Editor's Note: This story was published in June 2020. HOLLAND — Did you know Holland once had a Wooden Shoe Factory? The business launched in the 1920s, when Chester Van Tongeren opened the Dutch ...
Today and next week, our focus is a Tulip Time landmark. In 1895, Herman Van Tongeren started making cigars in a factory on E. Tenth Street. By 1917, he had a retail store at 12 E. Eighth St. and a ...
The history of "the old shoe factory," a five-level International Shoe Plant at Cape Girardeau is an indication of the trend in the shoe-making industry. International employed 1,200 workers in its ...
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