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Koehnke’s Woods — Grand Chute, Wisconsin

Podcast (FCM&M) / June 8, 2024

(This page consists of podcast notes and is not intended to be a fully fleshed-out article.) Ervin Herbert Koehnke was born November 1, 1890 in Appleton to Henry and Sadie (Krohn) Koehnke. July 8, 1918, was sent to the barracks at Columbus, Ohio for training, with the plan to be in France after. He does […]

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Lizzie Cardish, Teenage Arsonist

Crime, Podcast (FCM&M), Uncategorized / October 11, 2023

Lizzie Cardish was born May 30, 1891 in Wisconsin, the daughter of full-blooded Menominee tribal members John Cardish and Cecelia Matchmehata. Some records refer to her as “Elizabeth,” but Lizzie appears to be her legal name, if she had one. There are also a variety of birthdays and ages given – one newspaper account firmly

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