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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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Tagged ben gante, coquille, gante, jack barton, knapp, logging, oregon, pacific northwest, railroad ties, robert knapp, wisconsin
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Charles H. Elwell, License to Master of Steam and Motor Vessels
Charles H. Elwell was well-known as a tug boat captain of the Skagit Chief and other boats around Puget Sound. Among the historical family archives of his descendant, Keral Ellingsworth, she shared the certificate from Seattle’s US Department of Commerce … Continue reading
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Tagged captain, charles h elwell, elwell, knapp, pacific northwest, puget sound, seattle, ship, skagit chief, tug boat
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