Ford Motor Company. Northern Michigan Operations.
Part of a plan to render the company self-sufficient, Henry Ford and Ford Motor Company purchased over 313,000 acres of timberland and two iron mines in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the early 1920s. In 1954, Ford Motor Company donated the town of Alberta, Michigan and 1700 acres (7 km²) of land to what is now the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science at Michigan Technological University.
From the description of Northern Michigan operations records, 1920-1954. (The Henry Ford). WorldCat record id: 758981042
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Ford Motor Company. Northern Michigan Operations. Northern Michigan operations records, 1920-1954. | The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center |
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| associatedWith | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947. | person |
| associatedWith | Ford Motor Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Michigan College of Mining and Technology. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Michigan Technological University. | corporateBody |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| Iron Mountain (Mich.) | |||
| Michigan | |||
| Alberta (Mich.) | |||
| Pequaming (Mich.) | |||
| Upper Peninsula (Mich.) |
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| Forests and forestry |
| Logging |
| Lumbering |
| Lumbermen |
| Sawmills |
| Schools |
| Timber |
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