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Glen Haven History
Farming & Canning
| D. H. Day
recognized the change in the market. He converted the sawmill to a hardwood
mill and sold oak and maple boards to the building industry in Chicago for
many years. He knew that without replanting the trees, the logging industry
would soon fail; so he promoted reforestation, and by 1910 he owned more
than 5,000 acres of managed forest. He also knew that, with the trees
cleared, agricultural crops could be grown and easily shipped to market from
the dock. By the 1920s Day had over 5,000 cherry and apple trees at the
400-acre D. H. Day Farm, which he called “Oswegatchi,” named after the New
York community where his father was born. |
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1920s, D. H. Day had established the Glen Haven Canning Company on the shore
near the dock. They shipped cherries and other fruits to market through
various Great Lakes cities. With the improvement in roads and rail service,
the importance of the Glen Haven dock faded, until it was closed in 1931. |
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Continue your tour of Glen Haven on the following
pages
Glen Haven History Intro
Page
Glen Haven Dock
Sleeping Bear Inn
Wooding & Lumber Operations
General Store
Blacksmith Shop
Schoolhouse
Glen Haven Shipping
Canning Company
Other Topics
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