Dick Ristow

Interviewee Sort descending Collection Description Interviewer Date of Interview Location of Interview Affiliation
Shawn Wendt People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish

Shawn Wendt was born and raised at Wendt’s on the Lake. His grandfather, also a sturgeon spearer, started the restaurant. They also run a shanty rental business that his grandfather started.  Shawn is active in the sturgeon spearing community and has been treasurer of the Southwest Chapter of Sturgeon for Tomorrow for about 13 years. He recounts stories of his first catch at age 15 and a comical story about some shanty renters.

Dick Ristow Van Dyne, WI University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum