Business Directory

This 1873 "directory" of businesses in Menasha predates the introduction of paper mills to the community.  At this time, flour production and wood working products were the major by-products of the use of our water power.  Interesting to find names and descriptions of the firms, but few addresses, and vague ones at that.  But of course, in this era, one could mail a letter to the Menasha Post office and include the notation "c/o John Marx," for example, and have a reasonable expectation that the letter would make its way to that individual. This directory was printed on the same Winnebago County map that featured that nice illustration of the National Hotel posted last week.