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July 17-Death at East Saginaw of David Ellis, an old pioneer of the Saginaw Valley.
July 16, 17, 18-Sængerfest of the Peninsular Saengebund held at East Saginaw.
July 28-Completion of free bridge at foot of Johnson street, at East Saginaw; cost, about $19,000.
Ang. 1-Heavy rain and hail storm at St. Charles; some damage done.
Ang. 11-Annual "harvest festival" of Frankenmuth town- ship; large attendance.
Aug. 14-Death of John J. Stevens, one of the oldest res- idents of East Saginaw.
Aug. 14-Destruction by fire of Sears & Holland's saw-mill at Saginaw City; loss, $50,000; insurance, $30,000.
Ang. 20-Death of Phineas G. Spalding, at the residence of his son-in-law, in Spalding township, named after deceased.
Ang. 26-Meeting of the State Teachers' Institute at Sag- inaw City.
Sept. 13-Dedication of the St. Joseph Total Abstinence Society Temperance Hall at East Saginaw.
Sept. 16-Organization of Ilerb's Germania Band, of the 3d Reg., at East Saginaw.
Sept. 24-Opening of the Saginaw Central Agricultural Society Fair at Saginaw City.
September -- Completion of St. Mary's Academy of the Catholic Church, at Saginaw City.
Oct. 11-Thirteenth annual gathering of the 23d Reg. Mich. Vol. Inf., at Saginaw City.
Dec. 4-A. P. Brewer's mill property at East Saginaw, destroyed by fire loss, $50,000 insurance, $30,000.
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1879 Jan. 11-Death at Saginaw City of J. J. Swarthout, an old resident of "the Saginaws."
Jan. 26-Celebration on the anniversary of Robert Burns' birthday at East Saginaw by the St. Andrew Society.
Jan. 26-29 -- Fourth annual exhibition of the Saginaw Valley Poultry Association at East Saginaw.
January-Completion to East Saginaw of the Detroit & Bay City R. R.
Feb. 9-Death in Tittabawassee township of John Thomp- son, who settled in Saginaw county in 1832.
Feb. 19-H. B. Roney deposited 30,000 California salmon fry in the Cass river; were furnished by the Michigan Fish Commission.
March 29-Death at East Saginaw of Capt. Matthew Little, who came to Saginaw county in 1854.
April 4-Death of Joseph E. Shaw, an honored and re- spected citizen of East Saginaw.
April S -- Finding of the body of a murdered man on Hoyt's farm, Buena Vista township; murderer unknown.
May 12-Sears & Holland's salt blocks, drill houses and 4,000 barrels of salt burned at East Saginaw.
May 26-Destructive fire at Zilwaukee; six buildings burned; loss, $6,000; insurance, $2,200.
May 27-Meeting of the Northern Convocation of the Dio- cese of Michigan, at East Saginaw.
May 27 -- Telephone communication between Bay City and East Saginaw perfected.
May 30 -- Decoration services on large scale at Saginaw City; Rev. F. A. Bruske, orator.
June 18-Annual meeting of East Saginaw Driving Park Association.
June 25-First annual commencement of St. Mary's Acad- einy, East Saginaw; an enjoyable occasion.
July 4-Immense celebration at St. Charles; oration by the Mayor, N. S. Wood.
July 17 -- Opening of the Bell Telephone Exchange at the Saginaws.
July 29 -- Fire at Saginaw City burned nine buildings; loss, $11,000; insurance, $1,600.
Aug. 3-Large out-door temperance meeting at East Saginaw; address by P. T. Barnum, of circus fame.
Aug. 20 -- Immense conflagration at Carrollton; Sanborn & Bliss' mills, etc., totally destroyed; loss, $137,000; in- surance, $69,000.
Sept. 23, 24, 25-Fourteenth Annual Fair of the Saginaw County Agricultural Society at Saginaw City.
Sept. 26-Annual re-union of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Unions at Saginaw City.
Sept. 26-Death of Loton H. Eastman, of East Saginaw, the first president of the Saginaw Valley & St. Louis R. R.
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1879-Oct. 11-Serious shooting affray on board barge "J. E. Sparrow"; one man fatally injured.
Oct. 14 -.- Murder in Taymouth township of Heber K. Ives by Allen Barnum.
Oct. 24-Death at Saginaw City of Oscar D. Chapin, an en- terprising salt and lumber manufacturer.
