Leaders who spearheaded great businesses. They were owners, presidents, investors, and directors. They were visionary, smart, persistent, influential and passionate. The individuals highlighted are some of Elmwood’s business people who had a significant impact on growing Detroit into a dynamic city. Download the Business Visionaries self-guided tour map here.
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Welcome and Introduction
1. Dr. Alexander Blain, Jr.
2. Frederick Rolshoven
3. Emory Leyden Ford
4. Horace Caulkins
5. Ralph C. Wilson, Jr.
6. Russell A. Alger, Jr.
7. George DeBaptiste
8. Daniel Campau
9. James Frederick Joy
9. Henry Bourne Joy
9. Richard P. Joy
10. Luther Beecher
11. Jerome H. Remick
12. DeGarmo Jones
13. John Dana Standish
14. August A. Goebel
15. Chief (Dr.) Augustine Kayode Kole James
16. Jacob Shaw Farrand
17. William A. Burt
18. Shubael Conant
19. Theodore Henry Hinchman
19. Theodore Hinchman, Jr.
20. Frederick Buhl
21. John Owen
22. Charles D. Howard
23. Stephen B. Grummond
24. Theodore Horatio Eaton
25. Hervey Coke Parke
26. James D. Standish
27. Bernhard Stroh
28. Martha Jean Steinberg
29. David Albert Molitor
30. Thomas Berry
31. Cameron Waterman
32. Truman Newberry
33. Joseph Campau
34. James McMillan
35. Hiram Walker
36. Joseph Berry
37. Ernst Kern
38. Charles DuCharme
39. Christian H. Buhl
39. Theodore DeLong Buhl
39. Arthur H. Buhl
40. John Pearson Clark
41. Oliver M. Hyde
42. Eber Brock Ward
43. Henry B. Ledyard
44. George B. Russel
44. George H. Russel
44. Henry Russel
45. Don Davis
45. Clyde Hopkins
46. Eugene W. Lewis