I’ve known Chuck since I was probably 15 years old. Please don’t do the math. Suffice it to say… a long, long time. My twin brother Bob and I would walk with our cousin Allyson to the farm — no flashlights, no shoes, and sometimes no shoes or sense — and Chuck would walk up to the farm too, usually with his brother David, friends, cousin Kurt, and others. We’d all hang out and eat green apples at the farm… the kind that gave us bellyaches.

The Welle/Isen/Moore family first arrived at Duck Harbor Pond in 1984. Suzanne Welle and her husband, Roy Isen—then longtime Manhattan residents—still recall their first visit, marveling at the sight of a lone deer in the distance as they toured the area with Joel Hill of local sawmill fame.