They Built Their City Twice

Download or read book They Built Their City Twice written by Mary A. Sather and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: June 12, 1899 was another day in the lives of the vast majority of people on this planet. For one tiny town in the peaceful green savanna prairie in northern Wisconsin, it was a dreadful day that would be etched in the memory of more than one generation. And the effects of that day would linger on in the history of the town even though later inhabitants might not be aware of that earlier history. It was a day the larger part of town blew away in a cataclysmic tornado, or cyclone, as it was then termed. It was the day 117 people were killed, either directly by the cyclone, or trapped in the fires that followed. It was the day that the survivors rose to heroic heights to rescue and care for their wounded, to bury their dead, to gather their resources, and to rebuild their town. Very few people moved away.