(Fred Sayers discusses the logging industry and the construction of the railroads along the GR&I Line. John Battige discusses working on the railroad and his fellow workers.)
(Interview of C. F. Tallman on January 18, 1955; Emory Dumas interviewed on January 19, 1955. Schimpke reads a court case about R.G. Peters. The rest of the tape is oral history interviews with Manistee residents.)
(Interview of C. F. Tallman on January 18, 1955; Emory Dumas interviewed on January 19, 1955. Oral history interviews with Manistee residents about life in the area and the relationship of R.G. Peter's business ventures and the region.)
(Clarence Warner; Part I interviewed January 06, 1955; Robert Fox interviewed January 07, 1955; Oral history interviews with Manistee residents about life in the area and the relationship of R.G. Peter's business ventures and the region.)