Autobiography, Orrin Henry Ingram : May, 1830--December, 1912
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Ingram, Orrin Henry, 1830-1918
Autobiography, Orrin Henry Ingram : May, 1830--December, 1912
Eau Claire, Wisconsin: [s.n.], 1912
83 p. : ports. ; 23 cm.
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Contents
Contents, pp. [1]-[2]
Mrs. Cornelia Pierce Ingram, pp. [3]-[4]
My boyhood, pp. [5]-8
Beginning in lumber, pp. 8-10
Manager--law in Canada, pp. 10-16
Mill-building superintendent, p. 16
Married and again at Bytown, pp. 16-17
My own employer, pp. 17-19
On a big salary, pp. 19-21
With the Gilmore Company, pp. 21-23
Enlarging operations, pp. 24-27
Early-day railroads, p. 27
Lumber camps--incidents, pp. 27-32
Wrecked aeronauts, p. 32
Acquaintance with Mr. Kennedy, p. 33
A long drive, pp. 33-34
Western fever, p. 34
The Grand Trunk railroad, p. 34
A stage-coach experience, pp. 35-36
Remained with the Gilmores, pp. 36-37
A rejected opportunity, pp. 37-39
An Eau Claire breeze, pp. 39-42
In Eau Claire to remain, pp. 42-44
Acquaintance with Mr. Thorp, pp. 44-45
Local church activities, pp. 46-47
Products and markets, pp. 48-49
Mills--booms--Dells dam, pp. 49-52
What "might have been", pp. 52-53
In "the pool" for self-protection, pp. 53-55
Chippewa River navigation, pp. 56-58
The Eddy mill, p. 58
The Dells dam, pp. 58-59
Selling the city bonds, pp. 60-65
Dells dam troubles, pp. 66-67
Dangers from floods, pp. 67-68
Dam of general benefit, pp. 69-70
Value of water powers, pp. 70-71
Possible development, pp. 71-72
A second retrospective view, p. 72
Paper-mill experience, pp. 73-75
Dells dam power, pp. 75-76
Chippewa Valley Railway, Light and Power Company, pp. 76-79
Other interests, pp. 79-81
Late purchase by Railway, Light and Power Co., p. 82
Assisted by your mother, pp. 82-83
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