October-First trial of granulating salt by the Elmer pro- cess, at McGraw's salt block.
Nov. 15-Terrific boiler explosion at Carrollton; one man killed and two severely wounded.
Dec. 9-Completion of the Saginaw & Mt. Pleasant Nar- row Gauge R. R.
1880-Jan. 2-Henry Fisher killed at a dance in Kochville, by Peter Wells; a knife used to perform the murderous deed.
Jan. 2-A fire at Saginaw City destroyed $60,000 worth of property belonging to Wells, Stone & Co.
Jan. 19-Meeting at East Saginaw of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the State of Michigan.
Feb. 11-Death at East Saginaw of Curtis Emerson, the pioneer citizen of East Saginaw, at the age of 70 years.
April 26-Sixty-first anniversary of the formation of the I. O. O. F. in the United States, at East Saginaw; 200 men in procession; grand supper in the evening.
May 25-Suicide at East Saginaw of Marcus Thede, Ger- man blacksmith, by gunshot wound; cause unknown.
June 7-Terrible tragedy in Lakefield township .; Patrick Clark and wife foully murdered; remains burned, to- gether with the residence.
June 8-Democratic State Convention held at East Sagi- naw.
June 12 -- Death at Saginaw City of William Gillett, a prominent attorney of Saginaw county.
July 19-Death at Cleveland, Ohio, of Charles B. Headley, formerly one of the proprietors of the Lumberman's Ga- zette.
Aug. 18 -- Sale at East Saginaw of the F. & P. M. R. R. to New York parties; price, $1,000,000, $50,000 cash down.
Aug. 25-Eleventh annual reunion of the "Fighting Fifth " Mich. Vol. Inf., at Saginaw City ; oration by Capt. Cook, of Richmond, Virginia.
Sept. 1-One Daniel Parkhurst, of East Saginaw, was roasted alive in E. E. Johnson's lime kiln, on Water street.
Sept. 21, 22, 23-Fifteenth annual meeting of the Sagi- naw County Agricultural Society, at East Saginaw.
Sept. 26 -- Dedication at Frankenmuth of the German Lu- theran church; sermons by Prof. Craemers, of St. Louis University, and Prof. Cull, of Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Oct. 4 -- Inquest held at East Saginaw, on body of Wesley .
Weldon, who was found dead in Saginaw river-was res- ident of Bridgeport township for 42 years.
Nov. 17 -- Meeting of the stockholders of the Michigan Salt Association at East Saginaw.
Nov. 24 -- A destructive fire near Saginaw City consumed
A. D. Camp's saw-mill and salt block -- loss, $30,000 -- insured for $16,000.
November-Organization of the Saginaw Transportation Company-capital, $50,000.
18S1 -- Feb. 6 -- Fred Weichmann killed at a wedding party by John Laesh -- place, East Saginaw.
Feb. 8-Meeting at the Bancroft House. East Saginaw, of the directors of the Northeast District Agricultural Society.
Feb. 24-27-The ninth annual meeting of the Y. M. C. A., of Michigan, at East Saginaw.
Death of D. B. Ketcham.
May 26-Organization of the German Pioneer Society.
May 30-Magnificent celebration of Decoration Day.
CITY AND TOWNSHIP HISTORIES.
CITY OF EAST SAGINAW.
The history of tlie city of East Saginaw begins with the year 1849, when Charles W. Grant settled here; while still the log house, erected by the American Fur Company on the present site of the Bancroft House, was tenanted by the celebrated trapper, Captain Leon Snay, G. D. Williams' garden beds were located near the F. & P. M. R. R. depot, a swail or marsh extended to the very door of Leon Snay's forest castle, game sported in the woods and rivers, and the little world, centered on what is now one of the busiest thoroughfares of a prosperous city, was tranquil. The enterprising Emerson continned his industry on the river bank, one mile above Genesee street, under the shadow of his modest, though high-titled, dwelling.
The land on which the city now stands was purchased from the general Government in 1836 by Dr. Little, father of W. L. P. Little. This property passed into the hands of the Detroit Bank- ing Co., and the second purchasers, like the first, were compelled to dispose of it. Norman Little, acting as agent for Hoyt & Co., of New York, purchased the land for a small consideration, in 1849, and the same year concluded articles of agreement with the Williams Bros., for the purchase of their farm, a half a mile northi of Leon Snay's cabin.
