History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . t eventful year, when peace again came tobless our land, and thousands of the veteransoldiers took up government lands here andelsewhere, or entered into the promising mer-cantile field, this community not only turnedover a new leaf in its municipal history but alsobegan to mutliply its industries and populationat a rate that attracted the attention of theworld. From that time the records of the com-munity are no longer the personal reminiscen-ces of the hardy pioneers, but rather the recordof collective effort, mammoth business e
History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . t eventful year, when peace again came tobless our land, and thousands of the veteransoldiers took up government lands here andelsewhere, or entered into the promising mer-cantile field, this community not only turnedover a new leaf in its municipal history but alsobegan to mutliply its industries and populationat a rate that attracted the attention of theworld. From that time the records of the com-munity are no longer the personal reminiscen-ces of the hardy pioneers, but rather the recordof collective effort, mammoth business enter-prises, and advancement in every line. BayCity had become almost at a bound abooming frontier lumber town! The open-ing of the Flint & Pere MarquetteRailroad to Detroit in 1867, marks an-other epoch in the citys growth and develop-ment. In 1868 the village of Wenona acrossthe river, now the West Side of the united city,came to the front through the building of theJackson-Chicago branch of the Michigan Cen-tral, and in 1871 the Bay City-Detroit Branch. SAWMILL OF THE KERN MANUFACTURINGCOMPANY,Bay City. W. S.
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