Extras
Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Neenah-Menasha Preview
Film, archival images, and interviews illustrate the rich history of two Wisconsin cities.
Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Neenah-Menasha Preview
Neenah-Menasha: Wood and Wheat
Pioneer industries, powered by the Fox River, expand in both cities.
Neenah-Menasha: Wood and Wheat
Competition between land speculators led to the founding of two separate settlements.
Neenah-Menasha: Rivalry
As industries faced tough competition, both cities found ways to reinvent themselves.
Neenah-Menasha: Retooling
Papermaking becomes profitable in Neenah, and expands throughout the Fox River Valley.
Neenah-Menasha: Paper
Locally-owned industries make a wide variety of products, and provided thousands of jobs.
Neenah-Menasha: Makers
Neenah-Menasha: Building Communities
Industrial wealth is channeled into solving the pressing problems of the day.
Neenah-Menasha: Building Communities
Neenah-Menasha: Better Than Cotton
Wartime research fuels Kimberly-Clark Corp.'s invention of two ground-breaking products.
Neenah-Menasha: Better Than Cotton
The suffragette movement reached Oshkosh as women gained career opportunities.
Oshkosh: Women's Suffrage
The Spanish American War put a strain on families, and Oshkosh woodworkers went on strike.
Oshkosh: Strike
Situated between the Fox and Wolf rivers, Oshkosh was an ideal city for lumber mills.
Oshkosh: Sawdust City
Using its memorable name, Oshkosh built a reputation as a center for innovation.
Oshkosh: Oshkosh by Gosh
Oshkosh was named & founded around the wetlands, rivers and lakes of the Fox River Valley.
Oshkosh: Naming the City
Oshkosh became an artistic hub and home to the EAA airshow, revitalizing the city.
Oshkosh: Modern Whirl
Despite five great fires, architect William Waters helped expand and improve Oshkosh.
Oshkosh: Fire and Waters
The county produced two governors: Mauston’s Orland Loomis, and Elroy’s Tommy Thompson.
Juneau County: Two Governors
Juneau County: The Drainage Dream
The failure of wetland farming led to the establishment of the Necedah Wildlife Refuge.
Juneau County: The Drainage Dream
Juneau County: Major Attraction
Glacial waters left vast areas of poor land that became a major attraction for the county.
Juneau County: Major Attraction
Juneau County - I Hope To Do Something Brave
Early Civil War volunteers fought with distinction as part of the Iron Brigade.
Juneau County - I Hope To Do Something Brave
Native Americans, railroads, and glacial waters affected Juneau County's early history.
Juneau County: Early History
Advances in growing the native cranberry created an iconic Wisconsin industry.
Juneau County: Cranberries
Juneau County: Camp Douglas History
Starting as a railroad lumber camp, Camp Douglas was built and rebuilt with pride.
Juneau County: Camp Douglas History
Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Wausau
Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Wausau tells the story of a city's community pride.
Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Wausau
Wausau: Wisconsin's First Homebuilt Airplane
Aviation historians Michael Goc & Robert Wylie tell the story of John Schwister's flight.