Stearns Salt and Lumber Company Records 1881-1923

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Stearns Salt and Lumber Company Records 1881-1923

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Ludington, Michigan, business firm established by Justus S. Stearns. Topical files relating to business interests, including papers concerning their conviction on charges of receiving illegal refunds from the Pere Marquette Railroad, and relating to the sale of their property in L'Anse to the Ford Motor Company; and also microfilm of records of business operations at Ludington and one of their subsidiary firms at Bennett in Lake County, Michigan.

3 linear ft. and 33 reels of microfilm

eng,

Bentley Historical Library

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Bentley Historical Library

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Stearns, Justus S. (Justus Smith), 1845-1933

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Stearns Salt and Lumber Company (Ludington, Mich.)

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Ludington, Michigan, business firm established by Justus S. Stearns. From the description of Stearns Salt and Lumber Company records, 1881-1923. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422076 Justus S. Stearns was born April 10, 1845 in Pomfret, Chautauqua County, New York, where his father farmed and operated a lumbering business. In 1861 the family moved to Eire, Pennsylvania where Justus joined his father in running a retail lumber outlet. Ten years l...

Pere Marquette Railroad

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The company was incorporated in Michigan on November 1, 1899. Reorganized as Pere Marquette Railway Company in April 1917. December 6, 1899 purchased Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad Company. December 7, 1899 purchased Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western Railroad Company. October 1, 1900 purchased Muskegon Lake Railroad Company. May 6, 1900 purchased Bay City Belt Line Railroad Company, Grand Rapids, Belding & Saginaw Railroad Company, Saginaw, Tuscola and Huron Rai...

Ford motor company

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When Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903, Alexander Y. Malcolmson was elected the Company's first treasurer, but his assistant James Couzens actually managed financial functions. People holding the position of Ford Motor Company treasurer from 1903 to 1955 included Alexander Y. Malcolmson, 1903-1906; James J. Couzens, 1906-1915; Frank L. Klingensmith, 1915-1921; Edsel B Ford, 1921-1943; B. J. Craig, 1943-1946; and L. E. Briggs, 1946-1955. In 1903, the business office was in a small building o...