Michigan Pine King and Kentucky Coal Baron, 1845-1933
by
Michael W. Nagle
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
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...