Jackson city directory and business advertiser. With a history from the first settlement of the city, and a general portrait of its business at the present time, for 1867-1868, Part 1

Author: Thomas, James M
Publication date: 1867
Publisher: Jackson, Mich., Carlton & Van Antwerp, printers
Number of Pages: 276


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E. WEBB & BRO .,


Wholesale and Retail Dealers in


Drugs, Medicines, Prins, Oils,


AND DYE STUFFS.


The largest and best Drug House in Central Michigan WE WILL NOT BE UNDERFOLD, 1


The Cheapest Place to Buy


PINE


LUMBER,


ath, Shingles.


PICKETS AND FENCE POSTS.


IS AT


BROOKS & ADAMS,


Yard, No. 74 Mechanics St.,


JACKSON, MIC


W. BROOKS.


ANCIS ADAMS,


JOSIAH ADAMS, Agent.


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EAST END DRUG STORE. SQUIER & REASNER,


Wholesale & Retail Dealers in Choice


Drugs


CHEMICALS,


Pure Wines & Liquors,


Particular Attention given to the Prescription Department,


NO. 2 Lathrop Block, JACKSON, MICH.


TAFT & FOX,


DEALERS IN


BOOTS, SHOES,


Hats


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No. 159 Main Street,


LATHROP BLOCK,


JACKSON, MICH.


O. A. TAFT. W. H. FOX.


ADVERTISEMENTS.


HEAD-QUARTERS FOR FANCY GOODS !


The Celebrated Paris Yoke Shirt, made to order.


Ladies' EMPORIUM


of FASHION, 203 Main St.


Gentlemen's FURNISHING GOODS White Shirts, Collars & Cuffs. 203 Main St.


DRESS & CLOAK MAKING.


HIBBARD BROTHERS,


Wholesale and Retail Dealers in LADIES' & GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,


OF EVERY DISCRIPTION. A Beautiful Selection always on hand of


rimm


Ribbons, Beads, Worsteds,


Hosiery, Kid Gloves, Fans, Embroideries, Laces, Corsets, Linen Collars and Cuffs, Hand Knit Shawls, &c., &c. Dress and Cloak Making done to order. In Gentlemen's Goods they have a complete assortment of White Shirts, Collars and Cuffs, Neck Ties, Scarfs, Hosiery, Gloves, Sleeve Buttons, Suspenders, Handkerchiefs, White Shirts and Drawers, in fact everything a gentleman wants can be had at


HIBBARD BROTHERS.


It is the only Fancy Store in the city where Ladies and Gents can procure those many little articles that are necessary for the Toilet. They are also manufacturing the Celebrated "Paris Yoke Shirt," the best fitting shirt ever made.


Remember No. 203 Main Street, JACKSON, MICHIGAN.


W. R. HIBBARD. D. B. HIBBARD, JR.


ADVERTISEMENTS.


WALTER FISH,


MANUFACTURER OF


Bont


hues,


AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, ALSO, DEALER IN


Eastern Boots & Shoes, LEATHER AND FINDINGS, NO. 221 MAIN STREET, Jackson, Mich.


MCKINSTRY & WILSON, DEALERS IN


WOOD


OAL


NO. 49 MILL STREET, JACKSON, MICH. R. MCKINSTRY. T. J. WILSON.


A. C. BROWN & CO. TANNERS ブ AND MANUFACTURERS OF CALF SKINS, No. 143 Milwaukie St, Jackson, Mich.


"THE PATRIOT" MAMMOTH POWER PRINTING HOUSE,


Established 1844.


ROBERTS S.


2775 MAIN ST., 2D FLOOR, JACKSON, MICH ..


CARLTON & VAN ANTWERP, Proprietors.


ADVERTISEMENTS.


HAYDEN & CO., 0


Proprietors and Operators of the


KENNEDY Steam, & AETNA Water,


Flouring Mills.


Capacity, 500 Barrels Daily.


Merchant


Custom


Office, 129 Milwaukie cor. Elizabeth, JACKSON, MICH. H. A. HAYDEN. W. R. REYNOLDS.


