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1879 .- President, William Newberry ; Vice-Presidents, Roger IIaviland, B. O. Williams; Secretary, Cortes Pond ; Treasurer, E. F. Wade.
1880 .- President, William Newberry ; Vice-President, Roger Haviland ; Secretary, Cortes Pond ; Treas- urer, E. F. Wade.
SIHIAWASSEE COUNTY MUTUAL FIRE INSU- RANCE COMPANY.
In the month of May, 1861, Enoch Eddy, G. Sugden, Ezra D. Barnes, N. G. Philips, E. Cook, Isaac Gale, Nor- man Green, Enos Merrill, Benjamin Walker, and William Newberry, all residents of Shiawassee County, associated themselves together as an incorporated company for the transaction of insurance business under the above title. The articles of association limited the territory to Shia- wassee County, and restricted the insurance to dwellings,. barns, and out-buildings upon farms, " together with house- hold furniture, farm implements, stock, and grain which may be therein or on the premises," against loss by fire or lightning.
The organization was not perfected until the spring of 1862, when Enoch Eddy was elected President ; Cortes Pond, Secretary ; and W. G. Smith, Treasurer. On the 3d day of May of that year Cortes Pond commenced taking applications for policies.
In 1867 the company had three hundred and forty-six outstanding policies, with an assessment that year of four- teen hundred and twenty-three dollars and forty-four cents and expenses of one hundred and fifty-three dollars and fifteen cents.
The company has steadily increased in usefulness, and gained the confidence of the community, and on the 31st of December, 1879, it had fifteen hundred and fifty-five outstanding policies, covering a total risk of two million eight hundred and twelve thousand nine hundred and fifty- six dollars.
The total resources are two thousand two hundred and five dollars and ninety-four cents, and total liabilities four hundred and fifty-five dollars and fifty-nine cents. The amount paid for losses during the year (of which two thou- sand three hundred dollars occurred in prior years) was five
thousand one hundred and ten dollars and seventy-three cents. Amount of salaries and fees one thousand one hun- dred and twenty dollars and ninety-six cents. But two as- sessments have been made during the year.
The present officers are Roger Haviland, President ; Fred. J. Bailey, Vice-President; Ezra Mason, Secretary ; Jefferson D. Leland, Treasurer; R. Haviland, E. Mason, and E. S. Burnett, Directors.
SHIAWASSEE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL ASSO- CIATION.
No records have been found of the organization or pro- ceedings of the old Shiawassee County Agricultural Society, but a few facts have been gleaned from the papers of that day, and from the secretary's reports to the State Society. The Shiawassee Society was formed in 1850, and held its first fair in the fall of that year, at the village of Corunna, on grounds situated on the south side of the river, prepared by the citizens of that place. In 1854 the fifth annual fair was held on the 11th and 12th of October. The offi- cers were Robert R. Thompson, President ; P. S. Lyman, Secretary ; James Cummin, Treasurer; Ezekiel Cook, M. B. Martin, Isaac Gale, M. H. Clark, Daniel Lyon, Execu- tive Committee. There were three hundred and twenty- two entries. The amount received for membership tickets and visitors was eighty-one dollars and twenty-five cents. The number of entries made at the fair of September, 1855, were five hundred and twenty; receipts for membership and single tickets was one hundred and forty-six dollars and twenty-seven eents. The fair in 1858 was held at Corunna. The officers of that year were Isaac Gale, President ; P. S. Lyman, Secretary ; Charles E. Kimberly, Treasurer.
