101 ► Wisconsin, Manitowoc County, Two Rivers — 197 — Ice Cream Sundae —

In 1881, George Hallauer asked Edward C. Berner, the owner of a soda fountain at 1404 – 15th Street, to top a dish of ice cream with chocolate sauce, hitherto used only for ice cream sodas. The concoction cost a nickel and soon became very . . . — — Map (db m11772) HM

102 ► Wisconsin, Manitowoc County, Two Rivers — 325 — Rawley Point Lighthouse —

On this prominent point of land, a major threat to navigation on Lake Michigan's western shore, Rawley Point Lighthouse was erected in 1894 and is the only one of its kind on the Great Lakes. The tower is a reconstruction and enlargement of an old . . . — — Map (db m57927) HM

103 ► Wisconsin, Manitowoc County, Two Rivers — Schooner Rouse Simmons — Historic Shipwreck — Wisconsin’s Maritime Trails —

Type: Wooden schooner, three-masted Built: 1868, Allen McClelland and Company, Milwaukee Sank: November 23, 1912 Length: 124’ Beam: 27’ Cargo: Lumber, wood products, Christmas trees Depth of Wreckage: 165’ Lives lost: 16 Listed on . . . — — Map (db m56033) HM

104 ► Wisconsin, Manitowoc County, Two Rivers — St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church — Two Rivers Central Park Historic District —

This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 1889 — — Map (db m48446) HM

105 ► Wisconsin, Manitowoc County, Two Rivers — St. Luke Catholic Church —

St. Luke Church Complex St. Luke Catholic Church This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 1891 — — Map (db m57608) HM

106 ► Wisconsin, Manitowoc County, Two Rivers — St. Luke Convent —

St. Luke Church Complex St. Luke Convent This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 1903 — — Map (db m57607) HM

107 ► Wisconsin, Manitowoc County, Two Rivers — St. Luke Rectory —

St. Luke Church Complex St. Luke Rectory This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 1895 — — Map (db m57609) HM

108 ► Wisconsin, Manitowoc County, Two Rivers — St. Luke School —

St. Luke Church Complex St. Luke School This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 1909 — — Map (db m57610) HM

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109 ► Wisconsin, Manitowoc County, Two Rivers — Steamer Continental — Historic Shipwreck — Wisconsin's Maritime Trails —

Type: Wooden bulk freighter Built: 1882, George Presley, Cleveland, Ohio Sank: December 13, 1904 Length: 245' Beam: 36' Cargo: Iron Ore Propulsion: Propeller Depth of Wreckage: 15' The wreck of the steam-powered bulk freighter . . . — — Map (db m53709) HM

110 ► Wisconsin, Manitowoc County, Two Rivers — Steamer Vernon — Historic Shipwreck — Wisconsin’s Maritime Trails —

Type: packet steamer Built: 1886, J.P. Smith, Chicago Sank: October 29, 1887 Lives lost: 40 to 50 Length: 177’ Beam: 26’ Cargo: passengers, pig iron, produce, fish, package freight, barrel staves Propulsion: steam screw (propeller) . . . — — Map (db m68718) HM

111 ► Wisconsin, Manitowoc County, Two Rivers — Two Rivers' North Pier Lighthouse —

Built in 1886 by a Mr. Boehmer of Manitowoc for the U.S. Lighthouse Service this lighthouse stood at the harbor entrance of Two Rivers for 89 years until it was replaced by an automated beacon. The original lamp was a 240 degree Fresnel lens lit by . . . — — Map (db m39245) HM

112 ► Wisconsin, Manitowoc County, Two Rivers — Two Rivers Post Office —

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113 ► Wisconsin, Manitowoc County, Two Rivers — Two Rivers War Memorial —

World War I World War II Korean War Vietnam War Dedicated in honor and loving memory of Army Spc. Shaun A. Novak Killed Aug. 27, 2006 Taji, Iraq Operation Iraqi Freedom — — Map (db m57532) WM

114 ► Wisconsin, Manitowoc County, Two Rivers — Washington House —

Two Rivers Central Park Historic District Washington House This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 1850 — — Map (db m57612) HM

115 ► Wisconsin, Manitowoc County, Valders — Site of Gjerpen Evangelical Lutheran Church —

Site Gjerpen Evangelical Lutheran Church Founded 1850 Pastors H. A. Stub 1850 - 1852 J. A. Otteson 1852 - 1860 L. M. Biorn 1862 - 1872 A. O. Alfsen 1872 - 1917 A. O. White 1917 - 1930 E. A. Fretheim 1931 - 1940 Martin . . . — — Map (db m11961) HM

116 ► Wisconsin, Manitowoc County, Valders — 176 — Thorstein Veblen — (1857 – 1929) —

One of Wisconsin's most controversial figures, Thorstein Bunde Veblen, was born near here July 30, 1857. In 1865 the Veblen family moved to Minnesota where Thorstein graduated from college in 1880. He was a deep thinker, usually lonely and always in . . . — — Map (db m11633) HM

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