The Growth and Prosperity of Menasha

The future looked bright and beautiful to the writer of this tome in 1855.  It was only the mid-19th century and the paper industry hadn't even begun in the Fox Cities.  The railroad from the south was more than five years away and river traffic was the main route of commerce.  Menasha would remain a village for the next 19 years, but exciting things were happening in the little community at the mouth of the Fox River.