A First for Milwaukee

February 23, 1964, Appleton Post-Crescent

Last week I featured an article about how the railroads came to northern Wisconsin.  Today, I feature an extension of this, about how the first locomotive came to Milwaukee, years before Menasha was even a village.  Having to do with The Milwaukee Road and its predecessors, this story is related to Menasha if only because that rail line has a history of travelling through the Fox Valley, to include your home town.  And I think it's okay to occasionally veer outside the city limits when it comes to this blog.