Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Manitowoc-Two Rivers

We follow the evolution of two cities who have been shaped by neighboring Lake Michigan. The program includes tales of shipwrecks and life-saving operations, the development and proliferation of wooden type and aluminum manufacturing, the region's participation in the World War II home front effort and the emergence and growth of new businesses in recent decades.
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Chapters
1:40 Intro
8:57 Schooners and Steamers
16:50 Wreck and Rescue
23:16 Making Headlines
31:19 Vits' College of Aluminum Knowledge
39:13 Homefront
46:04 Waves

[@limeycheesehead97]

I just learned a lot about my home town of Manitowoc. Thank you for producing!

[@brucebasile5083]

Played there against the Manitowac Chiefs a Semi Pro FB team in 1975.

[@jimbean9054]

Thank You For Sharing 🇺🇸

[@amok918]

Kerry Trask! I took every history lecture you gave between 1990-1992!
Thanx to everyone responsible for this. Good stuff.

[@DokesConspiracyNetwork]

I helped preserve Two Rivers History by scanning alot of historic documents for the library in 2004. I wonder if any of the photos in this is from that?

[@maryhoewisch-kc1mc]

Thank you ❤

[@lee1davis1]

Thanks for making this and posting it.

[@ericluchinski]

I seen all the surrounding areas around where I grew up.... Now do Chilton. The Manitowoc River flows right through

[@isaacfraser4082]

I feel the same about living on the mid west in total all are citysam states

[@isaacfraser4082]

You got milwaukee

[@DEEJAYKLONE]

This town is so boring and run down with a ton of empty wear houses. If you’re poor you go live there. Recently they took away the kite fest as well so now they really have nothing going for themselves other than that ice cream shop in the middle of nowhere.

[@banjobones8075]

It's a beautiful place. Just v
Because you're bored doesn't mean it's a run down town

[@jacobhawley60]

​@@banjobones8075True. It just means we must work harder to preserve the beauty of our state. Politics be damned.

[@yashathebelgianmalinois348]

Be innovative and start something like their predecessors. People worked together back then, had more shared values and pride.