The United States biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men; Wisconsin volume . pewa Val- [ley, where he worked in a saw-mill and in the hay- I field, and in 1846 settled upon the present site ofMenomonee, on the Red Cedar river. There he atfirst operated a lath-mill on shares, in company withBlois Hurd, with whom he afterward purchased asaw-mill. This mill he operated until the winterof 1849-50, when he engaged in making shinglesand logging. In the ensuing August he became amember of the firm of J. H. Knapp and Co., sincechanged to Knapp, Stout and Co., and now
The United States biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men; Wisconsin volume . pewa Val- [ley, where he worked in a saw-mill and in the hay- I field, and in 1846 settled upon the present site ofMenomonee, on the Red Cedar river. There he atfirst operated a lath-mill on shares, in company withBlois Hurd, with whom he afterward purchased asaw-mill. This mill he operated until the winterof 1849-50, when he engaged in making shinglesand logging. In the ensuing August he became amember of the firm of J. H. Knapp and Co., sincechanged to Knapp, Stout and Co., and now the lead-ing lumber firm in the United States. His acces-sion to the enterprise gave it a new impetus, whichcontributed largely to its present prosperous con-dition. He was ready for any work, and knew howto dispatch it. During the first four or five yearshe gave most of his time to -looking after the logs,running the lumber to the mouth of the Chippewariver, and boating supplies thence back to the his business became still more about three seasons he was captain of a steam-.
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