Wood Cylinder Stove
Round Oak By Estate of P.D. Beckwith
Circa 1880-1900

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VINTAGE ROUND OAK #18 Cylinder Stove

This Round Oak Stove 18 was a very powerful stove used in farms, homes, stores, all across the country. They were manufactured by the Round Oak Stove Company in Dowagiac, Michigan. This classic time traveler will guarantee to keep you and your family warm through the coldest of any winter. Right: Stove Black Richardson sitting next to the famous Round Oak 18. P.D. Beckwith honored the Indian heritage of the Dowagiac Michigan area by using Doe Wah Jack and local Indian lore and images as primary elements of the stove company's marketing campaign. Below are excerpts from Round Oak Catalogs written in the early part of the 1900's. "No other stove has ever equaled the Round Oak in burning any kind of fuel, both wood or coal with economy, success and satisfaction to the user." "The phenomenal success of the Round Oak Stove is due entirely to its faultless design of construction, perfect workmanship in fitting and high quality of material used." "Insist upon seeing the name Round Oak on the leg of the stove and you will get what you expect and pay for - a perfect heating stove." Click here to see more Round Oak Antique Catalog pages and quotes. Contemporary Round Oak Publications

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VINTAGE ROUND OAK CATALOG INFORMATION
P.D. Beckwith's Round Oak Stove Company published stove catalogs that featured Indian lore stories.
The stories centered around the life of a young Indian brave named Doe Wah Jack. (not so coincidently that is the pronunciation of the Michigan town where the Round Oak Stove Company was located - Dowagiac.) According to Indian lore, Doe Wah Jack was named by chief Pokagon. Doe Wah Jack had gone out fishing, having learned the skill by the old chief. When Doe Wah Jack returned to his village with enough fish to feed the hungry tribe, chief Pokagon called out to the young brave that he would now be called, Doe Wah Jack - "he who catches many fishes."
	P.D. Beckwith honored the Indian heritage of the Dowagiac Michigan area by using Doe Wah Jack and local Indian lore and images as primary elements of the stove company's marketing campaign.
Below are excerpts from Round Oak Catalogs written in the early part of the 1900's.

FOUNDER P. D. BECKWITH
The story goes that P.D. Beckwith started out in the stove manufacturing business by building himself a heating stove because he didn't have the money to buy one. He originally made his Round Oak stoves for railroad waiting rooms.
	It didn't take long for passengers to admire the handsome stove and appreciate the efficient heat and soon folks were inquiring how they could purchase a Round Oak stove for their homes. P.D. Beckwith gave the stove its named because a good-sized chunk of oak could fit into the stove without splitting. Oak trees are handsome, stately trees and that is an image that he wanted associated with his stove.
P.D. Beckwith gave the stove its named because a good-sized chunk of oak could fit into the stove without splitting. Oak trees are handsome, stately trees and that is an image that he wanted associated with his stove.

ROUND OAK HISTORY

The Round Oak stove was first manufactured in the early 1860's. The stove was first sold in 1872 and it wasn't long before The Round Oak Stove Company put the city of Dowagiac, Michigan on the map. The factory in Dowagiac, Michigan employed over 50% of the male population in town.During the nearly eighty years the company was in business it sold over five million stoves nationwide. The Round Oak stove company survived both the Great Depression and World War II before closing its doors in 1947.

Today the complex of Round Oak buildings in Dowagiac, Michigan house the Ameriwood Furniture Company. Several local companies in the Dowagiac area came about because of the Round Oak Stove Company including: Rudy Manufacturing, Premier Furnace Company, Dowagiac Steel Furnace and Dowagiac Manufacturing.

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