Grindstones

Source:  Schedule 4, Products of Industry, for Port Austin Township, Huron County.

1870 schedule lists W. H. Cooper and Company as manufacturers of grindstones and whet stones, with a capital stock of $14,000.  Power was 30 h.p. steam operation.  Usual machines were lathes, gang of saws and grinder.  Cooper and Co. used 3 lathes, 20 saws, 1 grinder, 1 engine.  They employed 34 males above 15 years of age.  Total wages paid per year was $11,000 for a 9-1/2 month work year.  Raw materials were stone and wood valued at $1,240.  Productions were 1,400 tons of grindstones valued at $16,800.

1880 schedule reports the Lake Huron Grind and whetstone Company, who produced grindstones valued at $35,000; and Worthington and Sons, who produced grindstones valued at $42,000.

Letter from Edward Kirkby, Geological Survey, Department of Conservation, reports 800 men employed in the quarries and mills, taken from page 22 of “Huron County centennial History, 1859-1959,” courtesy of Michigan Bell Telephone Company.

Reported on page 207 of Annual Report of the Commissioner of Mineral Statistics (1882) in the state of Michigan that 3,000 tons of grindstones were produced annually.  The next mention of production may be found on page 157 of the annual report for 1895 when 2,924 tons of grindstones valued at $23,000; 14,357 brushed grindstones valued at $5,742.80; 6,555 gross of scythe stones valued at $13,110; and 1,100 cords of rubble stones valued at $2,757 were produced.

The 1897 production figures from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Mineral Statistics and the 1898-1899 may be found on page 207 of “Geological report on Huron County, Michigan” by A. C. Lane, Michigan Geological Survey Volume 7, part 2, 1900.

Grindstone City             Port Austin

1897    1898         1899        1897    1898    1899

Loose grindstones (tons)        4,054    3,606        3,855        2,000    1,232    1,576
Mounted (pieces)                6,320               11,292            5,292    8,532
Scythe stone (gross)            5,917    3,957-1/2    4,259        2,500    1,316    1,951
No production statistics were found for the years after 1899.  Part of this lack of information is due to only two companies operating and each wishing to keep its production figures confidential and away from their competitors.

See “Our Rock Riches”, Michigan Geological Survey Bulletin 2.

Griffon

Murphy, Rowley, “Discovery of the Wreckage of the Griffon” in INLAND SEAS, (Winter, 1955; Spring, 1955.)

Snider, C. H. J. “Further Search for the Griffon” in ONTARIO HISTORY.  Vol. XLCIII No. 1, (Winter 1956) P. 1-6.

Murphy, Rowley, “Key to the Sheer Plan of the Griffon” in INLAND SEAS, (Spring, 1955-1956) P. 34.

__________________, “The Griffon Wreckage at Tobermory” in INLAND SEAS, (Winter, 1956.) P.275-285.

Anaylsis of evidence. “The Tobermory Griffon vs. The Manitoulin Griffon” in INLAND SEAS (Spring, 1956) P.68; (Summer, 1956) P. 142-9.

Marshall, O. H. “The Building and Voyage of the Griffin, in 1679.”  In BUFFALO HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS.  Vol. 1 (1879) P. 253-288.

Johnson, Capt. Joseph E. “The Griffon:  Ship of Tragedy” in TELESCOPE, Vol. 7, No. 3, (March, 1958) P3-7.

See General Correspondence, 1957 Braidwood, Josiah and Sons.  Source of our photographic print showing the drawing of the Griffon.

Horace Greely

Greeley, Horace

See Cloverland, September 1916, pp. 14, 16

Article and photo:  “Horace Greeley’s Cabin in the Copper Country,” by John Viking

Great Lakes Ports and Waterways

The Outlook, LXXIX (February 4, 1905), 273-81.

“The Sailor of the Great Lakes,” William Davenport Hulbert [8 photos, 7 ships, men, and places]

GREAT LAKES – PORT AUTHORITY 1956

Source:  Seaway, April 1956 p. 9

Port Authority Directory:
Board of Harbor Commrs
H.C. Brockell, Municipal Port.
Direc., 710 City Hall, Milwauke 2, Wis.

Chicago Regional Port Authority
360 N. Michigan Ave., Maxim Cohen,
Geb. Mgr., Chi. Ill.

Chamber of Commerce
Port Division Director, Muskegon

City of Buffalo
Ex. Dept., Div. of Port, Buffalo, N.Y.

Dept. of Port Control
121 City Hall, Cleveland, Ohio

Erie Port Comm. Dir., Erie, Pa.

Sarnia Port Authority
Sarnia, Ont.

Toledo Lucas County Port
Commission, Chas. G. Crom.
Asst. to Exec. Dir.
Toledo, Ohio.

Toronto Harbour Commission
E.     B. Griffith, Gen. Mgr.
Bay and Harbour Sts.,
Toronto 1, Ontario

Grand Rapids Port Authority, Dir.
Grand Rapids

Hamilton Harbour Comm., Ross C.
Harstone, Chrm. 605 James Street
Hamilton, Ont.

Lorain Port Auth. Dir., Lorain, Ohio

Monroe Port Comm. Monroe, Mich.

Port of Detroit Comm. Vet. Mem. Bldg.
Sterling St. John, Jr. Ex. Dr.,
Detroit 26

Sheboygan Port Auth., Dir.
Sheboygan, Wis.

