Bay County past and present . nt. The postage to that city was twenty-five cents. A letter took ten days to get to Detroit in this way, and ananswer might be looked for in three weeks. (18) Here again we findthe low swampy land between here and Saginaw proving a serious ob-stacle, and in stormy weather in winter the mail carrier had many atrip in which he suffered from exposure and encountered many dan-gers. Jesse M. Miller and C. D. Fisher used to start on horseback forSaginaw when the ice was not strong enough to bear them in safety,and after going a short distance to a squatters cabin, woul
Bay County past and present . nt. The postage to that city was twenty-five cents. A letter took ten days to get to Detroit in this way, and ananswer might be looked for in three weeks. (18) Here again we findthe low swampy land between here and Saginaw proving a serious ob-stacle, and in stormy weather in winter the mail carrier had many atrip in which he suffered from exposure and encountered many dan-gers. Jesse M. Miller and C. D. Fisher used to start on horseback forSaginaw when the ice was not strong enough to bear them in safety,and after going a short distance to a squatters cabin, would be obligedto leave their ponies and proceed on foot, wading sometimes to theirknees in the half frozen marsh. A dog-train used to make the trip (18) Bay City Directory for 1868-9, page 9. 136 BAY COUNTY, PAST AND PRESENT. from here to Mackinaw once a month, traveling on the ice. A half-breed had three gaily decorated dogs hitched to a sleigh, in which wereloaded the mail bags. This train was operated up to 1859 or 1860.(19).
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