Comments on: Towing Logs On The Skagit River http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/towing-logs-on-the-skagit-river/ VanFossen, West, Anderson, Farlin, Knapp, Elwell, Disbrow and More Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:09:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Howard Teasley http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/towing-logs-on-the-skagit-river/#comment-2584 Howard Teasley Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:55:38 +0000 http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/towing-logs-on-the-skagit-river#comment-2584 I was wondering.... Isn't there an old movie that had a story line on this topic (Floating logs down the river?) And if so, was it about your relatives? Thanks! Howard Teasley I was wondering….
Isn’t there an old movie that had a story line on this topic (Floating logs down the river?)
And if so, was it about your relatives?
Thanks!

Howard Teasley

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/towing-logs-on-the-skagit-river/#comment-2283 Lorelle VanFossen Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:23:05 +0000 http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/towing-logs-on-the-skagit-river#comment-2283 @<a href="http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/towing-logs-on-the-skagit-river/#comment-2279" rel="nofollow">Dan Erlendson</a>: My uncle took those pictures and that is the boat he worked on. He would know best the name. I have just started researching the history of that area. It's very possible. It's a common enough name and there might be I, II, and III. :D @Dan Erlendson:

My uncle took those pictures and that is the boat he worked on. He would know best the name. I have just started researching the history of that area. It’s very possible. It’s a common enough name and there might be I, II, and III. :D

]]> By: Dan Erlendson http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/towing-logs-on-the-skagit-river/#comment-2279 Dan Erlendson Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:43:40 +0000 http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/towing-logs-on-the-skagit-river#comment-2279 Thanks for the picture of the Skagit Chief, the 50 foot tug in the artical by Robert Knapp. I'm a bit confused. I know of a newer tug also called the Skagit Chief, and an old stern wheeler from about 1905 called the Skagit Chief. The stern wheeler Skagit Cheif resumblies the Skagit Queen, also a stern wheeler. It looks like the boat name Skagitr Chief may have been used on 3 different boats. Dan Erlendson Stanwood WA Thanks for the picture of the Skagit Chief, the 50 foot tug in the artical by Robert Knapp. I’m a bit confused. I know of a newer tug also called the Skagit Chief, and an old stern wheeler from about 1905 called the Skagit Chief. The stern wheeler Skagit Cheif resumblies the Skagit Queen, also a stern wheeler. It looks like the boat name Skagitr Chief may have been used on 3 different boats.

Dan Erlendson
Stanwood WA

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/towing-logs-on-the-skagit-river/#comment-1250 Lorelle VanFossen Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:13:09 +0000 http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/towing-logs-on-the-skagit-river#comment-1250 Wow, that's wonderful. I'd love a digital image of the painting and/or photograph for our Elwell family to post here. I hope to have a lot more Elwell family information posted here soon. Thanks! Wow, that’s wonderful. I’d love a digital image of the painting and/or photograph for our Elwell family to post here.

I hope to have a lot more Elwell family information posted here soon. Thanks!

]]> By: Greg Parker http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/towing-logs-on-the-skagit-river/#comment-1240 Greg Parker Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:17:24 +0000 http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/towing-logs-on-the-skagit-river#comment-1240 Joe Parker was my Great Grand Father. I have a painting of the Ora Elwell hanging in my living room. Laurie Wells was the artist who painted it from an old family photo. The painting is out by Goat island with a full tow of logs headed into the bay. The Ora is named after Capt Elwells daughter if memory serves me correct. Joe Parker was my Great Grand Father. I have a painting of the Ora Elwell hanging in my living room. Laurie Wells was the artist who painted it from an old family photo. The painting is out by Goat island with a full tow of logs headed into the bay. The Ora is named after Capt Elwells daughter if memory serves me correct.

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/towing-logs-on-the-skagit-river/#comment-427 Lorelle VanFossen Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:21:41 +0000 http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/towing-logs-on-the-skagit-river#comment-427 Our Robert Knapp wasn't yet in Washington State and 11 years old in 1924. He and his family arrived in the early 1930s. The "Dells" is the Wisconsin Dells, now a popular vacation spot in Wisconsin. The Dalles is where my father and his sister lived for many years, and his sister raised her family. That is in Oregon, on the Columbia River. I will definitely check out the Skagit River History site, as that played an important part in our family's history, too. Thanks! Our Robert Knapp wasn’t yet in Washington State and 11 years old in 1924. He and his family arrived in the early 1930s. The “Dells” is the Wisconsin Dells, now a popular vacation spot in Wisconsin. The Dalles is where my father and his sister lived for many years, and his sister raised her family. That is in Oregon, on the Columbia River.

I will definitely check out the Skagit River History site, as that played an important part in our family’s history, too. Thanks!

]]> By: Larry Kunzler http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/towing-logs-on-the-skagit-river/#comment-423 Larry Kunzler Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:15:29 +0000 http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/towing-logs-on-the-skagit-river#comment-423 There was another Robert Knapp. See Robert E.L. Knapp, Skagit County Engineer, Testimony for 11/26/1924 Hearing at www.skagitriverhistory.com. Any relation? Also the Dells referred to in your story, shouldn't that be "The Dalles" or did it use to be called the Dells and someone changed the name? There was another Robert Knapp. See Robert E.L. Knapp, Skagit County Engineer, Testimony for 11/26/1924 Hearing at http://www.skagitriverhistory.com. Any relation? Also the Dells referred to in your story, shouldn’t that be “The Dalles” or did it use to be called the Dells and someone changed the name?

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