The total clearing of this tract was the work of Seth and Thomas Wiley, with their employes and associates, including Otto H. G. Moores, Adoniram Dann and many others. The lands purchased from the Detroit Banking Co. were surveyed and platted imme- diately after the choppers passed over the ground.
The original plat of East Saginaw, known as the "Hoyt Plat," was surveyed by A. Alberti for Alfred M. Hoyt, Dec. 12, 1850. The original record is as follows:
" Plan of the city of East Saginaw, situated on the east bank of the Saginaw river, said city comprising the following described lands within its limits, viz: The north half of the southeast fractional quarter, the northeast fractional quarter, and the south half of southeast fractional quarter of sec. 13, town number 12 north, of range number 4 east, and also the west half of northwest quarter of sec. 19 of town number 12 north, of range number 5 east.
" Note .- Said lots are 60 feet in width and 120 feet in length, with the excep- tion of such lots as are made fractional by the plank road; and the boundaries of said city as are here laid down on this map. Washington street and the plank road are (99) ninety-nine feet in width. All other streets are 66 feet in width.
" In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal, this 12th day of Dec., A. D. 1850.
ALFRED M. HOYT, (L. S.)"
The streets running east and west, beginning south of the 12 river front lots, at the northern limits, were namned as follows: Astor, Miller, Carroll, Fitzhugh, Johnson, Plank, Tuscola, Ger-
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man-western continuation of Plank Road-Williams, Hayden, Millard, Thomson, Hoyt and Emerson. The streets running north and south, parallel with the river, were named, Water, Washing- ton, Franklin, Cass, Jefferson, Warren, Webster, Clay and Rock- well.
The additions to the city since that period have been made by well-known citizens. Some few of them are comparatively insig- nificant in area, but valuable on account of the magnificent build- ings erected thereon.
The Genesee plank road was built in 1850, stage coaches placed on the road, and a postoffice established. During the year the first store was opened by Alfred B. Hoyt and James Little.
The first school building was erected on the site of Leon Snay's dwelling house, in 1851, and was taught by Miss Ingersoll. The clearance was just effected so far as the center of the block on Water, between Genesee and Tuscola streets, when the building of the Valley City Hotel was entered upon by Wm. F. Glasby. This hotel was completed in 1851 and opened to the public with Adoniram Dann as host.
The East Saginaw select school was opened by Truman B. Fox in 1852, and claimed on its roll 83 children. The shanty which formed the First Episcopal church of the city, was built near Emerson street the same year.
The ferry, projected in 1851 by E. N. Davenport, became a pay- ing industry in 1852. The entire affair consisted in a primitive- looking scow, propelled with poles, and attended by a quaint dug- out to escape by in case the scow went to the bottom. The course of this ferry is now occupied by the abutments of the Genesee street bridge.
The first birth within the village limits was that of Lyman Ensign, in 1850.
The first death which occurred within the old limits of East Saginaw, was that of a German, drowned near the eastern bank of the river.
PIONEERS OF THE CITY.
Among the founders of the city the following names will live long in its records. It is true that men came after them equally energetic and enterprising; but to those who entered the wilder- ness and prepared it for the habitations of a people, are due especial honors.
Alfred M. Hoyt settled in the Valley in 1850, as the representa- tive of his father, James M. Hoyt. His efforts to build up the city of East Saginaw were crowned with success. He was the first postmaster at East Saginaw. In 1852 he was elected State Repre- sentative. Two years later, however, he disposed of his interest in the new city to his brother, Jesse Hoyt, and returned to New York.
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Charles W. Grant, born in Chenango Co., N. Y., in 1818, settled in East Saginaw in 1849. In 1850 he, with A. M. Hoyt, erected the " Blne Mill" for the purpose of sawing plank for the road between Saginaw and Flint. In 1850 he was elected the first town clerk of the village of East Saginaw. In 1851 he urged the neces- sity of building a school-house, and succeeded in having one erected where the Bancroft House now stands. Since his settle- ment he has filled inany important offices, as well as being largely interested in the lumber business.
William F. Glasby, born in Livingston county, N. Y., came to Saginaw in 1850. He was one of the principal men in building the three bridges whichi connect the two cities. He built the Val- ley City Hotel, which was opened as a boarding house by Adoniram Dann.
