Near Lewiston in Montmorency County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Angusdale Stock Farm

Photographed by Joel S., July 7, 2010

1. Angusdale Stock Farm Marker

Inscription. A Milwaukee businessman, Cephas Buttles became aware of Lewiston through his brother-in-law David Kneeland, the president of Kneeland and Bigelow Lumber Company. In 1901 Buttles purchased 25,000 acres of cutover timberlands and started the Home Colony Company, intent on populating the northern part of the Lower Peninsula. Buttles built the 1,200-acre Angusdale Stock Farm in 1902 as a model for his company, and he featured photographs of it in his sales literature. The promise of cheap fertile land and winter job opportunities at local mills lured former lumbermen, miners, and immigrants - primarily Scandinavians - to the area. By the 1920s, however, the topsoil became depleted of nutrients and Lewiston's land boom ended.

Erected 2004 by Michigan Historical Commission-Michigan Historical Center. (Marker Number L2132.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Natural Resources • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Michigan Historical Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1901.

Location. 44° 57.589′ N, 84° 18.812′ W.

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Marker is near Lewiston, Michigan, in Montmorency County. It is on Buttles Road 0.7 miles south of Michigan Highway 32, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8291 Buttles Road, Atlanta MI 49709, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northern Michigan Lower Peninsula.

It is also in the American Midwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Great North Woods,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lewiston Schools (approx. 5 miles away); The Congregational Church (approx. 5.1 miles away); Big Rock (approx. 5.1 miles away); Congregational United Church of Christ (approx. 5.1 miles away); The Kneeland/Sachs House (approx. 5.2 miles away); The Michigan Home Colony (approx. 5.3 miles away); Lewiston Band Stand & Early Entertainment (approx. 5.3 miles away); The First Telephone in Lewiston (approx. 5.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map

Angusdale Stock Farm Home and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joel S., July 7, 2010

2. Angusdale Stock Farm Home and Marker

of all markers in Lewiston.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 19, 2010, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan. This page has been viewed 1,381 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 19, 2010, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.