Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Neenah-Menasha
Special | 57m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Film, archival images, and interviews illustrate the rich history of two Wisconsin cities.
Explore the story of two Wisconsin cities with a contentious beginning that grew to be collaborative communities of innovation and service. Film, archival images, and interviews with historians, local citizens and experts illustrate the two cities' rich stories and their role in shaping international manufacturing and retailing.
Wisconsin Hometown Stories is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin
Funded in part by major support from Richard and Amy Jo Aylward and the Aylward Family of Neenah, Mary and John Sensenbrenner, Bergstrom Automotive, Community First Credit Union, Community Foundation...
Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Neenah-Menasha
Special | 57m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Explore the story of two Wisconsin cities with a contentious beginning that grew to be collaborative communities of innovation and service. Film, archival images, and interviews with historians, local citizens and experts illustrate the two cities' rich stories and their role in shaping international manufacturing and retailing.
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Neenah-Menasha: Better Than Cotton
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Wartime research fuels Kimberly-Clark Corp.'s invention of two ground-breaking products. (8m 20s)
Neenah-Menasha: Building Communities
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Industrial wealth is channeled into solving the pressing problems of the day. (7m 9s)
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Locally-owned industries make a wide variety of products, and provided thousands of jobs. (7m 16s)
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Papermaking becomes profitable in Neenah, and expands throughout the Fox River Valley. (7m 58s)
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As industries faced tough competition, both cities found ways to reinvent themselves. (7m 19s)
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Competition between land speculators led to the founding of two separate settlements. (9m 34s)
Neenah-Menasha: Wood and Wheat
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Pioneer industries, powered by the Fox River, expand in both cities. (14m 40s)
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Wisconsin Hometown Stories is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin
Funded in part by major support from Richard and Amy Jo Aylward and the Aylward Family of Neenah, Mary and John Sensenbrenner, Bergstrom Automotive, Community First Credit Union, Community Foundation...