Bay County past and present . Mader Tromble Homestead. One of the first private homes was built by Mader Tromble on the bank ofthe Saginaw River at the foot of Thirty-fourth street—(1845.) This photograph of the house was taken some 45 years ago. My father,as well as his three brothers and sisters, were born in this house, and my fatherhas seen on many a cold night, 20 or 30 Indians and squaws sleeping on thekitchen —Frances Tromble. Cass avenue, on the river bank, long noted as the Mader TrombleHomestead. In 1844 Joseph bought 3,000 acres nearer the mouth of the river,on the west side,
Bay County past and present . Mader Tromble Homestead. One of the first private homes was built by Mader Tromble on the bank ofthe Saginaw River at the foot of Thirty-fourth street—(1845.) This photograph of the house was taken some 45 years ago. My father,as well as his three brothers and sisters, were born in this house, and my fatherhas seen on many a cold night, 20 or 30 Indians and squaws sleeping on thekitchen —Frances Tromble. Cass avenue, on the river bank, long noted as the Mader TrombleHomestead. In 1844 Joseph bought 3,000 acres nearer the mouth of the river,on the west side, and built his home there, engaging in trading andfishing. Meanwhile, Thomas Rogers and wife (1837) located in Ports-mouth, and Sidney S. Campbell (1837), Captain Joseph F. Marsac(1838), Captain J. S. Wilson (1840), Captain Benjamin F. Pierce(1840), and James G. Birney (1842) located at Lower Saginaw. Each 80 BAY COUNTY, PAST AND PRESENT. r^ J^. ^ fl &D fl S S ;_j mm -a •- d +-1 o~m ^ o O O Oj O go^co r- to z: —I- 4; O C KrS =* feW^CQ > O ^ r- ^!«! OS bJ)S ^ rt£o a S 3cu o o .- t^£ <i) ^<H £0 ^ ^ ?3C Co. -Q -; i-^ ^=*2bfl a (D 01 g-5 h 1, 1838,ter streets and thea boardinon it. m cS h4 MarcCen ousefor k. up 6 o^ nf !- +j C +-I O 13 o Pi 0 inaw3t beree 1r strs at Q M-l QJ ^ o a; bcH o 2 « S ^.qos- +- o ^ o o . <A tA Qi u o— a 02 SETTLEMENT—THE FIRST SETTLERS. 81 one of these pioneers were to become leaders in the life of Portsmouthand Lower Saginaw when development actually began. For the timebeing, Sidney S. Campbell kept the first hotel in the building erectedfor the purpose by Cromwell Barney and Nathan C. Case. CaptainBenjamin F. Pierce opened the first store in Lower Saginaw in 1840,and Frederick Backus started another in 1842. By 1842 there wereabout fifty persons residing in Bay County, and there were but veryfew added to that number before 1848. (4) During these same early years the mouth
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