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Wisconsin Home Town Stories: Janesville follows the development of Janesville from its early days as a growing community on the Rock River to the present. Buy the DVD or see what is available from the Wisconsin Collection.
Wisconsin Home Town Stories: Janesville premiered May 8, 2006.
Through a partnership with the Wisconsin Historical Society, WPT is producing the Wisconsin Hometown Stories series with future plans to profile other state cities. Each program is a celebration of the evolution of a town, its residents and the stories they have to tell as a mirror of the entire state.
Janesville, City on the Rock
Since its early days, when settlers arrived to stake their claims on the fertile river valley, Janesville has evolved into a city rich in history and culture.
Sit-down strike of 1936-1937
In 1936, Janesville's General Motors (GM) plant workers joined other GM workers across the country in a dramatic sit-down strike.
Transcript
Read program transcript.
Streaming media
Watch the entire program online and listen to music from Carrie Jacobs Bond.
Resources
Explore books and Web sites related to Janesville.
People & Events
Find out more about the people and events that shaped Janesville.
Make the Journey
Visit these places in Rock County.
Wisconsin Hometown
Stories is produced as a partnership of Wisconsin Public Television and the
Wisconsin Historical Society.
Principal funders for Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Janesville are Bliss Communnications and the Janesville Gazette, Alliant Energy Foundation and Friends of WHA-TV.
Additional funders include J.P.Cullen and Sons, The George K. Tallman Trust, The Janesville Foundation, The Rath Foundation and contributers to the Wisconsin Public Television History Fund.