Geo. Allison settled in East Saginaw in 1850.
Frederick A. Koehler arrived in East Saginaw in June, 1850, and opened a blacksmith's shop.
Otto H. G. Moores arrived in the Valley in 1849, and a year later was engaged in clearing the forest where the city of East Saginaw now stands. In 1851 he entered the office of Thomas Whitney, of Saginaw City, where he continued business until 1858. During the three following years he was bookkeeper in the office of D. H. Jerome, and in 1861 entered upon business for himself, locating in Saginaw City.
Col. W. L. P. Little, Curtis Emerson, S. W. Yawkey, Alexander English, Alexander Ferguson, John Elsffer, the Willey brothers, Lyman Ensign and a few other early settlers of the city are noticed in other pages.
Moses B. Hess settled at East Saginaw in 1850. He was born at Verona, Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1825, settled in Michigan in 1837, and moved to the Saginaws in 1850. Previous to this period he was postmaster and State librarian at Lansing. He was mail carrier between the two cities for some time, and succeeded Morgan L. Gage as postmaster at East Saginaw.
EAST SAGINAW IN 1853.
In the fall of 1853, the East Saginaw steam flouring mill was erected, with a capacity of 1,000 bushels per day. Many predicted that this mill would not continue in operation very long; but their prediction was wrong. It was a common thing to receive 500 bushels of wheat daily from farmers in the Valley. The import of wheat from Chicago was also extensive, as is learned from the fact that in September, 1853, two cargoes of wheat were landed at the mill, each amounting to 6,000 bushels.
The same year the steamboat "T. Whitney," built here for Thomas Whitney and Dr. Burns, was launched. Her measure- ment was 132 feet long, 24} feet beam. with capacity for 7,000 barrels, and accommodations for 60 passengers. Capt. M. Smith was placed in charge of this boat.
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The planing mill, owned and operated by Hoyt & Whitney, was finished in September, 1853. The machinery was capable of dress- ing 30,000 feet of lumber per day.
The Blackmar and the Irving hotels were opened early in the year, the latter by M. C. Stevens, and the former by S. C. Munson.
The Academy, built on the site of the Hoyt street school, con- tinned to be conducted by Misses Rice, Messer and Dean. The attendance of children at the close of the summer term, Sept. 10, 1853, was 140.
The Saginaw Enterprise was issued Sept. 8, 1853, by the publish- ers, Williamson & Mason.
Among the business men were Norman Little, agent for the East Saginaw steam flouring mill, corner of Water and Carroll streets. A. M. Hoyt, secretary and treasurer of the Genesee Plank Road Company; N. Little, president, located at the corner of Water and Plank Road streets; Charles W. Grant, notary public, and inspec- tor of logs, lumber and shingles; Hoyt & Whitney, E. S. Planing Mill Co .; J. Hoyt, wheat buyer; Alfred M. Hoyt, dealer in real estate; Norman Little, agent for the Hudson River F. & M. In- surance Company : Burt & Hayden, dry-goods, grocery and pro- vision store; Hess & Brother, druggists; J. Hangsterfer, C. M. Curtis & Brother, hardware store; A. Ferguson, jewelry store; A. Ferguson, book store; Mrs. M. A. Lovewell, dressmaking house; Fred Cockler, blacksmith; C. Harman, R. Schacker, cabinet furniture shop; Garrison & Bristol, fish, salt and provision deal- ers; Coe Garrett, harness, saddlery and book store; A. Eaton, boot and shoe store; Dickson & Grant, provision dealers, opposite the " Blue Mill"; T. F. & S. Willey, bakers; M. L. Gage, saddle, harness and trunk factory ; T. B. & J. G. Fox, manufacturers of and dealers in furniture; W. L. P. Little, forwarding merchant; Gus- tave Reigel, tailor; Henry Schwartz, cabinet manufacturer; H. H. Lester, tailor; A. Irion, dealer in tinware and stoves; C. D. & W. P. Fox, grocers and provision dealers, corner of Water and Hayden streets; F. A. Hickcox, tin, copper and sheet-iron worker; C. B. Jones & Co., dealers in lumber and shingles. The professions were represented by N. D. Lee, M. D., of Saginaw City, and H. A. Rockway, John Moore, H. S. Penover, J. G. Sutherland, R. B. Hall, W. L. Webber and J. L. T. Fox. The justices of the peace were S. C. Munson, office over Hayden's store, on Water street; Seth Willey, justice and township clerk, office with W. L. Webber, in Gage's block. James Frazier, F. W. Baccus, A. W. Hart, James Watson, John Pearson, D. G. Lawrence and J. H. Richardson, directors of the Saginaw and Lapeer plank road, had an office . at Lower Saginaw.