No further information can be gained of any meetings of the old society, and it appears to have become inop- crative, as on the 16th of March, 1860, a new society was formed, and articles of association were adopted and signed by the following-named persons, viz. : Isaac Gale, George Sugden, James Lawler, A. II. Byerly, B. O. Wil- liams, George W. Slocum, Benjamin Walker, Benjamin W. Davis, Edward F. H. MeKay, John W. Dewey, Enoch Eldy, and an organization under the name and style of the Shiawassee County Agricultural Association was perfected by the choice of the following persons as first officers : Isaac Gale, President ; B. W. Davis, Secretary ; Adam W. Byerly, Treasurer; J. W. Dewey, George W. Slocum, E. F. II. MeKay, Enoch Eddy, and Geo. B. Sugden, Direc- tors. A meeting of the board of directors was held at Gould's Hall, Owosso, on the 23d of March, 1860, at which time by-laws were adopted. At a later meeting, in June of the same year, it was resolved that the fair be held at Owosso for a term of five years, ou condition that the citizens of Owosso provide not less than six acres for the use of the association (to be surrounded with a tight board fence), build necessary buildings and sheds, dig a well to be provided with a pump, and grade a carriage- drive and track, two rods wide at least and eighty rods in circumference, the same to be provided without any expense to the association. Seven hundred dollars was subscribed for the purpose, and the lease was afterwards extended to ten years, and a permanent building erected at an expense of
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one thousand dollars. The first fair of the association was held on the 17th, 18th, and 19th of September, 1860, on the ground prepared by the citizens of Owosso, situated on Hickory Street.
The total receipts were $303.50. The annual fairs eon- tinued to be held at the same place until 1880. In 1866 five hundred dollars was expended in extending the track, the citizens of Owosso contributing two hundred and fifty dollars and the association the balance. At a meeting held April 17, 1877, it was decided to purchase thirty acres of land, known as the Eggleston tract, at one hundred dollars per acre, and two small lots of land containing about one acre. In the spring of 1880 the buildings on the old grounds were removed to the new and repaired. One aere of ground, on which a dwelling-house is located, was purchased for five hundred dollars; this will be occupied by a tenant who will have charge of the grounds. A floral hall will be erected in the summer of 1880, a half-mile track is now being graded, and the first fair of the association on the new grounds will be held in the fall of 1880.
The following is a list of the officers since the organiza- tion of the association :
Presidents .- 1861, Benjamin Walker; 1862, Isaae Cas- tle ; 1863, Geo. L. Hitchcock ; 1864, John W. Dewey ; 1865, Ezra D. Barnes; no record for 1866; 1867-68, Isaac Gale; 1869, A. II. Byerly ; 1870, S. A. Yerkes ; 1871, Wm. Newberry; 1872-73, Win. Rideout ; 1874, John W. Dewey; 1875-76, C. Hibbard ; 1877-80, John W. Dewey.
Secretaries .- 1861-62, George L. Hitchcock ; 1863, Henry B. Gregory ; 1864, George L. Ilitchicock ; 1865, A. G. Young; no record for 1866; 1867, George P. Moses; 1868, N. MeBain; 1869, George P. Moses ; 1870-73, C. A. Osborne; 1874, Emory L. Brewer ; 1875 -78, Newton Baldwin ; 1879-80, J. A. Armstrong.
Treasurers .- 1861-62, E. D. Gregory ; 1863-65, New- tou Il. Robinson; no record for 1866; 1867-69, A. G. Kelso; 1870-73, A. B .. Chipman ; 1874, Amos G. Young ; 1875-76, A. B. Chipman ; 1877-80, C. A. Osborne.
AGRICULTURE OF THE COUNTY.
In the history of its agriculture Shiawassee differs very little from nearly all the countics of the Peninsula. The first care of the farmers who came to till the virgin soil was, of course, to provide subsistence for their families ; and so the first crops which they planted or sowed in the open- ings, or in their small clearings in the timber, were only such as were required for this purpose, and chief among these was wheat. Potatoes and other eseulents were pro- vided for, but the article of prime necessity was wheat, and to it a great proportion of the tilled area was devoted. The abundant erops which they obtained soon relieved their ne- cessities, and placed them beyond the reach of possible want ; and then, from the surplus of their erops, they began to realize a revenue in money, though the very redundancy of the yield of wheat in this and adjoining sections of country brought the price so low at times that the remu- neration for the labor of raising, harvesting and hand- thrashing, and transporting the grain to a distant market seemed discouragingly small. The experience of later years,
however, has shown that the immigrant farmers of the early days were not far from right in their estimate of the im- portanee of wheat culture upon such a soil as this, where its constantly increasing and almost uniformly successful cultivation has been the foundation of so large a proportion of the agricultural wealth and prosperity. After the first struggle with poverty was over, and particularly after in- creased and improved means of transportation were seeured, the wheat-fields gradually increaseil in size and in profita- ble returos per acre ; and though other grains are and have always been produced quite extensively, yet it is wheat more than any other product of the soil that has brought comfort and wealth to the farmers of the county.
