JHS Remembers Frank Butts

Join the Jacksonport Historical Society on Aug. 26 at 7 pm at the Jacksonport Town Hall for a presentation about Frank Butts, “A Remembered Jacksonport Resident.” An only child, Butts was born June 25, 1914, to a wealthy Chicago plumbing contractor and his wife Anna. At their summerhouse on the north end of Clark Lake, Frank Sr. built a special streetcar track for his son, igniting Frank’s love of street cars. Butts graduated from the University of Chicago and received as his graduation present: the streetcar and bus lines of Green Bay. He expanded lines in 1957 into Iron Mountain, Michigan and Algoma and Sturgeon Bay. In 1958, he took in another 40-mile route to Crystal Falls, Florence and Iron River in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and was president of Wisconsin-Michigan Coaches. Butts was an avid conservationist who wanted the property to be accessible to everyone. On his deathbed in September of 1991, he sold his Logan Creek property to The Ridges Sanctuary.

This program is open to the public and refreshments will be served. Admission is free, but a donation is greatly appreciated.