THE FIRST FIRE.
The destructive fire which broke out in the kitchen of the Irving House, on the morning of July 5, 1854, entailed upon many of
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the settlers heavy losses. Among the men who lost directly from this conflagration were W. L. P. Little, $60,000, insured for $30- 000; A. M. Hoyt & Co., owners of the Irving Honse and ware- house adjoining, $15,000, insnred for $10,000; M. C. Stevens, loss on hotel furniture, $5,000, insured for $3,000; and Edmunds & Co., on lumber, $14,000. The other losses by this fire comprised Higgins, of Flint, $600; Wmn. Thurber, $1,000; Geo. N. Propper, $400; J. Pierson, $250; H. C. Smitlı, $150; J. Hangsterfer, $1,500; J. Killinger, $600; Roller, $400; F. Killinger and Reicli, $800; Geo. Miles, $300; Hickox and Reisler, $400; A. M. Terry, $600; J. Lyons, $200; O. P. Burt, boarding with his family at the Irving House, lost the wardrobe of his family, furniture, plate, books, etc. In a short time afterward the building of those sub- stantial brick stores, a few of which may be found in the city of to-day, began. Only two days before this fire, the first saw-mill erected on the river, thien operated by Gardner D. Williams, was de- troyed, entailing a loss of $9,000. The firm of Butts, Kendall & Co. lost a lialf million feet of lumber, valued at $6,000, by this fire.
The fire of 1854 destroyed the houses, mills, stores and other property of the settlers. In addition to the losses enumerated, there was burned about 3,000,000 feet of Inmber.
THE SECOND FIRE
resulted in the destruction of 23 buildings and other property, valued at $55,000; insured, in the aggregate, for $17,500. The fire originated in the Jeffers' block, on Water street, and when discovered, early on the morning of May 7, 1861, was under such headway that there was little hope of the ability of the new fire department to check its progress. The names of the losers by this confiagration are as follows:
Chester B. Jones $4,000
Hilton & Co. $2,800
William Sanborn. 4,000
Julius Frey. 600
John Derby
6,200
John Ham 2,800
A. Schmitz 3,000
A. L. Stewart. 2,500
Augustus Blanchard. 500
M. Perry 1,000
J. K.' Gooding.
200
E. J. Mershon 300
Jeffers' Block.
3,000
J. A. Whittier. 1,000
S. Copeland.
4,000
M. Jeffers' machinery
2,000
A. W. Tyler.
2,000 1,500
Thomas Saylor
800
W. P. Patrick.
300
F. T. Hall 1,000
O. L. Glover.
800
W. L. P. Little
1,500
Harvey Smith
300
Mrs. Solomon. 300
Mrs. Loomis.
700
Harvey Joslin 100
John Bremmer.
100
J. Torrey
75
F. A. Curtis 600
S. B. Bliss. 400
Enterprise Office 2,200
Fred Koehler.
The insurance was very unequally divided. W. L. P. Little's buildings were the only ones fully insured; the heavy losers had no provision whatever inade against such a fire. The population of East Saginaw did not flee from the twice destroyed village, but.,
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with a perseverance as singular as it was successful, entered upon the re-building of the city. This was accomplished in a brief space of time, new business blocks, dwellings, hotels, factories, etc., rising from the ashes of the burned city.
THE THIRD GREAT FIRE
occurred Jan. 26, 1865. The losses sustained by the people in this fire aggregated $125,000.
The fire was discovered in the wholesale liquor store of E. Gravier, on Washington street, opposite the Crouse block, in East Saginaw. The flames spread with great rapidity, extending to the surrounding buildings, and sweeping away in their resistless course everything in the shape of a building, from the corner west on Genesee street to H. Marks' clothing store, and north on Wash- ington street to Fred Koehler's brick block
The buildings destroyed were all of wood, with the exception of the L-shaped block occupied by Frizelle Bros. as a wholesale and retail drug store, II. R. Proctor's jewelry store, and E. Gravier's liquor store, fronting on both Genesee and Washington streets; and the greater portion of them forming the property of Milo B. Hess.
