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Where the wild rice grows : Menomonie, 1846-1996
Editor
Lynch, Larry
Publisher
[Menomonie, Wisconsin]: Menomonie Sesquicentennial Commission
Date
1996
Description of Original
xiii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm
Format
Text
Language
English

  1. [Cover]
  2. [Title Page]
  3. [Dedication]
  4. Table of contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Preface
  7. The land and the people
  8. 1. At the edge of the tension zone
  9. 2. An ancient sea
  10. 3. People of the valley from the ice age to 1839
  11. Chronology, 9500 B.C. to 1871
  12. It was a company town
  13. 4. The lumber barons of the Red Cedar Valley
  14. Chronology, 1872 to 1900
  15. It grew like topsy
  16. 5. A city called Menomonie
  17. 6. Keeping the peace
  18. 7. Fire!
  19. Chronology, 1901 to 1945
  20. 8. Getting from one place to another
  21. 9. Early industries and commerce
  22. 10. Inventors and innovators
  23. Chronology, 1946-1996
  24. 11. Cultural life and entertainment
  25. 12. A fresh vision of education
  26. 13. Fit to print
  27. 14. Going off to war
  28. 15. From folk remedies to modern hospitals
  29. 16. For the fun of it
  30. Epilogue
  31. Appendices
  32. Appendix A: Menomonie mayors
  33. Appendix B: Church histories
  34. Appendix C: Menomonie industries
  35. Appendix D: Organizations
  36. Illustration credits
  37. Bibliography
  38. Index
  39. [Cover]

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