Justus S. Stearns
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 lea...
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 lea...
