Gestner Log Saw Mill

Robert Gerstner’s Saw Mill, Carey’s Spur, ca. 1920-1925: Photograph of Robert Gerstner, who ran a sawmill for many years at Carey's Spur, north of Randville in Sagola Township. In 1913, Gerstner build a log home here which was destroyed by fire March 31, 1924. Another home was built here in 1928 using field stones. This snapshot was probably taken in the early 1920s. [Orice (Theisen) Walters], Item also published with caption in: Dickinson County, Michigan : from earliest times through the Twenties / compiled and edited by William John Cummings. Iron Mountain, Mich. : Dickinson County Board of Commissioners, 1991. 432 p. : ill, maps, ports. ; 3
Abstract/Description: Robert Gerstner’s Saw Mill, Carey’s Spur, ca. 1920-1925: Photograph of Robert Gerstner, who ran a sawmill for many years at Carey's Spur, north of Randville in Sagola Township. In 1913, Gerstner build a log home here which was destroyed by fire March 31, 1924. Another home was built here in 1928 using field stones. This snapshot was probably taken in the early 1920s. [Orice (Theisen) Walters]
Subject(s): Sawmills
Lumbering
Sagola Township (Mich.)
Date Created: 1920 (approximate)