1854
|
Sam Gilbert reports that Harrison Averill
is operating a
sawmill on the creek that dumps into the northeast corner of Lower
Herring Lake. |
1866
|
"Early in the fall of 1866 a
number of families sought homes in the northwestern corner of Manistee
County, near the shores of a small sheet of water that lay glimmering
smilingly in the sunlight."
The Turnersport Pier Co. builds a pier for the
purpose for the purpose of shipping lumber across Lake Michigan to
Wisconsin. |
1870
|
Silas Overpack of Manistee
begins building and selling big wheels. Lumbering can more readily be
performed throughout the year. |
1874
|
Henry Huntington opens a
sawmill. It is located four miles south of Arcadia near the Lake
Michigan shore. It employs five people. |
1876
|
George Dwyer opens a sawmill at
Pierport. He sells it a year later to C.W.
Perry. |
1880
|
Construction begins on the 130
ft. bridge pier in Lake Michigan at the end of Lake Street. The pier
would later be extended to 1000 ft.
A sawmill is built by the Starke Bros. in what is
called Starkeville. A second sawmill is built by H. Brown. The
Huntington sawmill closes. |
1881
|
The first lumber is shipped from the
Arcadia pier. The schooner Arab makes
regular trips back and forth across the lake.
|
1882
|
Manistee City Directory
describes a sawmill at Burnham owned by the Shaw brothers. |
1892
|
Construction
begins on a channel between Bar Lake and Lake Michigan
and a harbor, so ships can enter the lake and tie up at docks built
along the shore line. |
1893
|
Henry Starke forms the Starke
Land & Lumber Company. Its assets include the Starke sawmill, the
Arcadia & Betsey River Railway, timber holdings, and
other land in and around Arcadia, Michigan.
The
channel
into Lake Arcadia and harbor are
completed. Bar Lake becomes a safe harbor for shipping on the Great Lakes.
The pier in
Lake Michigan is no longer used.
|
1906
|
The Starke Land & Lumber Company
sawmill burns down. The company works out a deal with the Fox & Mason
Company to build furniture. The sawmill is replaced by the Arcadia
Furniture Company, which includes a small sawmill.
No longer needed to haul lumber to other ports, the
steamer
Arcadia is sold. |
1910
|
The
new
Arcadia Lumber Company opens a sawmill along the northeast shore of
Lake Arcadia on Arcadia Point. The sawmill, which would eventually
employ at least 38 people, sells lumber to the Starke Land & Lumber
Company and other businesses that could be reached by ship.
Arcadia Lumber Company Officers,
Directors, and Stockholders:
President: Joseph Crotcher of Traverse City, Michigan
Vice President: Ralph Case of Kingsley, Michigan
Secretary and Treasurer: John Grund of Arcadia, Michigan |
1915
|
The
harbor is closed to all shipping, because
shifting sand that filled the entrance is not removed. The
Arcadia Lumber Company sawmill
operator, John Grund, dies on August 26. Lumber is getting scarce
and harder to deliver. With John Grund's executor, Harvey Grund, serving
as Secretary and Treasurer, the board decides to close the sawmill and
liquidate the company's assets. |
1917
|
The Arcadia Lumber Company files
its final annual report. The sawmill is officially closed permanently. |