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Visualizing the Peshtigo River and Impact on the Knapp Family
In The Peshtigo River, Marinette County’s Greatest Remaining Natural Resource was put together by Jim Frink on the High Falls Flowage site, a site about the lake and surrounding land and rivers, based upon a report in “The Water Powers … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Genealogy Resources, Genealogy Techniques, Knapp
Tagged dams, geology, history, land, peshtigo, peshtigo river, river, taylor rapids, train, wisconsin
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Find an Image that Defines the Life of a Family Member
The New York Times is launching a new project, “The Lives They Lived: Share Your Photos,” asking the public to contribute a photograph representing the life of a family member or close friend who died this past year. For our … Continue reading
Posted in Anderson, DesRochers, Family, Genealogy News, Knapp, West
Tagged anderson, desrochers, family, family photographs, family pictures, knapp, memories, photography, scrapbook, west
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Taylor Rapids, Wisconsin, The Town That Vanished
A reader just pointed me to “The Rotarian’s article, “Wisconsin Goes Wild”, by William F. McDermott in Google Books. The article in the Rotarian describes Taylor Rapids, Wisconsin, as “snuggled down in the northern Wisconsin wood” and refers to it … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, nature, preservation, property, taxes, taylor rapids, wisconsin
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Poem: Evenin’ by Robert Knapp
Night drops down with usual clam. The peaceful night birds cry. The whippoorwill reiterates song, Natures own sweet lullaby. An owl hoots, from his lofty perch, A hungry coyote whines, Nocturnal animals in search, Make chills go up one’s spine. … Continue reading
Tracing the Wisconsin & Northwestern Railroad History to Taylor Rapids
The Knapp Family of Taylor Rapids, Wisconsin, lived for a long time in a log cabin they’d built called Ruby Shack that sat along the rail line that stopped about a mile or two east in the former logging camps … Continue reading
The 1967 Trip Back to Taylor Rapids, Wisconsin
This is a paper describing the trip back to Taylor Rapids, Wisconsin, by Knapp brothers, Wayne and Robert. It’s a beautiful piece that describes the now lost-to-time logging community and the landmarks that shaped their lives growing up there. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged log camps, logging camps, memories, oral histories, peshtigo river, robert knapp, stories, taylor rapids, wisconsin
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Early Memories of Taylor Rapids, Wisconsin
The following poem by Wayne Knapp speaks of his childhood home in Taylor Rapids, Wisconsin, a town lost to time and nature not far south of Goodman in the far northern wilderness of the state. Taylor Rapids was once home … Continue reading
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Tagged forest, goodman, loggers, logging, lumber, peshtigo, peshtigo river, poem, story, taylor rapids, wayne knapp, wisconsin
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Lunch On the River on Old Jim With Nonie and Wayne
I have spoken often of how much of my youthful happiness is owed to my wonderful departed sister, Nonie. She was one in a million. She a teacher, mother, and sister to us, especially to my younger brother, Wayne, and … Continue reading
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Tagged knapp, nonie knapp, nora knapp, old jim, peshtigo, peshtigo river, robert knapp, stories, taylor rapids, wayne knapp, wisconsin
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