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Michigan lumber markets began to dry in the 1870s Col Ferry moved to Utah and became one of the largest mining magnates in the United States. The first mines Col. Ferry owned were the Mayflower Mine, the Walker Mine, and the Webster Mine. After a few years in Utah, Col. Ferry and his brother
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Many of the Utah mining magnates were not known for their philanthropic efforts. Col. Ferry though was known as much for his philanthropic work as his mining success. Ferry was one of the major donors to Park City's First
Hospital (known as Miner's Hospital), and he was the featured speaker at its
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Col. Ferry was an extremely successful business man. He began working for his fathers lumber businesses. He then expanded into iron owning Ottawa Iron Works. His company owned fleets of lake freighters for lumber and iron. He also held various patents related to iron which proved to be very
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In Col. Ferry's old age he was nearly blind and severely asthmatic. He died in Park City
January 2, 1905. His funeral was remembered as the highest attended event in the history of the City. After his funeral, his body was shipped to his home town of
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Col. Ferry's Park City (known as the Ferry-Kearns mansion) is a large
Victorian mansion. The home is still in Park City, but has been moved from its original location.
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who said of Ferry, "You have left your mark in the army, and it will stand to your honor so long as the United States has an army."
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had ownership interests in nearly all of Park City's silver mines. They also owned silver mines Nevada, Arizona, and even in Peru.
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nominee in a special election for the seat. William Ferry lost the election to
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In the 1872 election, Ferry was the nominee of the
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NORTHWEST OTTAWA COUNTY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HISTORY Volume I People
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and Amanda White Ferry. In the 1830s, the family founded
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Mission House on
Mackinac Island, Ferry's birthplace.
628:"Campus Map | Westminster College | Salt Lake City"
204:served as a Major in the Civil war and died at the
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292:In 1876 Ferry was elected mayor of Grand Haven.
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390:where he is interred in the Ferry Family plot
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451:. Grand Haven, Michigan. p. 311.
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523:"Local Mining Men in Far-off Lands"
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822:People from Grand Haven, Michigan
817:American businesspeople in timber
757:American Party (Utah) politicians
479:Ewing, Ph.D., Wallace K. (2017).
315:In 1904, Ferry joined Utah's new
182:In August 1861, Ferry joined the
832:Military personnel from Michigan
767:Mayors of Grand Rapids, Michigan
797:American mining businesspeople
126:politician, an officer in the
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306:Democratic National Committee
497:. 2008-02-10. Archived from
184:Fourteenth Michigan Infantry
782:People from Park City, Utah
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270:(61.9%), and also trailing
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330:. In losing to Republican
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200:William's younger brother
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802:Businesspeople from Utah
698:Party political offices
300:In 1878, Ferry moved to
280:constitution of Michigan
241:House of Representatives
837:American industrialists
674:Ferry, William Montague
656:newspapers.lib.utah.edu
603:. Emmis Communications.
548:"A Peruvian Expedition"
404:mayor of Salt Lake City
332:John Christopher Cutler
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237:United States senator
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717:Governor of Michigan
447:Lillie, Leo (1931).
310:Chicago World's Fair
274:and former governor
260:governor of Michigan
233:Michigan Legislature
231:—was elected by the
206:Battle of Gettysburg
168:Ferrysburg, Michigan
787:Union Army officers
762:Burials in Michigan
706:Charles C. Comstock
406:from 1916 to 1919.
367:Westminster College
345:Edward Payson Ferry
289:from 1858 to 1863.
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681:As I Remember Them
676:, ourcampaigns.com
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229:Republican
202:Noah Ferry
142:Early life
128:Union Army
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457:cite book
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