RICE, PRATT CO.,


JOBBERS & DEALERS IN


HARDWARE, IRON, NAILS,


Stoves, Glass,


Manufacturers of Camp's Patent Hot-Air Furnace,


COPPER AND TIN-WARE, No. 278 MAIN STREET, JACKSON, MICH. E. H. RICE, D. GIBSON, E. M. ALDRICH. C. S. PRATT,


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JACKSON


City irectory


AND


BUSINESS ADVERTISER,


FOR 1867 & 1868.


WITH A HISTORY FROM THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE CITY, , AND A GENERAL PORTRAIT OF ITS BUSINESS AT . THE PRESENT TIME.


COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY JAMES M. THOMAS.


JACKSON, MICHIGAN, CARLTON & VAN ANTWERP, PRINTERS. 1867.


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PREFACE.


IN presenting this work to the public a few words from the pub- lisher may not here be out of place. Of the labor of preparing a Directory, few have any adequate idea, and to achieve perfection. seems well nigh impossible. This is the first Directory ever made of Jackson, although several had been attempted before we under- took it. Perplexities and difficulties beset all our initiatory efforts. In the matter of historical data, too, we were greatly troubled to find what was necessary to accurate dates, etc .- the township rec- ords could not be obtained, and the early files of papers were sadly deficient in local topics. Fortunately, however, there "still live" a number of intelligent pioneers, who have kindly and patiently given us their time and recollections, and from them have been rescued the chronicle of the stirring and interesting events con- nected with the settlement of Jackson. We ask the indulgence of all, should errors occur, though we have endeavored and believe- we have been successful in making the history as perfect as it well could be. In other respects we claim for the Jackson Directory that it is a better one than has ever been gotten up for any interior town in Michigan. As a history of the city ; as an index of its wealth, resources and material prosperity ; as a guide for the bus- iness man, the citizen and stranger; as a record of streets, resi- dences, &c., it is a great acquisition.


There are 1,346 dwelling houses in Jackson, and 2,900 names the Directory. The population is about 8,076.


We most sincerely return thanks to the gentlemen who have aid-


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"ed and encouraged us, both by kind words and a liberal patronage. The enterprise and liberality which characterize the merchants and business men of Jackson (and which is one of the surest pro- phesies of its splendid future) has been bountifully extended to us in the publi-cation of this book.


We point, also, with pride and pleasure to the mechanical exe- „cution of the work. Messrs. Carlton & Van Antwerp have shown themselves to be masters of the "art preservative," and Mr. W. P. Stiles, the binder, has performed his duties in a manner that leaves nothing to be desired.


The work is now before the public, and we feel satisfied that it will meet with a generous approval from all. If it should fall short of a generous expectation, we can only say that all success in this world is but partial and comparative, and that he who looks for PERFECTION in a Directory, any more than in life, may find himself mistaken.


JAMES M. THOMAS,


PUBLISHER.


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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.


Andrews W W, Insurance, PAGE 142


Austin, Tomlinson & Webster, wagons and sleighs, 238


Bancker E, Insurance, 236


Bedell Horace O, builder, 236


Bennett Allen, lumber dealer, 130


Bennetts & Wright, architects and builders,


242


Bostwick & Gould, real estate and Ins., bottom each page


136


Brown Alex, grocer,


170


Brundage Mrs R E, millinery, 202


Bumpus, Woodsum & Co, boots and shoes, 204


Bunnell D V & Bro, dry goods, 178


Bush & Upton, real estate and Insurance,


151


Camp, Winters & Co, dry goods,


126


Claggett J P & Co, clothing, 148


Clark Myron W, grocer, 188


Coots John F, architect and builder,


224


Curtiss & Durfee, painters, 140


Darling C C, builder, 232


Darrow & Pennington, sash, doors and blinds, 222


Dorrance & Goodwin, watches and jewelry, 210


Eggleston & Everard, merchant tailors, 172


"Emerson & Lusk, marble dealers, 222


Evans & Smead, meat market,. 200


Finlay G W, hatter, 150


First National Bank, 186


Frost & Westfall, dry goods,


168


Foster F M, dentist, 234


Gavin Isaac R, brewer,


242


Gilbert, Ransom & Knapp, furniture, 196


Goldsmith John Jr, carriage manuf,


218


Goodyear John, livery,


216


Gothan Edward, baker, 180


Gregg & Pettengills, grocers and bakers, 178


Grover & Baker's Sewing Machines, 210


Gunnison & Spencer, Hibbard House, 212


Haight & Bolton, grocers, 145


Harrison & Rath, boots and shoes, 208


Hewitt, Higby & Co, carriage manufs, 138


Hobart & Bolton, grocers, 132


Holland S & Son, druggists, 180


.. Hollingsworth Bros & Signor, tobacconists, 151


Hovey Mrs A, sewing machines, 168 Jackson City Bank, 184


Jackson Collar Co,. 188


Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw R R, 176


Breitenbach M B & Co, merchant tailors,


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INDEX.


Johnson B G, patent roofer, PAGE 226


Kellogg George, plaster and slate mills, 234


Kilmer James H, architect and builder, 242


Kinney J H, commission merchant, 224


Knapp Morris, livery, 220


Lake John, sexton and undertaker, 208


Lang Rudolph & Co, merchant tailors, 228


Leonard & Baum, auction and commission, 228


Littlejohn Wilber T, architect and builder, 236 Lyon L M, propr Union Hall, 164


Mallory W H, architect and builder, 226


Newman & Ford, commission merchants, 145


Nichols Merrick H, flouring mill, 226


155


People's National Bank, 186.


Pool O F & Son, flour and feed,


170


Purney & Co, brewers, ..


162


Reasner & Excell, grocers, 194


Reimers John H, painter, 226


Remington George W, flour and feed, 202


Rice & McConnel, hardware, 160


Smith Ira W, propr Union Hall Hotel, 164


Smith John E, physician,


224


Smith D W, dentist,


236


Stiles W P, book binder,


194


Stiles, Earl & Co, soap and candle manufs,


184


Tinker A M, harness,


232


Tomlinson J B, watches and jewelry,


242


Vandercook & Lusk, Jackson Iron Works,


192


Vaughn Mrs A T, dress and cloak maker,


224


Wales & Parker, City Hotel, 234


Webb John, baker, 172


Webster, Courter & Co, tanners, 238


Wood W H & Co, 154


[For Advertisements not indexed, see fly-leaves and outside cover.]


JAMES FINN,


Sextou Undertaker,


Also, Manufacturer & Dealer in FURNITURE, No. 24 MILL STREET, JACKSON, MICHIGAN. +


O'Donnell James, publisher Citizen,


JACKSON.


The following notices were received too late for publication in their proper place.


THE JACKSON COLLAR COMPANY was organized January 1st, 1867. They obtained a contract for the labor of 50 convicts, and 25 are now employed in making horse collars, turning out about 75 per day. A new shop is now being erected for carrying on the work. The business is increasing very rapidly, and the need of new facilities for manufacturing is apparent. Mr. M. W. Clark is agent of the Company. See card page 188.


HOLLINGSWORTH BROTHERS & SIGNOR. These gentlemen are among the most extensive Manufacturers of Cigars in the West. They have a prison contract for 60 men, and have increased the number to 65. These are all employed in making Cigars to supply the immense trade which these gentlemen have established. Their manufacturing room is 42x100 feet, and well supplied with the necessary machinery. They now turn out 40,000 cigars per week. They anticipate increasing the number of men employed to 75. They began with 30. Last year they manufactured about 1,000,- 000 of cigars, which were sold in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Salesroom and office at No. 184 Main Street, 2d floor. Messrs. Hollingsworths & Signor are en- terprising, efficient and clear-headed business men, and will con- tinually add to their immense annual sales. The quality of their cigars is sufficiently attested by the fact that they cannot always fill their orders. See card page 151.


