This book is a delightful series of stories and events that are of interest to folks with their roots and family life along the banks of the Fox River. It is very important to me because my father, Edwin C. Tagatz, provided some of the information used by the authors. The book answers some of the questions of why early settlers found the area so appealing for them to settle in. I have an autographed copy of the book and I pick it up and remember how is was many times each year. We can only go back in time in thought and memeories but this book makes both easy.