Howey-In-The-Hills

by Peggy Beucher Clark

Book Overview

The High Ridge in Lake County is a timber wilderness with roaming cattle that was forever changed in 1916 when 40-year-old William John Howey arrived. At age 16, Howey left the family farm in Odin, Illinois, to sell insurance, automobiles, railroad lands, and pineapples. His greatest lifetime achievements were creating the world's largest citrus empire and founding the "City Inevitable." He pitched Tent City in 1918 where the Bougainvillea Hotel,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738588156
• ISBN13: 9780738588155
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.1"