AUSTIN, TOMLINSON & WEBSTER, Manufacturers of Wagons and Sleighs, Michigan State Prison. There is scarcely a town in the Northwest where the wagons of this firm have not found their way. The number of vehicles they have made seems almost in-


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credible. They are known northward as far as the head-waters of the Mississippi; have crossed the Sierra Nevada, and have done excellent service in the recent war in transporting stores, &c. In 1852 Messrs. Davis, Austin & Co. established the business in the Prison here, obtaining a contract for the labor of a certain number of convicts, whom they instructed in this kind of work, since which time the business has been steadily increasing, until it has become immense. In 1856 the firm changed to Austin & Tomlinson, and in 1862 Mr. Edward A. Webster was admitted as a member of the company. They now occupy, at the Prison, several rooms, or, more properly, shops, in the manufacture of their stock, all of which they have built expressly for carrying on the business. The room for wood-work is 44 by 75 ; for machinery, 44 by 150; trip- hammer room, 25 by 44; blacksmith shop, 44 by 175 ; paint shops, one 44 by 150, and another 44 by 125. To these must be added a number of store-rooms and dry houses outside. The machinery and all the appointments of this mammoth concern are as perfect as modern skill and large expenditure can make them. They em- ploy one hundred men, and with their present facilities they can turn out 3,000 wagons every year. These are sold in every West- ern and in many of the Southern States, and in a number of the Territories. The "Prison Wagons" of Messrs. A., T. & W. are synonyms of strength, endurance and excellence. The firm is Benjamin F. Austin, Wm. A. Tomlinson & Edward A. Webster.


FURNITURE-GILBERT, RANSOM & KNAPP. The leading and most extensive furniture manufacturing company in the State is, undoubtedly, the firm above named, whose locality and headquar- ters are at Jackson. In 1857 Mr. Gilbert, who had been engaged for a number of years in the dry goods trade at Kalamazoo, put in bids for the Prison furniture contract and obtained it, by which he secured the labor of 80 men at the rate of 40 cents per day for a term of five years, and began manufacturing furniture. At the expiration of his contract he obtained another in the same depart- ment of labor, but at much better rates, viz .: 28 cents per day for all the men the Prison authorities could let him have. In 1866 he again obtained the contract for another five years and the present firm was formed, consisting of Henry Gilbert, Edwin A. Carder, John McKee, Seymour D. Gilbert, Henry C. Ransom &


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Hollis F. Knapp. The gross sales for the year 1866 amounted to the very large sum of $150,000. Fifty men were employed to manufacture work to carry on their business. The present con- tract, which is for 75 men at 50 cents per day, runs five years from October, 1867.


The work produced by Mr. Gilbert and his associates is among the very BEST, if, in fact, it does not surpass that of all other man- ufactures with cheap laborers, overlooked and directed by the most skillful foremen and workers in wood and upholstery which can be obtained ; nothing is permitted to go into the salesroom that is not perfectly and thoroughly well made. The character of the work turned out by this company is excellent and unques- tioned. In addition to the store in Jackson, there are several others in different parts of the State. The one at Marshall is under the management of Gilbert, Carder & Co. Another at Battle Creek is conducted by Carder & Co., and another still, and a very large establishment, too, at Kalamazoo, is carried on under the firm name of Carder, Gilbert & Co. It is probable that the sales of the general company will exceed $300,000 the present year. Salesroom in Jackson, No. 258 Main Street. See card page 196.


Few towns in Western Michigan have as large a Hardware House as that of Rice, Pratt & Co., at No. 278 Main street. Mr. Ethan H. Rice, the senior member of this firm, began the hard- ware trade in this city in 1856, as a member of the firm of Ben- nett & Rice. In 1857 a change was made, and the firm became Rice & Gibson, and later Rice, Gibson & Pratt. In 1865 the firm was changed to Rice, Pratt & Co., and in 1867 the present firm was formed, composed of E. H. Rice, C. S. Pratt, D. Gibson and E. M. Aldrich. The energy and attention to business which these gentlemen have manifested, has been duly rewarded by a valuable reputation and a large trade.


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ADVERTISEMENTS.


W. R.& S. C. REYNOLDS


Jobbers & Retailers OF


DRY GOODS


Carpets, &t.,


MARBLE FRONT BLOCK,


No. 263 MAIN STREET,


Jackson, Mich.


WILEY R. REYNOLDS. SHELDON C. REYNOLDS.


HISTORY OF JACKSON.


NOW AND THEN.