The raising of eattle and sheep has been carried on to a considerable extent, but it has never assumed as great im- portance hore as in some other parts of the State, nor has as much been done here in the extensive and general intro- duction of improved breeds. In the report of the secretary of the Shiawassee Agricultural Society for 1854 it is stated that a full-blood Devon bull was introduced into the county as early as 1837, by L. Lyman, of Shiawassee township; that in 1839, Ezekiel Cook, of Bennington, brought in a Devon and a Durham bull from Ohio ; and that in 1841, Alexander McArthur, of Corunna, was the owner of a bull of imported stock, but that the animal had died in the se- vere winter of 1842-43. A Durham bull was also sent from Oakland County to Shiawassee by James B. Ilunt. In 1851, Deacon Cook, of Bennington, brought in a fine young Durham bull from the herd of Mr. Brooks, of Oak- land County, and a Durham cow from the Wadsworth herd, of Geneseo, N. Y. (purchased from Mr. Uhle, of Ypsi- lanti) ; and J. Il. Howe, now of Owosso, received a Durham bull from the same famous herd. At about the same time several pure-blood bulls and cows were brought to the county by Isaac Castle of Shiawassee; Thomas B. Green, of Burns; Abner L. Gilbert, of Caledonia; and Stimson and Dewey, of Owosso. Among these were Durhams, Ayr- shires, and one or two of the Holderness breed. From the animals above mentioned came much of the improved stock of the county.
The same report from which the foregoing facts are gath- ered mentions that in 1854 a flock of one hundred and fifty Spanish Merino sheep was purchased in the county. At the fair of the agricultural society of the county in that year Durham cattle were exhibited by C. S. Johnson, of Caledonia, and II. Johnson, of Venice; Devons, by Isaac Castle and C. S. Johnson ; Ayrshires, by Isaae Castle and L. C. Eddy ; Merino sheep, by Isaae Gale, J. M. Ilart- well, and J. W. Brewer; Spanish and French Merinos, by Luke H. Parsons and J. W. Brewer,-the last-named gen- tleman exhibiting a very fine imported ewe from the flock of A. S. Patterson, of Newark, N. J.
The introduction of pure-blood sheep into the county dates from about 1852 (though some grades had been brought here before 1840), and by reference to the pro- ceedings of the agricultural society it is found that the eredit of being the pioneers in the introduction of Merino and Saxony sheep into the county is given to Isaac Gale and J. M. Hartwell, of Bennington ; L. Lyman, of Shia- wassee ; R. W. Ilolly, of Vernon ; and R. Burdick, of By-
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ron. There is no doubt, however, that others besides these gentlemen might with propriety be added to the list. Since the introduction of pure-bloods was commenced, as above mentioned, the improvement in sheep-breeding has spread gradually, but so generally that it would be invidious as well as impracticable to attempt to follow its progress through the county. The same may also be said of the general increase of improved breeds of cattle, both pure- bloods and grades.
The development of the agricultural interests of Shia- wassee County is shown (perhaps more clearly than could be done in any other way) by the statistics given below, having reference to this county. They are takeu from the census returns of the years indicated, viz. :
1840.
Number of neat cattle in the county.
2,143
sheep in the county
375
swine «
3,807
Tons of hay cut in the preceding year.
502
Bushels of wheat produced (harvest of 1839)
19,584
=
barley 66
206
Pounds of wool sheared (1839)
583
Pounds of maple-sugar made ( 1840) ..
25,933
Value of the products of the dairy (1839)
$2,147
1850.
Whole number of ocenpied farms. 746
Cash value of occupied farms.
$734,965
Number of acres improved
31,203
neat cattle.
5,148
sheep kept in the county ..
7,087
swine 46
3,262
Total value of live stock
$133,739
Bushels of wheat produced (harvest of 1849)
=
rye
Indian corn (harvest of 1849)
56,505
oats
32,705
barley
289
Value of orehard products (1849)
$1,041
Tous of bay produced
7,136
Pounds of wool sheared in 1850.
21,738
=
maple-sugar made (1850)
61,157
butter made (June, 1849, to June, 1850) ... 110,823
= cheese "
1854.
