Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Volume 4, Number 1, Spring, 1992 Page: 22
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HAD THESE MEN ANY QUARREL?
ber 7, 1878. When he was five, he and his widowed
mother immigrated to the United States, where they
settled in Sioux City, Iowa, near relatives who had
come earlier.' Knott spent his youth in Iowa and by
age sixteen had developed an interest in drawing.
After leaving high school, he struck out on his own
for Chicago to pursue his goal of becoming a newspaper
cartoonist.
After applying to every newspaper in the
Windy City and being unable to find employment,
he hired on as a draftsman in an architect's office,
22with a salary, he confessed later, "so small I could
have carried it inside my Waterbury watch without
interfering with the time of day....2 While working
in Chicago, he attended night school to improve his
skills as an artist and illustrator. At school he had
two exceptional teachers, Joseph Leyendecker, a
celebrated illustrator, and Frederick Mulhaupt, a
painter. Knott admitted that his work in Chicago
"taught me to mix my ink with common sense...."3
In 1901 Knott left Chicago for Dallas to work
for Charles G. White, an engraver he had known in
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Dallas County Heritage Society. Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Volume 4, Number 1, Spring, 1992, periodical, 1992; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth35116/m1/24/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Historical Society.