Isaac Staples

Isaac Staples
Born(1816-09-25)September 25, 1816
Topsham, Maine
DiedJune 27, 1898(1898-06-27) (aged 81)
Stillwater, Minnesota
OccupationBusinessman
Spouses
Caroline B. Rogers
(m. 1839; died 1840)
Olivia J. Pettengill
(m. 1841)
Children8
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Isaac Staples (September 25, 1816 – June 27, 1898) was a powerful lumber baron in the St. Croix River Valley during the logging boom of the late 19th century.

Aside from his massive holdings and operations in timber, sawmills and the St. Croix Boom Company, Staples was also the region's most successful farmer and an important banker.[1]

  1. ^ McMahon, Eileen M.; Karamanski, Theodore J. (2002). Time and the River: A History of the Saint Croix. National Park Service. Archived from the original on April 22, 2005. Retrieved January 22, 2023.