position among the ablest, most resourceful,and riehest directors of big business in his home city or state. Mr. Kieckhefer has been reported as claiming that in business luckis a fifty per cent factor, and that the other proportions in successcomprise twenty-five per cent of brains and twenty-five per cent ofcommon sense. If Mr. Kieckhefer had built his fortunes on specula-tive enterprises his analysis would be more convincing, as applied tothe particular case, but the fact is that the two great industries with. HISTORY OF WISCONSIN 1113 which his name is most familiarly associated are fundamentally andstructurally the result of the most substantial processes of businessdevelopment. His own career, like that of his business, has nothingof the meteoric, and has been rather persistent than brilliant. Thosemost familiar with his business life say that he has come up from therank and file because he possessed exceptional qualities as a businessbuilder and organizer, and his early training and the sheer force ofhis inherent ability fitted him well for a captains rank in the armyof industry. The following paragraphs contain a brief outline of the principalevents and moves in his career, and also introduce as interestingmaterial for Wisconsin history, the important fact about the twomonumental industries, conducted under his management as president. Ferdinand A. W. Kieckhefer was born in Milwaukee, February 10,1862. His parents were Carl and Justine Ki
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