Among the losers were: Frizelle Bros., drug store; E. Gra- vier. liquor store; the postoffice (the entire contents of which were saved, however, and the Detroit mail dispatched with accustomed regularity); news depot of D. B, Reeve & Co .; law office of D. W. C. Gage; two millinery stores; a barber shop; drug store of Farrand & Duncan; another barber shop; clothing store of H. R. Duncan; wagon shop of M. F. Leroy; dining hall of John Bremner.
The upper stories were occupied by various parties: the law offices of W. J. Loveland, Camp & Huse, and H. HI. Hoyt, were in the second story of the brick building, and nearly the entire contents were lost. Mr. Hoyt lost an extensive library. The offices of P. Whipple, surgeon and dentist; Dr. Hall, and Drs. Ross and Osborn, the millinery store of Miss E. Nicholson, and the photographic gallery of H. N. Eastman, were also destroyed.
The fires since that period have been numerous and destructive; but as a general reference is made to them in other pages it is unnecessary here to follow up the list beyond the pioneer period of the city. Enough to say that, like a new Chicago, the city grew out of its ruins greater and inore prosperous after each con- flagration.
EAST SAGINAW IN 1858.
Among the principal industries of the village in 1858, the first and most important was the flouring mills of Hoyt and Wilcox. That owned by Mr. Hoyt ground during that year 56,000 bushels
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of wheat, and 14,000 bushels of corn, the value of the aggregate product exceeding $80,000. The mill was supplied with four run of stone and powerful machinery; it was located at the corner of Water and Carroll streets.
Wilcox's steam flouring mill was principally devoted to custom work, with an annual capacity of 20,000 bushels. This concern stood on Water street, near the Emerson ferry landing.
Warner, Eastman & Co. operated an extensive foundry and machine shop, and Geo. W. Merrill another equally extensive shop.
Among the blacksmiths were Frederick Koehler, Berdsall & Bros., I. E. Godley, A. H. Mershon & Co., Hosea Pratt, James Lewis, operated planing mills; E. Feige, J. A. Large, H. Schwartz and Casper Braden were manufacturers of furniture; C. M. Curtis, Geo. Schranem and B. B. Buckshout were engaged in the hardware trade; C. B. Jones, J. S. Estabrook, H. Shaw, Robert Pierson, Henry Woodruff, dealt in lumber, staves and shingles; O. L. Glover, Hall & Loomis, Ward Fox, H. Marks. A. Eaton, M. L. Gage, A. Ferguson, Sol. Lathropand Fred N. Bridgman carried on extensive business houses; the drug trade was represented by Dr. J. K. Penney and Hess Bros .; the grocery and provision trade by Curtis & Bliss, W. P. Patrick, J. S. Webber, J. A. Whittier, Peter Hiller, Jacob Schoen, J. Greener, M. Minick, Sanborn & Tucker, Brown & Mumford; the dry-goods trade by Copeland & Bartow, John Derby, Franklin Copeland, William Weekes; the millinery busi- ness by Mrs. Morrison; the medical profession was well represented by Drs. G. A. Lathrop, J. K. Penney, A. Bryce, Dr. Curtis and C. T. Disbrowe; the lawyers of the village were W. L. Webber, D. W. C. Gage, - Wheeler, J. L. T. Fox, W. J. Loveland.
W. L. P. Little carried on an extensive banking business, as wellas a great wholesale and retail store. The United States land office was then in charge of W. L. P. Little, receiver, and Moses B. Hess, register.
Perry Joslin published the Saginaw Enterprise. D. A. Petti- bone and G. G. Hess were surveyors and tax agents at the time. Capt. Marvin Smith conducted a ship yard. Emerson's steam ferry formed the principal bridge to the western bank of the river; the steamers "Traffic," "Alida," "Comet," "Coaster," "Magnet" and "Odd Fellow" plied upon the river; the barques "Sunshine," "Jesse Hoyt," "Star-light" and "Quickstep" were built there, and appeared at the docks at intervals. These boats, together with the steam dredge and scows, were well known to the settlers of the village, and, even after its erection into a city, continued to lend an air of business to the place. The Union school and three ward schools were in ope- ration. Three churches existed at that time.
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