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Prewar service. Star of the West was a 1,172-ton steamship built by Jeremiah Simonson, of New York City for Cornelius Vanderbilt, and launched on June 17, 1852. Its length was 228.3 feet (69.6 m) and its beam 32.7 feet (10.0 m), with wooden hullside paddle wheels and two masts. She started service between New York and San Juan de Nicaragua on ...
The surrounding community is mostly agricultural. Emmett houses the Eastern Michigan Grain Elevator, the largest in St. Clair County, Michigan.It has recently merged with Star of the West Milling Co. of Vassar and Cass City.
Star of the West Milling Co. [15] which has grain elevators in Vassar and Cass City, joined with Eastern Michigan Grain in Emmett. [16] Huron Castings [17] produces shell molded steel castings in Pigeon. Pigeon Telephone Co. has been meeting telecommunications needs of the rural communities it serves since 1908. [18]
From 1881 to 2016, downtown Kent was home to a flour mill, housed in a complex originally built from 1880 to 1881 by the Williams brothers and later acquired by the Star of the West Milling Company. The mill closed in 2016 after Star of the West consolidated operations to Willard, Ohio, and the complex was sold to a local developer in 2019. On ...
Simeon North. Simeon North (July 13, 1765 – August 25, 1852) was an American gun manufacturer, who developed one of America's first milling machines (possibly the very first) in 1818 and played an important role in the development of interchangeable parts manufacturing. North was born in Berlin, Connecticut, into a prosperous family able to ...
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Frankenmuth Credit Union was founded in 1964 by employees of the Carling Brewery and Star of the West Milling Company. [1] [2] [3] Their original stated purpose was to serve the brewers and millers of the Frankenmuth, Michigan area. [1] [2] [3] It primarily served employees of Carling Brewery, Zeilinger Beverage, Geyer's Brewery, and Star of ...
Andrew B. Hammond. Andrew Benoni Hammond (July 22, 1848– January 15, 1934) was an American lumberman. He developed the Missoula Mercantile Co. He built the Bitterroot Valley Railroad and the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad. He was president of the Hammond Lumber Co. and the Hammond Steamship Co.