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]

Nov 3, 2011 · When Isaac Staples died in 1898, no one knew what to do with such a large mansion. In an undated article thought to be written around 1906 in the collections of the Washington County Historical...

Isaac Staples' Sawmill is a historic industrial property in Stillwater, Minnesota, United States, consisting of an 1850 stone powerhouse and a 1900 metal-clad factory.

May 18, 2015 · When Isaac Staples died in 1898, no one knew what to do with such a large mansion. In an article, undated, in the collections of the Washington County Historical Society, the story is told of the home being torn down.

In the 1880s Stillwater lumberman Isaac Staples assembled a 3,500-acre stock and dairy farm in the township to supply his lumber camps. Maple Island, located on the railroad, had a store, elevator, feed mill, and creamery, and was a shipping point for grain.

This animation takes you from the late 1870’s to 2019 at the corner of Mulberry Street and Second Street.On the hill is the Isaac Staples mansion. The historic photo is from the John Runk Collection, courtesy of the Stillwater Public Library. The 2019 photo is courtesy of …

Apr 30, 2023 · The lumbermen that built these castles are long gone, as are most of the mansions, and he touches on one in Stillwater that stood overlooking the city and the river for 35 years and was constructed by Isaac Staples – probably one of the largest individual homes built in the early days of Minnesota.

This animation takes you from the late 1870’s to 2019 at the corner of Mulberry Street and Second Street.On the hill is the Isaac Staples mansion. The historic photo is from the John Runk Collection, courtesy of the Stillwater Public Library.

One of Stillwater’s Pioneers, Isaac Staples, arrived in Stillwater in 1853. Legend has it that he stood over the bluffs of the St. Croix River over-looking the great white pine forest & exclaimed, “I can cut those trees down,” and he did.

Isaac Staples is associated with the mill that now stands on North Main Street, however, Staples built his first mill on the opposite end of town. Staples came to Stillwater in 1853 and secured pinelands. He returned to Maine and organized the Hersey, Staples and company.