PREFACE
This volume is tendered to the men and women of Manitowoc county who
take an interest in its past history, and meager though it may be considered
in its
details, what there is has been gathered with much painstaking care. Credit,
in a
large measure, is due those who have contributed articles for this general
history
of the county, and the compiler herein takes pleasure in admitting his obligations
to Judge Emil Baensch, Judge James S. Anderson and wife, Ralph Plum, Prof.
C. W. Meisnest, John Schuette, A. H. Lohman, H. C. Wilke, Dr. G. C. Wellner,
Miss Johanna LUps and Captain Timothy Kelley.


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