Nostalgia – September 2021

One of Appleton’s Own – Edna Ferber by Christine Williams Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1885, and spending time in Chicago, Illinois, and Ottumwa, Iowa, before moving to Appleton at age 12, the author and playwright Edna Ferber has been embraced by our...

Nostalgia – March 2021

Life on the Locks by Christine Williams The 275-mile river system that includes the Fox and Lower Wisconsin Rivers extends from Green Bay to Prairie du Chien. Beginning in the 1820s, government and private interests began to view the route as a direct water highway to...