Nelson Powell Hulst

Nelson Powell Hulst
Nelson Powell Hulst
	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Spouse	Florence Terry Hulst
Children	5
Parent(s)	Garrett Hulst, Nancy Powell

Nelson Powell Hulst (February 8, 1842 - January 11, 1923) was an industrialist, engineer, chemist, and a leader in the development of the Menominee Iron Range. He discovered and developed six major mines in Upper Michigan (Vulcan, Cyclops, Norway, Quinnesec, Chapin, and Pewabic) and one in Florence, Wisconsin. By the time of his retirement, Hulst was vice-president of U.S. Steel in charge of mining operations in the Midwest and had held many executive positions in various mining companies.^[1]

Biography

Early life

Nelson Powell Hulst was born in 1842 in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. In 1857, his family moved to Alexandria, Virginia, where Hulst attended a small Quaker private school. He subsequently attended a Quaker school in Sandy Spring, Maryland.

Prior to his entry to Yale, Hulst was recommended to President Lincoln for appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. Him and his father had met Lincoln, but an appointment that was promised to a young Hulst by the president never came to fruition.^[2]

Yale and Career After Graduation

Hulst attended

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as a chemist and technical engineer. The plant was closed by 1878. By then, Hulst and others had organized the Menominee Mining Company and were looking to continue pursue iron further in the Menominee Iron Range

in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

At the time of his retirement in 1904, Hulst was vice-president in charge of mining properties for the

United States Steel Corporation. Hulst's career in mining was said to have two milestones: the discovery of the Chapin mine in Iron Mountain, Michigan, in 1879 and the discovery of the Pewabic mine, which began producing in 1887.^[2]

Death

Nelson Powell Hulst died January 11, 1923, in

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was buried in Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee.^[3] At the time of his death, Hulst was said to be "the greatest American authority on iron".^[2]

Recognition

From 1891 to 1892, a school named N. P. Hulst High School and usually referred to as "Hulst School" was built on Madison Avenue in Iron Mountain, Michigan. The building was razed in 1949.^[3]

References

^ "Hulst, Nelson Powell 1842 - 1923". Wisconsin Historical Society. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Usher, Ellis Baker (June 1924). "Nelson Powell Hulst, "The greatest American authority on iron"". The Wisconsin Magazine of History. 7 (4): 386–405. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b Cummings, William J. "MENOMINEE RANGE MEMORIES 12: DR. NELSON POWELL HULST, MENOMINEE RANGE PIONEER" (PDF). uproc.lib.mi.us. Menominee Range Historical Foundation. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

[1] "Hulst, Nelson Powell 1842 - 1923". Wisconsin Historical Society. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 28 June 2023.

[Usher-2] Usher, Ellis Baker (June 1924). "Nelson Powell Hulst, "The greatest American authority on iron"". The Wisconsin Magazine of History. 7 (4): 386–405. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

[Cummings-3] Cummings, William J. "MENOMINEE RANGE MEMORIES 12: DR. NELSON POWELL HULST, MENOMINEE RANGE PIONEER" (PDF). uproc.lib.mi.us. Menominee Range Historical Foundation. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

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