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Poem: The Good and the Bad by Robert Knapp
Written February 3, 1965, as part of the creative writing class taken by Robert Knapp in Lake Stevens/Everett area of Snohomish County, Washington. The Good and the Bad You have all had your portions of sorrow and pain, And have … 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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Poem: My Mother by Robert Knapp (Emma Primley Knapp)
Dated December 1, 1964, written for his mother, Emma Beatrice Primley Knapp, died 1960. My Mother She waited on me hand and foot. That’s as the saying goes. I know great care of me was took, And thanks so seldom … Continue reading
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Tagged emma knapp, emma primley knapp, knapp, poem, robert knapp, stories
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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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