Justus S. Stearns: Michigan Pine King and Kentucky Coal Baron, 1845-1933

by Michael W. Nagle

Book Overview

Examines a major Michigan timber baron and political figure who also founded a coal-mining empire in Kentucky.

Near the turn of the twentieth century, "Pine King" Justus S. Stearns was Michigan's largest producer of manufactured lumber and the owner of a prosperous coal mining operation headquartered in Stearns, Kentucky, a town he founded. Over the course of his career, Stearns would own at least thirty manufacturing businesses--making...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814348823
• ISBN13: 9780814348826
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"