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By Geoffrey Johnson
Illustrations by Mary Woodin
Employing a
reverse alchemy
founded on
foresight and
philanthropy,
the Rotarians of
Traverse City,
Michigan, have
transformed a
fortune in black
gold into an agent
for achieving
green goals
The miracle
of the oil and fishes
I
Zhingwaak-ziibiing
thyologist at Wayne State University called “the most
n the still light of early dawn, the river grew and the clear waters teemed with what an ich-
beautiful of our game fishes,” the Arctic grayling.
emerges from the swamp and begins In 1851, Harry Boardman sold his land and sawmill
its slow descent. From 1,090 feet above to Perry Hannah, the man regarded as Traverse City’s
sea level, it will drop 513 feet during founding father, who with his partners built a large
its 50-mile journey, coursing south- steam-powered sawmill between the river and the bay
ᅠ˖jGeoffrey Johnson west through the woodlands, marshes, and relentlessly harvested timber. Over the next four
ౢྡjMary Woodin and meadows of northern Michigan, decades, Hannah, Lay & Co. annually sent millions
increasing in volume and velocity as of board feet of lumber to Chicago by steamer. (The
石油和魚的奇蹟 company’s huge lumberyard, situated immediately
tributaries join it along the way.
Near Beitner Creek it turns abruptly beyond the southern boundary of the Great Chicago
Г࣬ψतז̹̿ (Traverse) ٙҧቃٟࡰࡁл͜ܔͭίჃԈձฉഛԫุٙਿᓾɪ Fire of 1871, survived that conflagration and was the
north toward Traverse City, where, be-
ٙˀΣږஔdਗ਼ɓഅԸІͩذٙৌబᜊϓ༺ϓၠЍͦᅺٙʈՈ source of much of the wood used to rebuild the city.)
neath a bright midday sun, it empties
into the west arm of Grand Traverse Bay. The An- By the beginning of the 20th century, the seemingly
ishinaabe, who relied on the river for transportation, limitless pine forests across Michigan and Wisconsin
food, and spiritual sustenance, called it Zhingwaak- were gone. “It was almost a crime against Nature
ࡁ௰ߕᘆٙ͛d̏থf
ziibiing: the river in the white pines. to cut it,” recalled one of Hannah’s contemporaries,
1851 ϋd۞л‧௹ᅃਟҪ˼ٙɺήձ፷
Today it’s known as the Boardman River. Harry “but we lumbermen were never concerned with
˝ᅀርഗəԽԢ‧ဏॶ (Perry Hannah)dܝ٫
Boardman and his son Horace sailed the sloop Lady crimes against Nature. We heard only the demand for
Ⴉމ݊तז̹̿ٙක۬ʩኔd˼ձΝМࡁ
Traverse City of the Lake from Chicago in 1847, traveling up Lake lumber, more lumber, and better lumber.” The Board-
तז̹̿
ίئձऎᝄʘගܔிəɓࢭɽۨႋӛਗɢ፷˝
Michigan and landing at the future site of Traverse man River, which had been used to transport logs to
ᅀdԨɽໍͽ؍˝fίટɨԸ̬ٙɤϋ༁d
City. There they built a water-powered sawmill, the market, was badly degraded, its banks eroded and
ဏॶཤʮ̡ (Hannah, Lay & Co) ӊϋ͜ႋं୵
first dam anywhere on the Boardman River water- its channel filled with sediment, sawdust, and other
ਗ਼ᅰϵຬߵˉٙ˝ҿՑٺ̋ࡩf༈ʮ̶̡
shed, where vast stands of white and Norway pine debris. As for the “beautiful and queenly” grayling (a
ɽٙ˝ҿఙЗ 1871 ϋٺ̋ࡩɽ˦ٙیᗙޢ
ఐؒ؍ʕٙئݴ (Zhingwaak-ziibiing) ʘ̮dΪϤίԟϣɽ˦ʕ࠻πɨԸdϓމࠠܔ
̹۬ٙɽʱ˝ҿٙԸ๕f
40 ROTARY AUGUST 2021
ኇࣛʱdئݴίةዣʕओତdئ˥ක Ցə 20 ˰ߏڋdዑ༨Г࣬ψʿ۾ੰ
ᇠ࿔ֻɨݴfவૢئਗ਼ί 50 ߵԢٙࣚʕd ԔψdЧ˷ɓૐೌყٙؒዓ؍ʊ؉್ೌᔳf
ऎנ 1,090 ߵˉɨࠥ 513 ߵˉdΣГی˙߈ દ̴˷݊࿁ɽІ್͕ٙໆdၾဏॶΝ
ཀГ࣬ψ̏ٙ؍ήeةዣձণήdᎇഹض ˾ٙɓࡈɛΫኳ༸fШҢࡁͽ˝ʈɛԸʔ
˕ݴٙිɝdئ˥൳Ը൳ᔮӒd˥ݴɰ൳Ը ί˷͕ɨΚɽІ್ٙໆБdҢࡁ̥ᛓՑ˝ҿ 6/14/21 1:58 PM
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൳Ҟf ٙცӋdɛࡁࠅӋһεٙ˝ҿdձһλٙ˝
ίܰतॶ (Beitner) ڝڐd̴߉್Σ ҿfಀ͜ਗ਼ࡡ˝༶ֻ̹ఙٙ௹ᅃਟئʊ
̏ᔷΣतז̹̿dίత͍ٙʹජΈɨd ᘌࠠΚdئ֦ڧ႙dئ༸̂တəӐጐ
හᓧϾɝɽतז̿ᝄГਉfڛ̵ҎॶԎɛ يe፷͋ձՉ˼ຟ˪fߕᘆνɾˮ༈
(Anishinaabe) ፠வૢئԸ༶፩eԶيձ ψᗳਖ਼ࡰί 1879 ϋԶٙࠑٙ̏থ
Ъމၚग़ৄd˼ࡁ၈̴މఐؒ؍ʕٙئݴf ʊГ࣬ψٙɽʱئݴʕऊ̰dϓމ
ʦ˂̴၈މ௹ᅃਟئf1847ϋd۞л‧ ɓ၇াኳ── ̏থΪͽ˝ุe̮Ըي၇ٙ
௹ᅃਟ (Harry Boardman) ձ˼ٙՅɿᎍਔ ˏɝd˸ʿd͜ 19 ˰ߏथ㋢ψГ࣬ψᅴ
(Horace) ٺ̋ࡩቷትഹఊࣻʃω୵ಳऱ˃ɛ ၈ᐑڭɛɻٙ༑ԸႭd̮༶ਗɛɻٙ
d̏ɪГ࣬ಳdίܝԸٙतז̹̿ԟࡈ ೌྏdϾաf
ή˙ɪ֦f˼ࡁίԟ༁ႊəɓࡈ˥ɢ፷˝ᅀd Ш݊ɛࡁ࿁௹ᅃਟئٙ࡞ۂԨ๊͊j
வ݊௹ᅃਟئݴਹɪٙୋɓࢭ˥ᜠdԟ༁ᑍͭ ટɨԸd˼ࡁᔷΣҪ̴Ъঐ๕Ըл̴͜f
ഹ̶ɽٙఐؒձ࣑۾ؒዓ໊dယٙऎ˥ʕ̂ வૢئٙୋɓࢭ˴ࠅ˥ɢ೯ཥɽᜠ௹ᅃਟ
တəࠨࢸψͭɽኪٙɓЗϽ̚ኪהႭٙҢ ɽᜠܔ 1894 ϋdʘܝɦܔிəɧࢭjᔜ
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