THE HEYROTH BUTTON FACTORY The newspaper, the Manitowoc Tribune, May 3rd 1891 stated new factory established by Ferdinand Heyroth. The Heyroth Button Company was sometimes called Manitowoc Button Co. The 1893 Plat map shows a Button Factory located at 1841 Michigan Avenue, in a 10 acres block owned by F. Heyroth. This block was bordered by Michigan avenue north, Fair Street west, Ten Eych east, Evergreen Cemetery south. It appears to be about opposite the wide end of the land triangle formed by New York and Michigan Ave. On the property is located a house and a separate building set in the back of the lot called the Button Factory. Mr. Ferdinand Heyroth's home was listed as being at 1601 Michigan Avenue. Button blanks, that part of the clam shell with even shaped 3/8" holes punched into it and some of the 3/8 inch discs punched out of the shell have been found in the cemetery and they also have shown up in people's gardens over the years. This is because the scrap was tossed out of the buildings and formed piles (offensive smelling dumps). They were spread out and resulted in being later found in a wide range of locations. Mr. Ignatz Burger of 1541 Michigan Ave. also had a pearl button factory in his home. In the two places, 10,000 buttons each were produced each day. Heyroth was known to produce other buttons such as campaign ones for the Cleveland and Harrison election. He produced five times as many Cleveland as Harrison ones. He also did some fancy carved work. The newspaper the Manitowoc Citizen, April 12, 1906, noted that Mr. Hayroth "opened a new business". That would have been the Heyroth- Zander and Co. jobbers and millagents - also listed as dealing in stationery and accessories in the 1909-1910 City Directory. An obituary from February 2, 1952 - Duluth Newspaper: Mr. Ferdinand Heyroth age 96 died. "Mr. Heyroth came to Duluth in 1918 from Manitowoc, WI, was a native of Mishicot, WI. He was the son of the only man in Mishicot who voted for Abraham Lincoln. He operated a button factory in Manitowoc." (Additional information can be found at the Manitowoc Co. Historical Society)