William Gardner Rice

William G. Rice was born in Charlotte, Michigan on March 26, 1870 and moved to Houghton with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Rice. He attended Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin and then entered Northwestern University where he earned a degree in law. Rice married Isabel Pimlott, a native of Springfield, Ohio, in Chicago. After graduation Rice worked at the law office of former Senator Lyman Trumbull in Chicago for five years. In 1897 Rice moved to Houghton where he was employed at the law office of Thomas L. Chadborne. Rice became the manager and editor of the Portage Lake Mining Gazette around 1897 and formed the Daily Mining Gazette in 1898. He served as the secretary and treasurer upon the organization of the Daily Mining Gazette and was later appointed as president and then publisher in 1900. Rice’s other business interests included corporations in Houghton County, mining investments in the western United States and the Houghton County Electric Company through association with Stone and Webster.

John H. Rice

John H. Rice was born in Missouri of John W. Rice and Katherine Field Rice on December 7, 1861. He relocated to Houghton in 1875 with his parents. Rice graduated from Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin and was appointed cashier at the First National Bank of Houghton in 1880. He was elected as vice president in 1903 and was promoted to president in 1910. Rice was one of the organizers of the Houghton Amphidrome Company, the Houghton Club, and the Houghton Agricultural Society. He also served as the director of the Copper Range Railroad Company, the Peninsula Wholesale Grocery, and the M. Van Orden Company. Fraternally Rice was a member of the Houghton Lodge, F. and A.M. Gate of the Temple, Royal Arch Masons of Hancock, Palestine Command, Knights Templar, Houghton, and the Consistory and Shrine, Marquette, Michigan. He was the past master of the Houghton Lodge, being worshipful master in 1894, 1907, and 1908.

John Rhodes Pimlott

John Rhodes Pimlott, a native of Springfield, Ohio, served for several years as general manager of the Daily Mining Gazette. He was the brother of Isabella Rice.

John W. Rice

John W. Rice took over as general manager at the Daily Mining Gazette when his father, William G. Rice died in 1941. John W. Rice was a shareholder in WHDF radio, the First National Bank in Ontonagon. Fraternally he was the State Vice Commander of the American Legion, Upper Peninsula Commander of the American Legion Association, Commander of the Judson Ingram Post, American Legion, and Commander of the Lawrence Legion in Appleton. Rice served for ten years on the Houghton County Road Commission, was the Chairman of the St. Joseph Medical Center Nurses Advisory Board and on the Upper Peninsula Child Guidance Center. He was also a member of the Michigan Corrections Commission, President of the Superior National Bank and Director of the First National Bank of Ontonagon.