. Old settlers; a historical and chronological record, together with personal experiences and reminiscences of members of the Old settlers of the Grand Traverse region ... nually, and so holds the position of First Class with 16 OLD SETTLERS OF THE twenty-one other post offices in the state of Michigan. Recently this has beenmade the Central Accounting Office for Grand Traverse Countv and a depos-itory for this whole northern region which includes over sixty of the smalleroffices and the business is constantly increasing. There are twenty-eightemployed in this office at present with a monthly
. Old settlers; a historical and chronological record, together with personal experiences and reminiscences of members of the Old settlers of the Grand Traverse region ... nually, and so holds the position of First Class with 16 OLD SETTLERS OF THE twenty-one other post offices in the state of Michigan. Recently this has beenmade the Central Accounting Office for Grand Traverse Countv and a depos-itory for this whole northern region which includes over sixty of the smalleroffices and the business is constantly increasing. There are twenty-eightemployed in this office at present with a monthly pay roll of more than $ of the oldest employes is Mr. Haskell who has been identified with theoffice for more than a quarter of a century, and many people would feel thatthey had not been in the building if he did not makshis appearance, and to hiscredit may be said that he is one of the best posted men on Postal Laws andRegulations in the State of Michigan. The constantly increasing business ofthe office is being well taken care of by the present postmaster, EmanuelWilhelm, who is one of our old settlers and constant booster for the QueenCity of the JAKE TA-PA-SAHIndian Jake was the first mail carrier from the south to Traverse City in 186:5, bein? in the emDlov of Mr ?V TLay. who had the contract for this year-Jake packing it over the Indian trail on00^ from Croton a rmj^^ town m Newajro County on the -Muskegron river. PIONEERS AND PIONEERING By S. E. Wait Old Mission seemed to be the objective point for the first white settlers,there being earlier and more convenient communication between that point andMackinaw by vessels sailing between the two places. The first white settlerswere Rev. Peter Dougherty and Rev. John Fleming, who landed in MissionHarbor in May, 1839. They had spent the previous winter in Mackinaw andhad come to establish a mission for the Presbyterian Board. There were no GRAND TRAVERSE REGION 17 visible signs of the presence of man save a few
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