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Gus (Augustus Moak BIOGRAPHY
1852 Germany - 1942. Known for: Decoy carving.
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Gus Moak. "When considering the glory days of canvasback hunting in Wisconsin, Lake Poygan automatically comes to mind. Synonymous with Lake Poygan is August Moak of Tustin, undoubtedly Wisconsin's... Read full biography
Gus Moak. "When considering the glory days of canvasback hunting in Wisconsin, Lake Poygan automatically comes to mind. Synonymous with Lake Poygan is August Moak of Tustin, undoubtedly Wisconsin's most popular maker of canvasback decoys." (Ron Koch). Many of the early articles about Gus contain... Read full biography
Gus Moak. "When considering the glory days of canvasback hunting in Wisconsin, Lake Poygan automatically comes to mind. Synonymous with Lake Poygan is August Moak of Tustin, undoubtedly Wisconsin's most popular maker of canvasback decoys." (Ron Koch). Many of the early articles about Gus contain unintentional errors, probably due to the fact that they were obtained through word of mouth and clouded with the passage of time. Gus Moak was born to Charles Much and his wife Henrietta Goltz in... Read full biography
Gus Moak. "When considering the glory days of canvasback hunting in Wisconsin, Lake Poygan automatically comes to mind. Synonymous with Lake Poygan is August Moak of Tustin, undoubtedly Wisconsin's most popular maker of canvasback decoys." (Ron Koch). Many of the early articles about Gus contain unintentional errors, probably due to the fact that they were obtained through word of mouth and clouded with the passage of time. Gus Moak was born to Charles Much and his wife Henrietta Goltz in Germany. The family immigrated to the United States in 1858 where the father found work as a farmer and Gus received a limited third grade education. Basically, nothing can be found in the printed record concerning his early life or occupation(s). At some... Read full biography
Gus Moak. "When considering the glory days of canvasback hunting in Wisconsin, Lake Poygan automatically comes to mind. Synonymous with Lake Poygan is August Moak of Tustin, undoubtedly Wisconsin's most popular maker of canvasback decoys." (Ron Koch). Many of the early articles about Gus contain unintentional errors, probably due to the fact that they were obtained through word of mouth and clouded with the passage of time. Gus Moak was born to Charles Much and his wife Henrietta Goltz in Germany. The family immigrated to the United States in 1858 where the father found work as a farmer and Gus received a limited third grade education. Basically, nothing can be found in the printed record concerning his early life or occupation(s). At some point, he changed his name from the Germanic "Much" to the more anglicized "Moak". In 1883, at age 27, he married 15-... Read full biography
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"When considering the glory days of canvasback hunting in Wisconsin, Lake Poygan automatically comes to mind. Synonymous with Lake Poygan is August Moak of Tustin, undoubtedly Wisconsin's most popular maker of canvasback decoys." (Ron Koch)
Many of the early articles about Gus contain unintentional errors, probably due to the fact that they were obtained through word of mouth and clouded with the passage of time.
Gus Moak was born to Charles Much and his wife Henrietta Goltz in Germany. The family immigrated to the United States in 1858 where the father found work as a farmer and Gus received a limited third grade education. Basically, nothing can be found in the printed record concerning his early life or occ...But wait, there's more...
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