Edgar Wilson Nye

1850 – 1896

"Bill" Nye, journalist, lecturer, author, and humorist, grew to manhood in this quiet valley of the Kinnickinnic, which flows southwesterly through River Falls. The tall-tales of frontier humor were popular regionally before 1860. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) and ...

Edgar Wilson Nye

In Loving Memory

Edgar Wilson Nye

"Bill Nye"

American Humorist and Friend

Born in Shirley, Maine August 25, 1850

Died At "Buck Shoals" near this spot February 22, 1898

Admitted to the Bar 1876

He belonged to the Masonic Fraternity

A member of Calvary Episcopal Church, Fletcher, N.C., ...

Edgar Wilson Nye

1850 – 1896

"Bill" Nye, journalist, lecturer, author, and humorist, grew to manhood in this quiet valley of the Kinnickinnic, which flows southwesterly through River Falls. The tall-tales of frontier humor were popular regionally before 1860. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) and ...