. Sprague's history of Grand Traverse and Leelanaw counties, Michigan : embracing a concise review of their early settlement, industrial development and present conditions, together with interesting reminiscences. continued in active connection with thatwork until his lifes labors were ended indeath. Unto him and his wife were hornlive children. John being the third of thefamily. • Upon his fathers farm John Amts-buchler was reared. A description of theevery-day experiences of most farmer hoysof the period would tally with the accountof his youth. He perhaps had more advant-ages than some and
. Sprague's history of Grand Traverse and Leelanaw counties, Michigan : embracing a concise review of their early settlement, industrial development and present conditions, together with interesting reminiscences. continued in active connection with thatwork until his lifes labors were ended indeath. Unto him and his wife were hornlive children. John being the third of thefamily. • Upon his fathers farm John Amts-buchler was reared. A description of theevery-day experiences of most farmer hoysof the period would tally with the accountof his youth. He perhaps had more advant-ages than some and less than others, butschool life and farm work alternated to oc-cupy his time, ami while receiving his men-tal training in the public schools, he wasalso being prepared for agricultural pursuitsby the practical training which he receivedunder the direction of his father upon theold home place. He has always lived uponthe old homestead, and he now owns theplace, comprising two hundred acres of therich land of Solon township. The buildingshere are substantial and the farm is valu-able, the work of cultivation transformingit into a tract which would command a highprice on the market, did he desire to JOHN AMTSBUCHLER GRAND TRAVERSE AND LEELANAW COUNTIES. 549 but he prefers to make his home here at theplace where he was reared, and which is,therefore, endeared to him through the as-sociations of his youth. He has worked sopersistently that he is now accounted one ofthe men of affluence in the community, andin the control of his agricultural interestshe manifests excellent business, keen dis-crimination and sound judgment. FRED RICHTER. Forty years ago Fred Richter came toLeelanaw county and during almost the en-tire intervening period he has here home is now on section 4. Binghamtownship, and, as the place of his residenceindicates, he is a farmer. That he has led abusy and useful life is indicated by a glanceat his well-tilled fields, with their good crops,his
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