Port Hope Chimney

Port Hope Chimney is a Michigan historical marker in Port Hope, Huron County, dedicated 1962.

Huron County · dedicated 1962 · Stafford Park, Huron St., Port Hope

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This chimney was built in 1858 by John Geltz. It is all that remains of the lumber mill established that year by William R. Stafford. Port Hope grew up around the mill. For a score of years this town was a center of lumbering in the Thumb. It also became an important producer of salt. In 1871 and again in 1881 the mill, the docks, and possessions of hundreds of people were destroyed by fire. This chimney is a monument to those pioneers who by their courage and industry developed this area.

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