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No longer on the river and, again, an empty nester. Back to living on Fleming Island and making some more friends!

Monday, September 10, 2012

Famous home town

In 1962, Manitowoc, WI was made famous by having a chunk of junk fall from outer space and land in the street in front of the Rahr Mansion. Not in a farmer's field or into the lake---nope, right in one of the finest areas of town, on one of the busiest streets! Russian spaceship Sputnik IV broke apart and mostly broke up in space. Only a piece or two were identified as part of Sputnik, including the piece which landed in Manitowoc.  Russia claimed their space vessel was intended to break apart. Yeah, right!