Eugene Walter Leach, a curator of the Racine County Museum, wrote three books dealing with the history of Racine County: History of the First Methodist Church, Racine (1912), Racine County Militant (1915), and Racine, an Historical Narrative (1920). At the time of his death in 1938, Leach had another manuscript almost ready for publication, “The Story of Racine County, a History.”
Eugene Leach was born in Excelsior, Minnesota on September 15, 1857, and died in Racine on December 7, 1938. He graduated from the Racine High School. During World War I, he was secretary and an executive member of Local Draft Board No. 1. Aside from his war interests, he was an active member of the Roosevelt Memorial Association. From 1933 to just prior to his death, Leach was curator of the Racine County Museum. Leach married Eva A. Roberts in 1882 and after her death he married Katherine M. Eager in 1892. He had two children.
