History of Two Rivers - Home of the Ice Cream Sundae

History Of Two Rivers

Historical Sites

1 Bernard Schwartz House
2 Great Lakes Coast Guard Museum
3 Hamilton Woodtype & Printing Museum
4 J.E. Hamilton Community House
5 U.S. Post Office
6 Rawley Point Lighthouse
7 French Side Fishing Village District
8 St. Luke's Church complex
9 Historic Washington House
10 Two Rivers History Museum

Manitowoc County Historical Sites

Historical Review of Two Rivers
Circa 1930
Summary
Indians & Settlement
Early Settlers
Tanning Industry
Ship Building
Shipping & Commerce
Growth of Manufacturing
Education & Culture

Thomas Walsh (namesake of Walsh Field)

Shipwrecks
Historical map of nearly 40 shipwrecks off Two Rivers from 1857 to 1956

SnoFest - Snow in July

Neshotah: The Story of Two Rivers
Evan Gagnon's early
story of Two Rivers from the
University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

Birthplace of the Ice Cream Sundae

Birthplace of the Automatic Clothes Dryer

Manitowoc County
Where History Lives

Wisconsin Hometown Stories
Manitowoc/Two Rivers
PBS TV Program

Adopted from various sources. Published dates are cited or estimated when possible. If you know of the author or dates of any of these, we will be pleased to add that information.

Downtown Two Rivers circa 1914	Central Park circa 1909	Central Park circa 1907 Note Soldier Monument in middle of street
1908 - Two Rivers Life Saving Crew Launcing Boat		Washington Street circa 1907 Yes! That's a streetcar.