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Summary Information
Eldridge M. Fowler Papers 1805-1931
- Fowler, Eldridge M. (Eldridge Merrick), 1833-1904
McCormick Mss N
11.9 c.f. (24 archives boxes, 9 flat boxes, and 3 oversize folders)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers documenting the lumber and land-related business activities of Eldridge Fowler, brother of Nettie Fowler McCormick. Fowler was a highly successful timber baron in Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin. His companies included Fowler & Chapman of Bay City, Michigan. He was also president of the St. Anthony Lumber Company in Minnesota, and vice-president of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Other business interests included investments in office buildings and docks in Chicago and Duluth; the H.W. Fowler Car Wheel Company; and the Tin Mountain (mining) Company in South Dakota.
Forms part of the McCormick Collection.
English
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