Historical Newspaper Articles

This is a collection historical newspaper articles that have been digitized. They represent topics on the history of Thomas Lincoln Handy, his companies and T.L. Handy High School.

William M. Boyd Retiring after 45 Years

Thursday, January 01, 1970 | Source The Times Herald | Topic(s):  Railroad

To most resident of the Thumb District, the Handy Bros. railroad means very little. But to William N. Boyd, retiring superintendent and chief engineer of the Port Huron & Detroit railroad, and to quite a few older residents it brings back memories of America during the railroad boom days. Mr. Boyd was honored Saturday night in Lauth hotel by fellow...

Bay City’s Great Fire

Thursday, January 01, 1970 | Source The Times Herald | Topic(s):  Box Factory

Bay City, Mich., July 24th — Fire which started on the river front in the Handy Bros. Manufacturing Co.’s lumber yard caused $80,000 loss. Handy Bros. had about 6,000,000 feet of pine lumber ready for their factories, over 5,000,000 feet of which was destroyed. The fire spread rapidly from the river front to the Michigan Central railroad tracks. The West...