Readers of this column “attended” the opening of H. C. Godman’s new shoe factory on Nov. 7, 1895, if they read about the event in the March 22, 2023 E-G. The factory was built on the SE corner of N.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Megan Goetz grew up on Jefferson City's Chestnut Street wondering about the abandoned factory about a block away. Rising five stories tall, the brick building has stood at the corner of East Capitol ...

Earlier this year, DSW parent company Designer Brands Inc. and Pensole Lewis College of Business & Design (PLC) cut the ribbon to their new JEMS by Pensole factory in Somersworth, N.H., the first ...