So, the Dugout Bar was really located at 401 North Commercial in Neenah in the late 1930s. But Mr. Hart was one of those individuals who wasn't exclusively a Neenah or Menasha guy. He was born in Menasha and also had had a shoe business there - the Hart Shoe Hospital- located on Chute Street in the earlier part of that decade. In later years, as he settled into the hospitality trade, he ran the Hart Hotel, a lodging establishment on Commercial Street, across from the C&NW railroad station. And, as inferred from his business card, he had served in World War I with the Red Arrow Division. So many of us, over time, crossed lines when it came to Neenah and Menasha that it really became one entity in a lot of ways. I'm sure it stands that way today as well.
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