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unusual facts about lumber baron



Art Gallery of Sudbury

Established in 1967 by the city's chamber of commerce under the Canadian Centennial centennial projects, the gallery is located in the historic turn of the century arts and crafts movement Belrock Mansion of William J. Bell, an early lumber baron in the city and philanthropist.

Artemus Gates

A great grandson of lumber baron Chancy Lamb and a grandson of lumber baron Artemus Lamb, he grew up at "Oakhurst" in Clinton, Iowa.

Bangor Public Library

In 1883, former U.S. Congressman and lumber baron Samuel F. Hersey left the City of Bangor a $100,000 bequest, which the city used to form a municipally owned public library.

Embassy of Luxembourg, Washington, D.C.

The building was originally constructed for lumber baron and former Congressman Alexander Stewart in 1909.

Susquehanna Boom

Men like James H. Perkins, Peter Herdic, and Mahlon Fisher became millionaires while many of the men who actually worked in the river struggled to survive on the wages paid to them by the lumber barons.


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Columbus, Kansas

Robert A. Long, lumber baron, developer, investor, newspaper owner, and philanthropist

Hebard – Ford Summer House

In 1878, lumber baron Charles Hebard founded the logging town of Pequaming nine miles north of L'Anse on the shore of Lake Superior.

Jackson Boulevard District and Extension

Lumber baron Benjamin Ferguson commissioned a red brick Queen Anne house in 1883 that takes up three city lots.

Mt. Shasta Brewing Company

Dillmann says he freely uses the town's name in his marketing by permission of the descendants of lumber baron Abner Weed, the town's founder and a state senator.

William Temple

William Chase Temple (1862–1917), coal and lumber baron, and owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates