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| | The Fox River Cities |
 | | To know the Fox River is to know the history of this valley, for the river is the thread that weaves one generation to another in the tapestry of our Fox Cities heritage. |
 | | The river also carried in its relentless flow another kind of power, something new and intriguing, and the youthful Fox Cities became the first in the nation to use water power to turn an electric generator and illuminate private homes. |
 | | For all their individuality and differences, Fox Citians live and think in terms of "community." The common heritage of uniqueness and pride, stability and success gives each village, each city, an insistent feeling that they, all together, are the Fox River Valley. |
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