. Biographical record; this volume contains biographical sketches of leading citizens of Houghton, Baraga and Marquette Counties, Michigan .. . After spending six months in NewYork he went as far west as Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and was engaged thereas cooper in a brewery. Mr. Gutsch located in Houghton, Houghton County, first in 1858, beinginterested in a saloon business for a considerable period. He then visitedLeavenworth, Kansas, and Chicago, Illinois, and decided that the NorthernPeninsula offered better business opportunities, and located again at Hough-ton in a restaurant and confectionery
. Biographical record; this volume contains biographical sketches of leading citizens of Houghton, Baraga and Marquette Counties, Michigan .. . After spending six months in NewYork he went as far west as Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and was engaged thereas cooper in a brewery. Mr. Gutsch located in Houghton, Houghton County, first in 1858, beinginterested in a saloon business for a considerable period. He then visitedLeavenworth, Kansas, and Chicago, Illinois, and decided that the NorthernPeninsula offered better business opportunities, and located again at Hough-ton in a restaurant and confectionery business, remaining in the village from1865 to 1869. For the following five years he engaged in a hotel businessat LAnse, Baraga County, returning then for one year to Houghton, goingthen for the two succeeding years to LAnse. In 1877 he returned toHughton County, taking up his residence in Hancock, where he entered upona hotel and saloon business, opening up the Hotel Gutsch, which long re-mained the best and most high priced hostelry in the city. Although hehas reached his 82d year, he is still at the head of this hotel, conducting it. AUGUST PELTO. HOUGHTON, BARAGA AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES 131 with old time vigor and carefully providing for the comfort and entertain-ment of his guests. Mr. Gutsch obtained his education in the schools of Germany. Hebelonged to the party of revolutionists of 1849 and was exiled by the Germangovernment. In 1854, in New York, he married Theresa Martin, who wasalso born in Germany, and still survives, aged 76 years. Their family con-sists of one son and five daughters. They belong to the Catholic the campaign of 1896 Mr. Gutsch had always been a Democrat, buthe then cast his vote for William McKinley. There are few men in Hancockwho have witnessed more stirring events in the early settlement of the localitythan has Mr. Gutsch, and his reminiscences are both entertaining and valuableto the collector of local history. AUGUST PELTO. Augu
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