GREAT LAKES – PORTS

Source:

1.     U1. S. Lake Survey.  Survey of Northern and Northwestern Lakes Great Lakes Pilot, 1956.  (D103.203:65) Annual with monthly supp. During the navigation season (May to Nov., incl.).  Describes physical conditions and particulars of constantly changing conditions not adapted to adequate and prompt presentation on the charts.

2.     U.S. Lake Survey, Corps of Engineers, 630 Federal Bldg., Det. 26.  The series comprises a general chart of whole lake region, of each entire lake and detailed charts covering harbors, rivers, etc.  See:  Catalog of the Great Lakes and Connecting Waters also Lake Champlain, New York Canals, Minnesota-Ontario Border Lakes.  19p. Back of information sheet carries map of lake area depicted on chart.  (D103.208:956)

3.     Great Lakes – Saint Lawrence Seaway, Vol. I, No. 1, Apr’56.  Port Authority Directory & Map.

4.     Heartland, Sept. 1956.  “Seaway Shore” by H. C. Hienton map of Lake Erie Ports.

5.     Fortune, October, 1956.  See Reader’s Guide for current

6.     Papers of Mich. Acad. of Science, Arts, & Letters Vol. 35 (1949) P. 137-1576.  Illus.  Ballert, Albert G.  “The Major Ports in Michigan.”  Maps showing shipping ports, receiving port, car ferry port, car ferry route, tonages, etc.

GREAT LAKES – SHIPS AND SHIPPING

Source:

1.     Detroit Free Press, April 14, 1901.  Relics of Marine Boneyard.  See also:  Steamers, shipbuilding.  See Walk-in-the-Water.

Steamboat Inspection Service reports (1890’s) available through librarian at Soo Evening News

Summaries and lists of all vessels sailing in the upper lakes – Wisconsin Democrat (Green Bay), September 1, 1836 – March 24, 1840 (Positive microfilm, State Historical Society of Wisconsin)

(Note by Donald Chaput 12-8-67)

GREAT LAKES – STORMS

Source:

1.     Landon, Fred.  “Great Lakes Storm of 1913,” in MH, V.38 (1954), pp. 265-272.

2.     Lyons, Captain S. A. “J. H. Sheolle in the Great Lakes Storm of 1912,” in INLAND SEAS, V.21;pp.16-23.

GREAT LAKES WATERWAY ASSOCIATION

R-5    Green, Fred W. (18-19)
U-3    Exec. Office Correspondence, 1927-1931
S-4
B-12    Correspondence and material relating to the Great Lakes Waterway
Association, 1927.

Patents and Trademarks

Go to:  www.google.com/patents

or http://www.uspto.gov

Grand River Watershed Council

Grand River Watershed Council Records
RG 76-136
Regional Authorities

Governor’s Residence

2. House on Mackinac Island. House built on state property by Pat Dowd of Mackinac for Lawrence Young of Chicago. Since son Henry Young was in London at the time of the settlement of the estate, the house was sold. Next owners were Mrs. Shearer (?) of Detroit, mother of Mrs. Harlan Highbee, golfer.

3. RG 70-122 B1 F22. Records of the Department of Administration, Budget Division. Selected correspondence, 1959-1960. Includes “Re-conversion of the Barnes Mansion for use as a Governor’s residence,” a report to the governor from the Michigan Society of Architects, December 1948. Dated correspondence, 1943-1956, is included.

Glass Industry

GLASS INDUSTRY (Macomb County, Mount Clemens.)

Source:

1.     Detroit Institute of Arts.  Vol. XXVI, No. 3, 1947.  “Michigan’s earliest glass.”  “In 1835 the Mt. Clemens Glass Works est. by Dr. Ebenizer Hall and his son-in-law, Isaac J. Grovier…”

2.     History of Macomb County.  Leeson, 1884. P530.  “A glass factory was established by Hall and Grover early in the 4th decade of this century.  The factory was located where the mineral works are now situated.  H. H. Coor ady remembers the works, especially to 1837, when he moved into town of Macomb.  He states that works were in full blast when and in operation for some five or six years.”

3.     U.S. Census, Special Schedule.  No. 5 Industry.  P. 1 Macomb.  1860 Town of Macomb. P.O. Utica.  Lists Charles Wolf as manufacturer of earthenware. None other listed this year.  None listed in 1850.  This schedule available 1850-80.

4.     U.S. Census – Population

5.     The Boston Magazine for November, 1783…3 plates, 8vo., stitched, uncut, pp. 40 Boston, 1783.  $35.00 (noted in book cat. 1956).  This is the first number (The Magazine appeared 1783-1786) and it contains 3 plates engraved by John Norman; one of these, entitled “A Glass House”, is the first American item on glass making.

6.     Michigan Board of Agriculture, Report, 1868. P356.

Special report on Glass made in Michigan.  Re:  Detroit Glass Works.

For:  Mr. Sayles, Grand Ledge

See correspondence March 13, 1956

Girl’s State

Organized in 1941 by Mrs. Norton H. (Dorothy) Pearl as president of Michigan American Legion Auxiliary.

Mrs. Pearl was a resident of Eastport, Michigan, in 1966.

Genevieve Gillette

Gillette, Genevieve

RG 94-106: Tapes
RG 98-46: Manuscript materials