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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).
However, timber was excluded from the Navigation Acts allowing the colonies to export vast quantities of wood commodities to nations otherwise beholden to British duties. Oak staves for wine barrels, along with building timber, white pine boards, and cedars shingles were traded to Spain, Portugal, the Canary Islands, the Azores, and Madeira. In ...
At the time, the land was recently cut timber. John Podjun immediately began clearing the land, developing crop fields, an orchard, pasture areas and a large garden plot. The Podjuns also constructed a small dwelling (now the rear portion of the main house) and then the main section of the barn, completing the barn in 1916.
It is dedicated to the workers of the early logging industry in Michigan. Standing at 14 feet (4.27 m), the bronze statue by Robert Ingersoll Aitken features a log surrounded by three figures: a timber cruiser holding a compass, a sawyer with his saw slung over his shoulder, and a river rat resting his peavey on the ground. The granite base of ...
In 1923, the brothers sold the operation to Henry Ford; although Ford was primarily interested in the Hebard's 40,000 acres of timber, the brothers insisted he buy the sawmill and the town at the same time. [3] Ford used the town to produce wooden pieces for the frames and bodies of Ford stationwagons. [2]
The south breakwater at Manistee, Michigan is one of three navigation structures at the mouth of the Manistee harbor which are maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers, the other two being the north and south piers. The south breakwater is 2,485 feet in length, and consists of two substructural components: an outer timber crib breakwater and ...
HB 6054 and 6055 propose multiple amendments to election administrative procedures and early voting provisions, including requiring clerks to notify the Michigan Bureau of Elections of early ...
Stumpage is the price a private firm pays for the right to harvest timber from a given land base. It is paid to the current owner of the land. It is paid to the current owner of the land. Historically, the price was determined on a basis of the number of trees harvested, or "per stump".