Number of acres improved land ..
30,043
Whole number neat enttle ..
6,735
swine ..
4,750
Pounds of wool sheared (preceding year)
21,364
pork marketed
81,495
Acres of wheat harvested
6,1]]
Bushels
74,171
Acres of eorn
4,111
Bushels of corn
64,947
all other kinds of grain (preceding year)
26,381
=
potatoes raised (preceding year)
33,629 10,655
Pounds of butter made
132,612'
cheese made
16,062
maple-sugar manufactured (1854)
1860.
Whole number of occupied farms in the county. 892
.6 acres improved.
43.727
Total cash value of farms.
$1,957,834
Number of neat cattle kept in county.
8,427
swine
5,15G
sheep 46
19,379
Total value of live stock ..
$326,724
Pounds of wool sheared in preceding year
46,770 101,101
Bushels of wheat harvested preceding year 6
.. rye
5,773
Indian corn harvested preceding year
93,467
oats
43,071
3,829
Bushels of buckwheat harvested preceding year .. 2,830
potatoes raised preceding year. 54,190
Valne of orchard products .. $8,976
Tons of hay cut in preceding year .. 12,579
Pounds of butter made preceding year 251.011
cheese «
18,582
maple-sugar made preceding year .. 96,723
1864.
Number of acres improved in the county
64,913
neat enttle kept in the county.
11,527
sheep over six months old
43,187
Pounds of wool sheared in preceding year ..
134,188
pork marketed
332,172
Acres of wheat harvested
14,950 109,301
Acres of eorn
=
6,428 129,670
Bushels of corn
all other grains harvested in preceding year. potatoes raised in preceding year
58,628
Tons of hay cut in preceding year.
21,847
Pounds of butter made in preceding year.
336,134
.. cheese "
27,329
maple-sugar made in preceding year ..
95,566
1870.
Number of acres improved iu county.
111,390
Value of farms in county ..
$8,123,000
all live stock.
$1,181,149
ludian corn produced (harvest of 1$39) 13,772 Number of sheep kept.
45,536
Number of milch-cows.
Pounds of butter made in preceding year.
Bushels of wheat harvested in preceding year.
484,587
Indian corn 4 4
262,851
"
oats
44
4 4 barley
4
buckwheat
44
9,917
= potatoes raised in preceding year.
240,162
Tons of hay cut in preceding year ..
32,464
Pounds of maple-sugar made (1870) ..
32,999
1874.
Total acres of improved land
Number of farms.
Average area of farms (acres).
Number of neat cattle kept ... .6 swine over six months old.
43,403
Pounds of wool
66
Acres of wheat harvested
46
Bushels
46
66
186.277 30,541 463,412 10,750 391,745
of all other grains harvestel in preceding year. of potatoes raised in preceding year
Tons of hay cut in preceding year ..
Pounds of butter made in preceding year.
66 cheeso * 66
maple-sugar made in 1874
57,356
Bushels of apples raised in preceding year.
114,811
Value of fruit and garden vegetables.
$60,470 5,965
WHEAT CROP OF 1877 BY TOWNSHIPS.
Bushels.
Antrim.
60,667
Bennington ..
77,351
Burns ..
71,343
Caledonia
42,416
Fairfield ..
26,448
llazelton
41,046
New llaven ...
36,595
Owosso.
-17,611
Owosso City.
3,275
Perry .
60,420
Rush.
33,518
Seiota (not returned)
Shiawassee
77,172
Venice ..
38,495
Vernon.
63,061
Woodhull.
46,9-17
Total of county. 778,712
Iu that year Shiawassee County stood at the head of all the counties in the southern four tiers (comprising the best
118,781 2,813 86.1. 18,920 8,132 793,646
Pounds of pork marketed in preceding year.
Whole number of sheep kept.
Number of sheep sbeared in preceding year.
41,580
Acres of corn 46
Bushels
66
356,432 110,28G 29,667 743,353 34,380
sheep.
8.472
buck wheat
6,284
potatoes 4 4
26,475
potatoes "
23,007
.. pats produced (harvest of 1839).
10,937 Pounds of wool shorn.
192,612 5,864
491,696
202,510 17,311
Number of acres in all kinds of fruits
43,787 Middlebury.
