Boyd, Robert K., 1845?-
Variant namesEau Claire, Wis., land agent.
Born in New York in 1845 and raised near St. Charles, Minn., Boyd enlisted in the 6th Minnesota Regiment in the spring of 1862, was wounded in the Battle of Birch Coulee, and was discharged in 1863. Boyd came to the Chippewa River Valley of Wisconsin in 1868, where he worked on lumber rafts, entered the land business, served as an Eau Claire city councilman, and donated Boyd Park to the city.
From the description of Robert Knowles Boyd letters : Eau Claire, Wis., to Edith M. Smith, Aurora, Ill., 1925-1927. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 34241982
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| associatedWith | Brown, Joseph Renshaw, 1805-1870. | person |
| associatedWith | Carver, Jonathan, 1710-1780. | person |
| associatedWith | Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Fort Ridgely State Park and Historical Association. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Grant, Hiram Perry, 1828-1897. | person |
| associatedWith | Henton, Helen Spink, 1901-1986. | person |
| associatedWith | James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford), 1801?-1860. | person |
| associatedWith | Newberry Library. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Pond, Levi. | person |
| associatedWith | Smith, Edith M. | person |
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| Wisconsin--Eau Claire | |||
| Renville County (Minn.) | |||
| Wisconsin | |||
| Minnesota | |||
| Chippewa River (Wis.) | |||
| Chippewa River Valley (Wis.) | |||
| Renville County (Minn.) | |||
| Chippewa River (Wis.) | |||
| Chippewa River (Wis.) | |||
| Wisconsin | |||
| Minnesota | |||
| Wisconsin--Chippewa River Valley | |||
| Eau Claire County (Wis.) |
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| Birch Coulee, Battle of, Minn., 1862 |
| Birch Coulee, Battle of, Minn., 1862 |
| Booms (Log transportation) |
| Dakota Indians |
| Dakota Indians |
| Frontier and pioneer life |
| Indians of North America |
| Inventions |
| Lumbering |
| Manuscripts, American |
| Ojibwa Indians |
| Pioneers |
| Timber rafting |
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Birth 1845
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