Civic Pride

 

October 29, 1887, Saturday Evening Press

Civic pride reigns through the fifth estate, as the Press provides the fact that exemplifies the state of commerce in the Industrial City.  Menasha was certainly on the move, a mere 13 years after incorporation as a city.  The future never looked brighter, as city fathers of the era would attest.  And what's more, the city had not even been in the paper business that long; the first paper mill in Menasha opened in 1876.