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History of Mason County, Michigan
H. R. Page & Co., Chicago; 1882

    
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        HORACE BUTTERS was born in Maine in 1833.  In 1852 he went
     to Manistee and there made choice of the pursuit which he has
     since followed with remarkable success.  His first work was in
     the woods and afterwards went to logging on his own account.
     Gradually working his way along, he extended his operations in
     logs and lumber.  In 1874 he came to Ludington and in addition
     to his lumber business operated a shingle mill, which he sold
     to SMITH & FOLEY in 1878.  At this time the style of the firm
     was H. BUTTERS & Co.  For two or three years prior to 1878, Mr.
     BUTTERS had been looking up a large tract of pine land in Sher-
     man and Branch Townships, and in the Fall of 1878, at a most
     favorable time, consumated the purchase for the firm of BUTTERS,
     PETERS & Co., Mr. PETERS being a resident of Manistee.  Soon
     afterward Mr. BUTTERS erected a mill and laid out the village
     of Tallman, both of which are fully described in another place.
     This purchase and the subsequent operations for utilizing the
     timber included in the purchase, show a degree of sagacity which
     few business men possess, the fruits of which are now yielding
     a handsome fortune every year.  Mr. BUTTERS resides at Ludington,
     but spends a portion of his time at Tallman, directing his large
     lumbering operations at that point.  He is a genial, whole-souled
     gentleman, in whose prosperity every one who knows him rejoices.
     In another place in this work appears an excellent sketch of 
     the mill and surroundings, and also a description of the busi-
     ness center which Mr. BUTTERS planted in the wilderness.
                          
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