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Kenosha: Harboring the Past, Present, and Future

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Table of Contents - All Pages Available in PDF Format
Please be patient, some chapters are larger than others due to the amount of pictures on each page.
Kenosha Landmarks 1-3 -PDF
Kenosha Beginnings 4-17 - PDF
 

Prehistory 4
The Potawatomi People 5
Pioneers 6
City Name 7
Early Businesses 8-14
Early Settlers 15-17

Important Women in Kenosha's History 18-20 - PDF
  Reverend Florence Buck 18
Clara Carter 18
Cordelia Harvey 19
Mary Lou Mahone 20
Beatrice Welles 20
A Little Bit of History 21-44 - PDF
  Early Transportation 21-23
Southport Lighthouse 24-25
Kenosha's Lighthouses 26
The Streetcars 27-28
Early Schools 29-30
Important Educators 31-32
Reuben Deming 33
Civil War Monument 34
Civil War Memorials in Library Park 35
Soldiers and Sailors Monument 36
World War Memorial 37
Early Murder Changes Wisconsin's Law 38
Why did People Continue to Come to Kenosha? 39-42
Green Ridge Cemetery 43-44
Ethnic Groups 45-50 - PDF
  Early Immigrants 45
German Culture 46
African Americans in Kenosha 46
Hispanic Americans in Kenosha 47
Italian Culture 48-50
Kenosha Today 51-80 - PDF
  Businesses in Kenosha 51-52
Snap-On Tools 53
Jockey International 53
G. Leblanc Corporation 54
History of Auto Making in Kenosha 55-56
Local and Chain Stores 57
City Government 58
Kenosha County 59
Kenosha, Wisconsin (map) 60
The Village of Pleasant Prairie 61
Pleasant Prairie's Business History 62-64
Recreation in Pleasant Prairie 65
Somers 66
Universities and Colleges 67
Kenosha's Sister Cities 68
Douai, France 68
Wolfenbüttel, Germany 68
Community Workers 69
The Board of Education 69
Kenosha Fire Department 70-71
Kenosha County Sheriff's Department 72
Kenosha Police Department 73
Kenosha Public Library 74
Kenosha Regional Airport 75
Ruth Harman Walraven 75-76
From Lifeguard to U.S. Coast Guard 77
Sports in Kenosha 78-79
Washington Park Velodrome 80
Famous Kenoshans  81-85 - PDF
  Alan Ameche 81
Don Ameche 81
Dick Bosman 81
Frankie Conley 81-82
Gus Gnorski 82
Florence Parry Heide 82
Margaret Landon 83
Al Molinaro 83
Concetta Tomei 83
Daniel Travanti 84
Nick Van Exel 84
Irving Wallace 84
Orson Welles 84
Oscar Zerk 85
Seasons 86-87 - PDF
Music 88-91 - PDF
  Kenosha:  My Home Town 88-89
Kenosha 90-91
Vocabulary 92-93 - PDF
Bibliography 94 - PDF
Supplemental Reading 95-98 - PDF
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