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Establishment of County Boundaries 1836 to 1850 By an act of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature, approved December 7, 1836, Manitowoc County was created with the following boundries: Beginning at the southwest corner of township 17 north, range 21 east; running thence on the township line to the eastern. boundary line of this state in Lake Michigan; thence north along said boundary line to the point where the township line between townships 20 and 21 north, extended, intersects said boundary line; thence west on said tovnship line to the northwest corner of township 20 north, range 21 east; thence south on the range line between ranges 20 and 21 east to the place of beginning. Wisconsin Territorial Legislature 1836, Number 28, Sec. 11 Manitowoc County from 1836-18501850 to Date 1850 -- February 9 "The people of the State of Wisconsin represented the Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. That so much of the county of Brown as is included in town twenty-one, range twenty-two, town twenty-one, range twenty-three, town twenty-one, range twenty-four, and town twenty-one, range twenty-five is hereby detached from the county of Brown and annexed to the county of Manitowoc." (Wisconsin Legislature 1850, Chapter 166, Sec. 1) Manitowoc County in 1850
1928 NEW BUS STATION MARKS ANOTHER STEP FORWARD IN TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY The new inter-city bus station recently established in Manitowoc by the several motor coach companies operating out of this city, marks a forward step in transportation progress in Manitowoc. Since the time this city was a small settlement of hardy pioneers, there has been a constant development of transportation facilities. (Architect Drawing of New Bus Station) Until the early 70's the old stage line from Milwaukee to the Northern Peninsula was the only means of getting to and from this settlement. In about 1874, the first railroad was built into the city. Railroad facilities were then gradually expanded for several years and represented the only form of rapid transportation. About 25 years ago, Thomas Higgins, connected with the old Manitowoc and Northern Railroad, was instrumental in establishing in Manitowoc a city transportation system with an interurban electic line extending to Two Rivers. The line was later sold to the Wisconsin Public Service Company. Through the years, as Manitowoc grew in size, the transportation facilities were extended, first by electric trolley and later, after the advent of the automobile, by motor coach, until today paractically all localities in the city are supplied with adequate transportation service. Until a few years ago, however, the interurban line to Two Rivers and the railroad represented the only transportation systems by which people could come and go to and from Manitowoc. About 1920, the automobile had developed to a point which permitted its use as a public convevance. Correspondingly, in 1922, E.C. Cope established a bus line between Manitowoc and Sheboygan. In the fall of the that same year Ed. Stone began a similar line between Manitowoc and Sturgeon Bay, and a short time later the Crocker Brothers started operating motor coach lines from Manitowoc to Appleton. John Bunkleman and Sons began running a line between Manitowoc and Green Bay that same years, and in the next year Nick Backhous opened a run from Manitowoc to Fond du Lac. During the years since then, considerable changes in management have taken place. L.C. Knapp owns and operates the Manitowoc-Fond du Lac, and the Manitowoc-Sturgeon Bay run, under the name Lakeshore Transportation Company. Crocker Brothers still operate the Manitowoc-Appleton line; while the Manitowoc-Green Bay and Manitowoc- Sheboygan routes have been purchased by the Wisconsin Power and Light Company and are operating under the name "The Orange Line." While the routes remain the same, astonishing progress has been made in the type of equipment and service rendered by modern busses, as compared to those first used in this vicinity. One of the first busses operating out of Manitowoc was a high street car type of bus, on a truck chassis, capable of carrying twelve passengers. It was noisy, a bit uncertain, and more or less uncomfortable to ride in. In four short years, this type of bus has been supplanted by a low, comfortable parlor car, capable of carrying twenty-nine passengers, safely and reliably. As an example of the improvement that has taken place in the schedule changes, it might be mentioned that when the Manitowoc-Sheboygan line was first put in operation in 1922, two round trips were made daily. Today five busses travel in each direction each day over this route. In spite of the fact that a large number of people have made extensive use of busses in Manitowoc, until just recently no waiting room station or other point from which traffic information could be given out existed in the city, with the result that both patrons and operators have suffered. The new station will remedy this difficulty and will prove of benefit to both the operators and those who ride the busses. Manitowoc Herald News, Manitowoc, Wis. April 5, 1928 P. 1