In writing the history of any village of the West, or in tracing the development of any district or country within its broad do- main, the chronicler, as he surveys the Past from the grand stand- point of the Present, is led to reflect upon the causes which have transformed the West from a wilderness into an Eden; that have made the haunt of the wild beast and the untamed and untutored savage the home of a cultured and thrifty people-the graineries of the world and the marts of a great and ever increasing commerce -with its attendant concomitants of civilizing and elevating life. But for the present, let the simple facts of this wondrous change suffice ; let it be enough to know that, within the memory of men not yet old, tens of thousands of miles area have been wrung from the grasp of luxuriant Nature by systematic Act ; that forests, which but yesterday were growing but to decay, are now employing myr- iads of men in transforming them into the utilities of civilization ; that the yell of marauding savages is still fresh on our ears, while its echoes are being caught up and re-flung to the winds by the shriek of the locomotive as the thunder of its approach heralds the advent of enlightened industry-that the tomahawk, yet unrusted by age, is supplanted by the plow-share-that the music of water- falls, scarcely yet dead upon the ears of forest hamadryads, is now absorbed in the busy hum of wheel and revolving saw and the clang of machinery-that the echoes which but yesterday slept or drow- sily repeated the hum of forest life, are to-day sending back the countless voices of many-tongued civilization. These, in their mag-


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nitude, rapidity of transformation and beauty of results, to say nothing of the measureless benefits conferred upon mankind by unlocking such a vast and rich storehouse, will sufficiently interest non-philosophical readers, without a strict inquiry into their ra- tionale.


Previous to the year 1829, there was not a vestage of civilization a dozen miles west of the little hamlet known as Ann Arbor. Central and Western Michigan, with all her magnificent resources, was almost wholly unknown, save to a very few in the employ- ment of the government as surveyors or protectors of the little set- tlements about Detroit, who were sometimes compelled to traverse portions of the interior, or to the adventurous Indian traders, who, however, had little care for aught save their trading posts and their lucrative traffic with the savage tribes. Occasionally the Gov- ernor, with his aids and a few troops, would penetrate the deep recesses of the Territory to make treaties with the Indians ; but to the people of the populous Eastern States these fertile lands and richly stocked mines of mineral wealth were all unknown, and the swarming cities now spread over the bosom of our fair State and the splendid destiny of this then forest-shrouded land were un- dreamed of even by the wildest schemer of the age.


Leaving the last boundaries of civilized life at the little hamlet above referred to, the adventurous seeker for a new home, attract- ed hither by the fame of the West which had just begun to be sounded vaguely and mysteriously at the east, plunges into the weird forests, and, guided by the Indian trail, pursues his march with no other object-point than the quest of a good location. At the end of the second day he comes to a lovely valley, and as he traverses it and beholds. with wonder and delight the manifold charms that it is endowed withal, his further progress is stopped hy the barrier of a swift-running river.


Standing upon the banks of this beautiful stream, its thousand eddies and wavelets glistening in the sunlight of a bright July morning like the sheen of myriad spears, he sees upon the opposite banks a range of finely wooded hills, here and there broken by slight ravines, extending to the north and south, glorious in all the freshness of summer's emerald livery, unsoiled by dust, and waving free and happy to the music of bird and waterfall. It is a scene


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of pastoral beauty, such as poets love to weave into verse, and painters delight to portray.


But could he, as he stood there at that moment, have been im- bued with the power of piercing futurity for the space of thirty years, he would have found much that would have stirred his soul more deeply than the sensations of delight which he now experi- enced at this lovely scene of Nature's glory, all untouched by art. He would have seen at first a straggling cabin or two-a little longer, and more of them-the rude tavern, the insignificant store, a few new sounds of the skirmish in the battle by which Nature is subdued and made the handmaid of Art. Years hurry along-a more commodious residence supplants the cabin, a "hotel" improves upon the tavern, more stores are erected, the hills are invaded, and surveyors and stakes mark the outlines of a "city." But a little longer, and the rude cabins disappear, and lines of brick houses, lofty warehouses, the academy and the church mark the rapidity of the change.


