Where the wild rice grows : a sesquicentennial portrait of Menomonie, 1846-1996
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Lynch, Larry; Russel, John M., Editor
Where the wild rice grows : a sesquicentennial portrait of Menomonie, 1846-1996
Menomonie Sesquicentennial Commission, 1996
xiii, 252 p. : ill. ; 22 x 28 cm
URL to cite for this work: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.IHWildRice
Contents
[Cover] Where the wild rice grows
[Title page] Where the wild rice grows: a sesquicentennial portrait of Menomonie, pp. [i]-[ii]
[Dedication], pp. iii-[iv]
[Contents] Table of contents, pp. v-viii
Acknowledgments, pp. ix-[x]
Preface, pp. xi-xiii ff.
The land and the people, p. [1]
1. At the edge of the tension zone, pp. [2]-5
2. An ancient sea, pp. 6-9
3. People of the valley from the ice age to 1839, pp. [10]-[38]
Chronology, 9500 B.C. to 1871, pp. 39-[44]
It was a company town, p. [45]
4. The lumber barons of the Red Cedar Valley, pp. [46]-66
Chronology, 1872 to 1900, pp. 67-72
It grew like topsy, p. [73]
5. A city called Menomonie, pp. [74]-[81]
6. Keeping the peace, pp. [82]-[89]
7. Fire!, pp. [90]-[94]
Chronology, 1901 to 1945, pp. 95-[99]
8. Getting from one place to another, pp. [100]-105
9. Early industries and commerce, pp. [106]-117
10. Inventors and innovators, pp. 118-[128]
Chronology, 1946-1996, pp. 129-131
11. Cultural life and entertainment, pp. [132]-145
12. A fresh vision of education, pp. 146-167
13. Fit to print, pp. [168]-[175]
14. Going off to war, pp. [176]-189
15. From folk remedies to modern hospitals, pp. 190-[197]
16. For the fun of it, pp. [198]-201
Epilogue, pp. 202-204
Appendices, pp. [205]-[206]
Appendix A: Menomonie mayors, pp. 207-[208]
Appendix B: church histories, pp. 209-[226]
Appendix C: Menomonie industries, pp. 227-[232]
Appendix D: organizations, pp. 233-[234]
Illustration credits, pp. 235-[238]
Bibliography, pp. 239-242
Index, pp. 243-251 ff.
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Copyright © 1996 by Lawrence D. Lynch, Dwight Agnew, the city of Menomonie, Wisconsin