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Two Rivers, city (1990 pop. 13,030), Manitowoc co., E Wis., on Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Twin River; inc. 1878. Two Rivers is closely associated with its twin city, Manitowoc Manitowoc (măn'ĭtəwŏk`), industrial city (1990 pop. 32,520), seat of Manitowoc co., E Wis. ..... Click the link for more information. , both of which are highly industrialized. Furniture, wood products, and electrical equipment are manufactured. A U.S. Coast Guard station (est. 1872) and a nuclear power plant are in Two Rivers. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The two rivers, about the place of their confluence, are bordered by immense prairies covered with herbage, but destitute of trees. At the junction of the two rivers, on ground so flat and low and marshy, that at certain seasons of the year it is inundated to the house-tops, lies a breeding-place of fever, ague, and death; vaunted in England as a mine of Golden Hope, and speculated in, on the faith of monstrous representations, to many people's ruin.
It was a mountain at whose verdant feet
A spacious plain outstretched in circuit wide
Lay pleasant; from his side two rivers flowed,
The one winding, the other straight, and left between
Fair champaign, with less rivers interveined,
Then meeting joined their tribute to the sea. |
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