Still farther down the lapse of years his vision bends, till the city of to-day fixes his astonished gaze. The stream, upon whose banks he stands, is chained and made subservient to many pur- poses-mills and machinery cover its laughing waters, and bridges above and below him span its rapid tide. Strange and unaccus- tomed sights and sounds strike upon his senses. Before him and all about him, like the men that rose at the bugle blast of Roderick Dhu, arise the roofs, the domes and spires of a city's varied brood. A dozen lofty steeples reach high in the blue ether, palatial banks of brick and stone, regal residences surrounded with the green of woodland foliage and all that nature can do to heighten the effects of art ; massive academies and places of learning ; long, wide streets, with stone pavements, or with smooth, hard bottoms, fringed by long lines of twinkling, brilliant gas-lights, the hills, so quiet and lovely in their serene solitude, Now dotted with thous- ands of dwellings, and the vast stone structure to the right, as he gazes about him, meets his view. As the forms and sounds of his vision fade, there come upon his ear the pulsating of a score of steam pipes, the sharp clang of a thousand hammers, the thunders of long trains of freight and passenger cars, the scream of loco-


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motives, the hum of a great crowd, and, in short, the voices, the roar and murmur of a GREAT CITY.


So much for the Past and Present-for the transformation of thirty-seven years-for the magical operation of the Genius of Civ- ilization, as she waves her wand over the silent productiveness of Nature-one touch, and the waste places are made glad-the sol- emn forest has become a peopled city.


JACKSON-EARLY HISTORY.


Prior to the year 1829, the present beautiful and thriving city of Jackson existed only in the future. THERE it was mapped out, and all that we now see and know of it was assigned upon that mystic scroll its appropriate place ; and much more that has not been revealed to us, but which the circling years as they pass on, like the pages of a book, give us an ever new and enlarged view, until its destiny shall have been accomplished. THEN the site of this fair city was a landscape of exquisite beauty, almost surround- ed with a range of hills of gentle acclivity, from whose bosky sum- mits the children of the sun looked over the broad expanse of the smiling valley and beheld the silver stream which flowed midway between the opposing heights, uncontaminated by the interference of utility and speculation, unmarred by machinery, but wild, un- enslaved and joyous, rippling and sparkling in the sun, or dis- turbed only by the water-fowl, or the birchen canoe of their own people. Through the thronged streets where now the din of the great battle of life goeth up continually, in. the haunts of


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traffic, and by the seats of the money changers, then stalked in his antlered majesty the graceful stag-prowled the stealthy wolf, the lynx and other beasts of prey, or were held the wild dances of the red men. Nature reigned in all its simplicity.


The first to disturb this repose was a party of three persons, con- sisting of HORACE BLACKMAN, of Tioga county, New York, Capt. Alexander Laverty and Pe-wi-tun, a Pottawatomie Indian; Capt. L. having been engaged by Mr. Blackman at Ann Arbor, as he was an experienced pioneer and skilled woodsman, and the Indian, employed as a guide. Mr. Blackman came on from New York to look out a "location" in the West, and having acquaintances and friends in the little settlement at Ann Arbor, then a small village of some 400 or 500 inhabitants, three or four stores and two "pub- lic houses," he stopped a few days before going into the roadless wilderness to the west of that place. From his friends there he learned what he could of the interior country, and having made arrangements for the bold journey and provided himself with the company and services of the persons above enumerated, he set out on the 2d day of July, 1829, following the Indian trail, being as- sured by the Pottawattomie that in the region of Grand River (Washtenong-sepe) he would find a beautiful and fertile country. Possessed of a determined spirit and unflagging energy, with all the striking characteristics of an adventurous pioneer, inspired by the hope and purpose of establishing a home in the wilderness for himself and family, Mr. B. was enabled to successfully endure the fatigues of that trying journey, under the scorching rays of a July sun, sometimes wading wet and quaking marshes, fording creeks and rivers, penetrating swamps and morasses, and anon coming upon long stretches of oak openings, clear of underbrush, covered with long, waving grass and strewn with flowers of rich and varied hues. At night the party camped under the canopy of Heaven and slept away the fatigues of the day's labor; arising refreshed and, after the morning meal, prepared by the Captain, ready to pursue the journey. At about six o'clock on the second day they reached the river, the goal of their efforts ; crossed the stream at the fording place on the great trail running from Detroit to the mouth of the St. Joseph river, and encamped on the ground near the intersection of Jackson and Trail streets, on the evening of




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