Download or read book Michigan s Lumbertowns written by Jeremy W. Kilar and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michigan's foremost lumbertowns, flourishing urban industrial centers in the late 19th century, faced economic calamity with the depletion of timber supplies by the end of the century. Turning to their own resources and reflecting individual cultural identities, Saginaw, Bay City, and Muskegon developed dissimilar strategies to sustain their urban industrial status. This study is a comprehensive history of these lumbertowns from their inception as frontier settlements to their emergence as reshaped industrial centers. Primarily an examination of the role of the entrepreneur in urban economic development, Michigan Lumbertowns considers the extent to which the entrepreneurial approach was influenced by each city's cultural-ethnic construct and its social history. More than a narrative history, it is a study of violence, business, and social change.
Download or read book Logs and Lumber written by Barbara Ellen Benson and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lumberjack written by William S. Crowe and published by Loving Healing Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner--Best Biography/Memoir of 2002, Midwest Book Awards (St. Paul, MN) A firsthand account of the lumbering era during the white pine boom years of the late 1800s - early 1900s in the northern U.S. Millions of board feet of logs were cut in deep woods camps, driven down the rivers to the sawmills and shipped by schooner and barge to build a nation. This 70th Anniversary Edition of the original book has been redesigned and expanded, with 78 historic photographs and illustrations, glossary, editors' notes, maps and much more. "The lumber barons, the lumberjacks, and the town people who worked in the mills-as well as the happenings of that period... are recalled by one who lived among them. I hope it will be an inspiration to others to set down their memories of the days of falling pine and belt-driven sawmills. Already too much of this story has passed beyond recall... a valuable addition not only to the history of Manistique, but to the state as well." --Ferris E. Lewis, Michigan History, Lansing "An authentic first-hand account... which tells the whole story of big-scale lumbering during the 1890s and early 1900s. Chapter by enthralling chapter, Crowe recounts the times involved in the 'big pine' operations... it rivals anything so far written... rich in description and alive with thrilling episodes." --Marquette Mining Journal "First-hand accounts of the dramatic 'big cut' by participant-observers are always illuminating. William S. Crowe's reminiscence of his years in the woods and the early days of Manistique, at the north end of Lake Michigan in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, was a classic in the 1950s. His granddaughters Lynn McGlothin Emerick and Ann McGlothin Weller have done a real service by republishing his book with ample photos and notes." -- Mary Hoffman Hunt, Midwestern Guides "Focusing on Manistique and meticulously researched, Lumberjack explores the early days of logging and the lifestyles of the countless loggers that filled the woods in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. William Crowe, the author, was a logger himself who collected and relates real stories from the men who were there. This is a mandatory book for anyone interested in the history of the Upper Peninsula. --Mikel B. Classen, author - Historian, True Tales: The Forgotten History of the U.P. and Faces Places & Days Gone By: A Pictorial History of the U.P. From Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com
Download or read book THE LUMBERTOWNS A SOCIOECONOMIC HISTORY OF MICHIGAN S LEADING LUMBER CENTERS SAGINAW BAY CITY AND MUSKEGON 1870 1905 written by Jeremy W. Kilar and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: economic progress emanated from the leadership exhibited by the towns' lumbermen-entrepreneurs and the makeup of each lumbertown's ethnic workforce.
Download or read book In the Michigan Lumber Camps written by Charles Albert Whittier and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lore of the Lumber Camps written by Earl Clifton Beck and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lumber Camp Life in Michigan written by Jacob Dye and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Deep Woods Frontier written by Theodore J. Karamanski and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrating the history of Michigan's forest industry, Karamanski provides a dynamic study of an important part of the Upper Peninsula's economy.
Download or read book The Lumber Region of Michigan written by C. H. Brigham and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lumber Bibliography Michigan written by William B. Lloyd and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Among the Sturdy Pioneers written by Matthew J. Friday and published by Trafford. This book was released on 2006 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the Sturdy Pioneers explains the development of a boom town in northern Michigan at the turn of the twentieth century. Settled as a lumbering community, Cheboygan quickly grew to become one of the most important lumber manufacturing cities in the state. By looking at how it was settled and by whom, the book explains just how a lumber town is not only settled, but also how that settlement gradually becomes more permanent. From boom town to stable city, Among the Sturdy Pioneers illustrates how just a few entrepreneurial lumber barons helped build a town. The book also goes into considerable detail looking at the lives of these lumber kings, how they made their fortunes and why they chose to come up north. More than just a story about lumber, though, there are plenty of additional facets of Cheboygan's early life that are covered. From other industries in town to strange stories and bizarre incidents, the book is not an industrial history per se, but a general history of the community as well. Shipping, auto manufacturing, railroads, crime and punishment, and even a brush with a rare disease add to the breadth of the work. Cheboygan began to change dramatically as the lumber industry waned, and these events and how the community reacted are also thoroughly covered. As the town struggled to find itself after the decline of the industry, the boom town was in danger of a real bust. However, through its fortunate geographical location and aesthetic beauty, it became a remarkable year-round destination for travelers the world over.
Download or read book Contemporary History of a Michigan Lumber Town That s Booming Again written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biographical Sketches of Leaders of the Michigan Lumber Industry and Others written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Michigan Lumber Village written by David Laforest Wing and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lumberjack written by William S. Crowe and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lumbering in Michigan written by Maria Quinlan and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lumbering in Early Twentieth Century Michigan written by Herman Lunden Miller and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
