Janesville: Lincoln Slept Here
Clip: Special | 5m 52s
William Tallman built a grand home that housed famous guests including Abraham Lincoln.
William Tallman, one of the richest men in Rock County in the 1850s, built a grand home that housed famous guests including Abraham Lincoln.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Wisconsin Hometown Stories is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin
Janesville: Lincoln Slept Here
Clip: Special | 5m 52s
William Tallman, one of the richest men in Rock County in the 1850s, built a grand home that housed famous guests including Abraham Lincoln.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Where to Watch Wisconsin Hometown Stories
Wisconsin Hometown Stories is available to stream on pbs.org and the PBS app.
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: Special | 9m 30s | Idealistic New Englanders chose Janesville as the location for building a perfect society. (9m 30s)
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: Special | 58m 1s | GM came to Janesville to build tractors, and switched to making cars. (58m 1s)
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: Special | 5m 27s | Janesville grew by adding the making of farm implements to its expanding agriculture. (5m 27s)
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: Special | 5m 29s | Carrie Jacobs Bond was the first woman to sell a million copies of a song. (5m 29s)
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: Special | 9m 18s | Pioneer settler Henry Janes blazed a trail soon followed by hundreds, and then thousands, (9m 18s)
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: Special | 6m 28s | New parks, better schools and government, and good-paying jobs helped Janesville thrive. (6m 28s)
Janesville: Strong-minded Women
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: Special | 5m 44s | Janesville's Frances Willard and Lavinia Goodell led a movement for women’s rights. (5m 44s)
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: Special | 8m 7s | Through technical advances and marketing genius, Parker Pen put Janesville on the map. (8m 7s)
Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship
Support for PBS provided by:
Wisconsin Hometown Stories is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin