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 ...

HOLLAND, Mich. — Tulip Time is just around the corner. A big part of the festival traditions are the wooden shoes you see the dancers wear in the parade. The shoes are called 'klompen' or 'clogs' and ...

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 ...