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.
Angusdale Stock Farm. . 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.
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.)
Location. 44° 57.589′ N, 84° 18.812′ W. Marker is near Lewiston, Michigan, in Montmorency County. Marker is on Buttles Road, 0.7 miles south of
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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.
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 951 times since then and 57 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.
