John Penn Arndt
John Penn Arndt was an American merchant, pioneer, and legislator.
Born in Durham, Pennsylvania, Arndt built Durham boats with his family near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He moved to Buffalo, New York, and then to Mackinac Island in Michigan Territory. In 1824, Arndt moved to Green Bay, Michigan Territory and then opened a saw mill in present-day Oconto County, Wisconsin in 1827. Arndt was a merchant, fur trapper, owned a ferry, and was an inn keeper. Arndt served in the first Wisconsin Territorial Council 1836-1838, of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature. He died in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