52.311
Tons of hay eut
= barley
16,400
61,834
650
76,236
Bushels of wheat ‘
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MANUFACTURES-POPULATION.
agricultural portion of the State) in the average yield of wheat per acre of the area harvested.
MANUFACTURING STATISTICS.
Though Shiawassee cannot be termed a manufacturing county, yet it contains a considerable number of manufac- turing establishments, and these will be found fully noticed in the histories of the cities and townships in which they are situated. In this place, however, we give a series of manufacturing statistics relating in their aggregate to the whole county. They are compiled from the census reports for the years named, extending from 1840 to 1874, the re- turns for the present year (1880) not having yet been made.
The earliest report containing manufacturing statistics for the county of Shiawassee is that of 1840, which shows as follows :
Number of saw-mills in the county. 8
= flouring-mills in the county. 1
Barrels of flour manufactured in 1839. 800
Total amount of capital invested in manufactures .. $46,878
Value of home-made manufactures (1839). $1,000
By subsequent census returns the following statistics of manufactures in the county are shown for the years indi- cated, viz. :
1850.
Number of flouring-mills .. 5
Capital invested in flouring-mills ....
$31,000
Barrels of flour manufactured preceding year. 11,700
Value of product .. $36,400
Number of saw-mills (water, 6; steam, I) 7
Capital invested in lumber manufacture ...
$10,500
Annual product of lumber (fcet)
1,500,000
Value of product. $9,990
Aggregate amount of capital invested in all kinds of manufactures (flour-mills aod saw-mills included ) .....
$71,075
Number of bands employed in all manufactures .. 75
Aggregate value of annual product of all kinds of man- ufactures in the county
$110,474
1854.
Number of flouring-mills reported 3
Capital invested in flonring-mills
Barrels uf flour made in the preceding year
Value of flour manufactured
$29,681.75
Number of hands employed in flour-mills.
8
water, 4)
5
Number of fect of Jumber sawed in preceding year
1,300,000
Value of lumber product in preceding year.
$6,950
Amount of capital invested in lumber manufacture. $9,200
Number of persons employed 11
Amount of capital employed in all other kinds of man- ufacturing.
$9,850
Value of products of same in preceding year .. $1,500
Number of persons employed in same .. 15
1864.
Number of flour-mills reported. 5
runs of stones 12
Amount of capital invested in flouring-mills
$48,000
Barrels of flour made in tho preceding year. 19,926
Value 66
$110,245
Number of persons employed in flour-mills 12
saw-mills operated in the county (steam, 5;
12
Capital invested in lumber manufacture.
$26,200
Feet of lumber sawed in preceding year
1,105,000
Value of 66
$11,480
Number of hands employed in lumber manufacture ...... 36 Number of manufactories otber thau saw-mills and flour- inills (steam, 3; water, 8) .. 11
Number of persons employed in same ..... 120
$49,850
Value of products of same iu preceding year
$65,630
Coal-mines operated in county ... 1
Pounds of coal produced in preceding year.
2,4100,000
Value of product at mine .....
$3,600
Amount of capital invested. $1,000
Number of persons employed. 5
1874.
Number of tlouring-mills in county (steam, 2; water, 6) 8
runs of stones in operation .. ...
Barrels of flour made in the previous year. 12,450)
Vale $284,800
Capital invested in flouring-mills. $184,500 26
Number of persons employed in flouring-mills saw-mills in the county (steam, 7; water, 9) 16
Feet of lumber sawed iu preceding year. 11,550,000
Value
Capital invested in lumber- manufacture.
$71,600 73
Persons employed in
Number of wood-working" manufactories (steam, 5; water, 1)
6
Capital invested in same. $33,200
Value of product in preceding year. $44,000
Number of persons employed. iron-workingt manufactories.
1
Capital invested in same.
Value of product in preceding year.
Number of persons employed. musical-instrument manufactories.
Capital employed in same ..
Value of product in preceding year. $3,000
Number of persons employed. wagon-, carriage-, and sleigh- manufactories
Capital invested in same ..
Value of product in preceding year.
Number of persons employed .. furniture- aud chair-factories.
Capital invested in same.
Value of product in preceding year ..
Number of persons employed. stave- and heading-factories.
Capital invested in same ...
Value of product in preceding year ..
Number of persons employed.
harrel-, keg-, pail-, aud tub-factories.
Capital invested in same.
Value of product in preceding year
Number of persons employed tanneries reported.
Capital invested in same.
Value of product in preceding year
Number of persons employed ..
saddle-, barness-, and trunk-factories re- ported.
Capital invested in same.
Value of product in preceding year.
Number of persons employed. breweries reported in county.
Capital invested in same ...
Value of product in preceding year.
Number of persons employed 46 paper-mills.
Capital invested in same.
Value of product in preceding year
Number of persons employed. = boot- and shoe-factories.
Capital invested in same.
Value of product in preceding year.
Number of persons employed ...
.. pot- and pearl-ash facturics.
Capital invested in same.
Value of product in preceding year
Number of persons employed ... brick- and tile-manufactories ..
Capital invested in same.
Value of produet in preceding year.
Number of persons employed ..
= stone- and maible-works ..
$2,500
Value of product in preceding year.
Number of hands employed.
Total number of manufacturing establishments (includ-
ing saw-mills and grist-mills) reported in the county for the year 1873. 5.8
Persons employed in same. 36.4
Capital invested
$461,500
Value of product for the year $805,930
Coal-mines operated (1874) 2 Capital invested $168,549
Men employed ..
Value uf product at mines $39,000
POPULATION OF THE COUNTY.
The total population of Shiawassee County in the year 1837, as shown by the census returns of that year, was
* Including in this class planing- and turning-mills, and sash ., door-, blind, and spoke-factories.
t This class includes foundries, machine-shops, and boiler-works.
3 $12,800 $12,500 29 1 $1,000 $3,000 5 1
$20,000 $50,000 12
1 $2,000 $4,000 3 2 $13,000 $16,000 7 1 $20,000 $14,130 14 I $4,000 $20,000 15 1 $500 $3,000 9 9 $1,500 $12,000 24 2
Capital invested in samc.
$11,000 8
water, 7)
Amount of capital invested in sume.
$23,000 5,884
saw-mills operated in the county (steam, 1 ;
2 $5,000 $13,000 11 4 $51,200 $121,000
$120,500
$25,700 $47,000 26 ] $3,000
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1184; in 1840, 2103; and in 1845 it was 3010. The population at several later periods, from 1850 to 1874, in- clusive, is given by townships in the following table :
1850, 282
1854.
1860
1864
1870.
1874.
Antrim.
413
646
727
992
985
Bennington ....
60
660
895
1,005
1,424
1,490
Burns.
717
919
1,065
1,173
1,557
1,498
Caledonia
500
905
1,203
1,664
891
1,008
Corunna City ).
( Village and
....
86 1
.....
1,408
1,345
Fairfield.
...
74
346
352
632
643
Hazelton
26
350
359
822
1,134
Middlebury
132
229
610
605
1,018
969
New llaven.
150%
171
445
522
999
1,148
Owosso ...
392
621
573
559
1,058
1,050
Owosso (City)
...
...
1,169
1,346
2,065
2,448
Perry
313
445
670
693
1,058
1,016
Rush
126
346
397
683
,74
Scioto ..
191
297
499
538
1,270
1,312
Shiawassee
S10
917
1,146
1,168
1,422
1,336
Vernon
674
590
1,100
1,144
1,797
1,785
Venice ...
186
109
575
569
986
1,076
Woodhull
250
338
387
584
776
756
Total of County 5233
7419
12,898 13,465 20,858 21,773
CHAPTER XXVII.
CITY OF OWOSSO.+
The Location of the City and its Advantages-Early History, Settle- ment, ete .- City Incorporation and Organization-First City As- sessment-List of City Officers-Fire Department and Water Supply -Mills and Manufacturing-Educational-Secret Benevolent Asso- ciations-Other Associations -Religious.
THE city of Owosso,¿ the most important commercial and manufacturing point in Shiawassee County, is situated on the Shiawassee§ River, at the crossing of the Detroit and Milwaukee and the Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroads. From the junetion of these roads it is seventy- nine miles to Detroit, seventy-eight to Grand Rapids, thirty- seven to Saginaw, twenty-seveu to Lansing, and three miles to Corunna, the county-seat.
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