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Knapp Family Gallery 1920-1930
The following are images from our collection for the James Asa Knapp and Emma Knapp family in Taylor Rapids, Wisconsin, from circa 1920-1930. For stories and information on many of these people, see our Knapp category. For a list of … Continue reading
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Tagged allen knapp, emma knapp, gallery, glenn knapp, goodman, james knapp, knapp, knapp family, lloyd knapp, melvin knapp, nora knapp, peshtigo, peshtigo river, photo gallery, photos, pictures, robert knapp, taylor rapids, wayne knapp, wisconsin
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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
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Tagged dams, geology, history, land, peshtigo, peshtigo river, river, taylor rapids, train, wisconsin
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Reverend Seneca Primley (1871-1966)
Rev. Seneca Primley (1871-1966) died at age 94 in Winona Lake, Indiana. He was a retired Church of God minister, member of the Warsaw Church of God and American Legion, and Spanish-American War veteran. He was born in Green Bay, … Continue reading
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Tagged church of god, indiana, knapp, mabel primley, minister, primley, seneca primley, sink primley, spanish american war, taylor rapids, veteran, war
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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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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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When The War Will End
I’m currently transcribing a family relic I can best describe as a journal of “collected writings” from 1916 to 1924 by Emma Beatrice Knapp and her children and their friends and other family members. It was a catchall for everyone … Continue reading
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Tagged knapp, robert knapp, taylor rapids, wayne knapp, wisconsin
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Planning Another Genealogy Trip – Wisconsin
I should be heading back home to my husband and cats, but instead, I’m leaving in a week for a drop-out-of-the-sky-decision to spend 10 days in Wisconsin researching my mother’s side of the family tree. This was just decided yesterday, … Continue reading
