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Wellington R. Burt (August 26, 1831 – March 2, 1919) was an American lumber baron from Saginaw, Michigan. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] At the time of his death, his wealth was estimated to be between $40 and $90 million (equivalent to between $703 million and $1.58 billion in 2023).
The Saint Louis Downtown Historic District is a commercial historic district located on North Mill Street, West Saginaw Avenue, and West Center Avenue in Saint Louis, Michigan It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. [1] The district is surrounded by residential neighborhoods, and is still the commercial center of ...
December 22, 1983 (100, 200, and 300 blocks of Pine St. Amasa: This historic district contains structures primarily built between 1890 and 1920. The district includes the township hall, a railroad depot, a church, four bars, a senior citizen's center, a lumber company office, three commercial structures, and one single-family residence.
In 1919, J.R. Bemis, son of W.N. Bemis, moved to Graysonia to learn the lumber business. He was twenty years old. He remained in Graysonia until July 1920, when he traveled to St. Louis, Missouri and began working with Don Lambert, learning how the lumber sales business worked from the standpoint of working off commission. By 1921, J.R. Bemis ...
Hopefully future anonymous authors make serious Posting that are balanced and don’t just try to sell a product. --Lumber Jack second account 00:56, 23 October 2006 (UTC) Also for anonymous authors that prize the use of LOSP, Vacuum-Treatment is also a PRESSURE TREATMEN. --Lumber Jack second account 01:00, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
To feed the mill McCormick's St. Helens Timber Company also purchased 4,000 acres of timber. In 1912 McCormick formed the St. Helens Lumber Company as parent company over Helens Mill Company and the St. Helens Timber Company. In 1912 McCormick expanded the company with a second sawmill, a creosoting plant and shipyard, the St. Helens shipyard.
George A. Mitchell (January 8, 1824 – August 5, 1878) was an American businessman, merchant, railwayman, lumber baron, and real estate developer.In the 1870s he bought 2,000 acres (810 ha) of land in Michigan, divided and sold it in lots, and established the village of Clam Lake.
Today the house is the Unity Mission Church Home Training School Bible Institute. Lindenhurst 1883 Romanesque: Edward Alfred Sargent: Jenkintown: Built for John Wanamaker, was destroyed by fire in 1907. Townsend Castle 1887 Romanesque: GW & WD Hewitt: Philadelphia: Built for John Lister Townsend, today is a private residence. more images: Clayton