History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . 32 Phcenix Block 66 Potter, James H 612 Presbyterian Churches— First 290 Westminster 36 PAGE Protestant Episcopal Church,Trinity 36 Public Schools— Dolsen 44 Fremont 44 Kolb 320 Park 320 Washington 44 Rafter, Rev. Thomas 470 Range Light,—Entrance to Har-bor 152 Roecker. William G 510 Sage Library 320 Salt Block of Kern Mfg. Co., A 178 Sawmill of Kern Mfg. Co 178 Schutjes, Rev. H. J. H 410 Shipyard of the West Bay City Ship Building Co 134 Soldiers Rest Monument 22 Sugar Beets, a Field of 248 Sugar Beets, Polish Women Weeding 248 S


History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . 32 Phcenix Block 66 Potter, James H 612 Presbyterian Churches— First 290 Westminster 36 PAGE Protestant Episcopal Church,Trinity 36 Public Schools— Dolsen 44 Fremont 44 Kolb 320 Park 320 Washington 44 Rafter, Rev. Thomas 470 Range Light,—Entrance to Har-bor 152 Roecker. William G 510 Sage Library 320 Salt Block of Kern Mfg. Co., A 178 Sawmill of Kern Mfg. Co 178 Schutjes, Rev. H. J. H 410 Shipyard of the West Bay City Ship Building Co 134 Soldiers Rest Monument 22 Sugar Beets, a Field of 248 Sugar Beets, Polish Women Weeding 248 Sugar Factory, German-Ameri-can 248 Sugar Factory, West Bay 248 Third Street Bridge 22 Tobias, Lucious W 652 Tom Dowling, Raft - Towing Tug i34_ Train of Logs 178 Tupper, Horace, M. D 366 Turner, Capt. George 706 Vennix. Mr. and Mrs. Gerardus 440Washington Theater Building. . 204 Wenona Beach 152 Willcox. Maj. L. G 378 Woodworth, Frank T 480 Woolson, Capt. John 0 500 Wyss, Rev. John G 551 Young Chemical Co., W. D., Plant of 76 Young, David H 688. ^. ^.6^.^%^M^.Jlr^,^ Ristory of Bay County CHAPTER I. A BRIEF SKETCH OF EARLY MICHIGAN Downward through the evening twilight,In the days that are forgotten,In the unremembered ages. —The Song of Hiaivatha. Just one hundred years ago, on JanuaryII, 1805, Congress passed the bill for the or-ganization of Michigan Territory. Thus wascreated, from the then scarcely known andseemingly boundless Northwest Territory, adistinct community, which in the century tocome was destined to develop and prosper, asone of the brightest stars in the constellationof our sisterhood of States. To understand the history of ^lichigan,one must go beyond the territorial period andtake a fleeting glance into the hazy mists ofpast and unknown ages. This period is entirelywithin the realm of scientific research. Pre-historic upheavals, the glacial period and thegreat floods, have given Michigan her presentgeological formation. Isolated rocks and theri


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