Grayling Development Company records, 1927-1960.

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Grayling Development Company records, 1927-1960.

Grayling Development Co. records, 1927-1960, undated, include: correspondence from the Mich. Geological Survey Div. and Dow Chemical Company re: oil and gas in Montmorency County (Mich.); deeds and annual statements of the North Mich. Land & Oil Corp., Grayling, and the Grayling State Savings Bank.

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Michigan. Geological Survey Division

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The Michigan Geological Survey was created by Public Act 20 of 1837. Its purpose was to conduct a geological and mineralogical survey of the state. The state legislature appointed Douglass Houghton the first state geologist (1837). In 1921, the state legislature established the Department of Conservation, and the Michigan Geological Survey became part of that department (Public Act 17 of 1921). The Department of Conservation established the Geological Survey Division circa 1947. In 1968, the dep...

Dow chemical company

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Beutel was the head of the Texas Division in the 1940s for Dow Chemical Company. (This information is from the donor form.) From the description of Plat of Mount Pleasant [Mich.] property, Dow Chemical Company, showing well location, 1918. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 256867304 Dow Chemical Company was founded by Herbert H. Dow in 1897. Headquartered in Midland, Michigan, the company was initially founded upon a method invented by Dow for extracting bromi...

Grayling State Savings Bank (Grayling, Mich.)

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Bruun, John.

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At age 18, Bruun emigrated from Denmark to Grayling (Mich.). He became a minor stockholder in Salling, Hanson & Co., and later Secretary of the company. In 1931 or 1932 he was appointed trustee of the company, to oversee the liquidation of its assets. Bruun pushed to establish the Grayling State Savings Bank (GSSB) in 1931, after the Bank of Graylng failed. Esbern Hanson was the first president of GSSB, while Bruun served as vice-president. When Bruun became president of GSSB, he founded the...

Grayling Development Company (Grayling, Mich.)

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North Michigan Land & Oil Corp.

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