History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . z Uh Ifl G^. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS. Ill ing influence of the new spirit wliich seemedto animate excrytliing and e\en-body. and themen of means, who often clung timidly to theircash, preferring to have it lie idle in distantbanks, now called this vital spark home, tocombine with the brawn and sinew of laborfor the mutual benefit of both. New millswere erected. Stores were stocked with mer-chandise that at first seemed all out of propor-tion to the demand or needs of the rising com-munity, only to be exhausted within a few sho
History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . z Uh Ifl G^. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS. Ill ing influence of the new spirit wliich seemedto animate excrytliing and e\en-body. and themen of means, who often clung timidly to theircash, preferring to have it lie idle in distantbanks, now called this vital spark home, tocombine with the brawn and sinew of laborfor the mutual benefit of both. New millswere erected. Stores were stocked with mer-chandise that at first seemed all out of propor-tion to the demand or needs of the rising com-munity, only to be exhausted within a few shortmonths and requiring replenishing. Thatbusiness creates business was proven on everyhand. The money that one enterprising citizenl)ut into circulation drew out the hidden goldof his neighbor. Fortunes were accumulated inthe next 30 years in every avenue of businessand trade. The wheels of trade, industry andcommerce, stopped for many years by the])anic of 1837, were again set in motion allover the country, and nowhere was this vitaliz-ing inlluence felt more keenly than
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