From "The History of North Washington" Published 1904 Transcribed by: Nancy Grubb (nancyg@theofficenet.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOHN G. KULZER John G. Kulzer is one of the leading lumber men of Stevens county. He owns and is operating a saw mill south from Valley. The mill has an output capacity of thirty thousand feet per day and is equipped with all the latest machinery for the manufacture of lumber and lumber products. Mr. Kulzer has an excellent water power of six hundred horse power, which runs the mill and other machinery. He has a comfortable residence, outbuildings, and so forth, and some stock, while in addition to all this property, he owns fourteen hundred acres of land. He is one of the prominent and leading men of the county. John G. Kulzer was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota on September 16, 1863, the son of George and Maggie (Winters) Kulzer, natives of Bavaria, Germany. They came to America in 1849 and located in Minnesota where they remained until 1888 when the father moved to Valley, Washington, where he now lives, the mother having died in 1881. They were the parents of six children, as follows: Minnie, Barbara, Mary, J.G., Mattie, deceased and Michael. Our Subject was educated in Albany, Minnesota and at the age of seventeen laid aside his books and stepped from the home place to begin duties of life for himself. He operated a hotel for two years then sold out and went into the railroad mail service where he continued for fourteen years, after which he took to sawmilling and in that occupation we find him at the present time. In 1883 Mr. Kulzer married Miss Mary Obermiller. Her parents were natives of Germany and came to Wisconsin when she was quite young and later moved to Minnesota where they remained until the time of their death. Mrs. Kulzer is one of five children: John, Mary, Isadore, Henry and Peter. To Mr. and Mrs. Kulzer four children have been born: Albert I., Matilda, Eulalia and Agnes. Mr. Kulzer is a Democrat, active in political matters, and at present is serving on the school board. Fraternally he is affiliated with the I.O.O.F., K.P., A.O.U.W. and a lumberman's organization. Mrs. Kulzer is a member of the D.of H., while they both belong to the Catholic church. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent.