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Knapp Family: Our Introduction to the West in 1930
In this story by Robert Knapp, he tells of when the family arrived in 1930 in Oregon as part of their Depression Era move from Wisconsin looking for work. In nineteen thirty, my mother and four brothers came west from … Continue reading
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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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