Andrew Tainter was a logger. In 1845 when young Tainter arrived in the Menomonie area, the community had not yet been given a name. It had only one building within what is now the city limits. In 1892, seven years before his death, Andrew Tainter owned or had controlling shares in 20 businesses and about 40 buildings in Menomonie alone.
He and the other partners in the Knapp, Stout & Co. Company literally owned major portions of every community on the Red Cedar River north of Menomonie to its headwaters. In towns such as Barron, Chetek, Cumberland, Spooner, Rive Lake, the Knapp, Stout & Co. Company (or individual members or the corporation) owned the mills, banks, newspapers - businesses of every kind. Many thousands of white pine logs floated down the Red Cedar River into the collecting ponds of Knapp, Stout & Co. Company mills. In turn, a good deal of money and power went back up river to develop satellite towns above Menomonie. In 1901, all the pine was cut, and the company moved south.
He and the other partners in the Knapp, Stout & Co. Company literally owned major portions of every community on the Red Cedar River north of Menomonie to its headwaters. In towns such as Barron, Chetek, Cumberland, Spooner, Rive Lake, the Knapp, Stout & Co. Company (or individual members or the corporation) owned the mills, banks, newspapers - businesses of every kind. Many thousands of white pine logs floated down the Red Cedar River into the collecting ponds of Knapp, Stout & Co. Company mills. In turn, a good deal of money and power went back up river to develop satellite towns above Menomonie. In 1901, all the pine was cut, and the company moved south.
Andrew Tainter was a logger. In 1845 when young Tainter arrived in the Menomonie area, the community had not yet been given a name. It had only one building within what is now the city limits. In 1892, seven years before his death, Andrew Tainter owned or had controlling shares in 20 businesses and about 40 buildings in Menomonie alone.
He and the other partners in the Knapp, Stout & Co. Company literally owned major portions of every community on the Red Cedar River north of Menomonie to its headwaters. In towns such as Barron, Chetek, Cumberland, Spooner, Rive Lake, the Knapp, Stout & Co. Company (or individual members or the corporation) owned the mills, banks, newspapers - businesses of every kind. Many thousands of white pine logs floated down the Red Cedar River into the collecting ponds of Knapp, Stout & Co. Company mills. In turn, a good deal of money and power went back up river to develop satellite towns above Menomonie. In 1901, all the pine was cut, and the company moved south.
He and the other partners in the Knapp, Stout & Co. Company literally owned major portions of every community on the Red Cedar River north of Menomonie to its headwaters. In towns such as Barron, Chetek, Cumberland, Spooner, Rive Lake, the Knapp, Stout & Co. Company (or individual members or the corporation) owned the mills, banks, newspapers - businesses of every kind. Many thousands of white pine logs floated down the Red Cedar River into the collecting ponds of Knapp, Stout & Co. Company mills. In turn, a good deal of money and power went back up river to develop satellite towns above Menomonie. In 1901, all the pine was cut, and the company moved south.
Bio by: Tienne
Gravesite Details
In the large Tainter Plot area
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