J. W. Wells State Park

Menominee County Historical Museum

J.W. Wells State Park
A beautiful park north of Menominee on Green Bay is located on land donated by the Wells Family. You can learn more about it in the State of Michigan's state parks directory

Wells history in Memominee's history museum
A lot of Menominee's lumber-days history, and even furnishings from J.W.'s house, can be found on display at the Menominee County Historical Museum, a very interesting place to visit. Of particular note: a giant drawing of the night the lumber company burned down in 1932.

Disappearing third generation
Of the generation born of J.W.'s six children, there's only one person still living. She's Mary Wells Walsh, daughter of Arthur and Edna Walsh, born in 1920, living in Lincoln, Nebraska. Still mentally sharp, too.

About this website
   Why? The inspiration for this website came from my discovering that my nieces and nephews knew little about their Wells Family history, and some of them were really curious.
   How? The family tree pages were created on an Apple 20-inch iMac computer using MacFamilyTree software. Graphics cropped and sized with Adobe Photoshop. Page creation was with Adobe Dreamweaver.
    About the logo. In case you're not up on your Michigan geography, the blue image above is Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Menominee County in red.


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