Northern MichiganHandbook for travelers, including the northern part of lower Michigan, Mackinac island, and the Sault SteMarie river .. . situated the larg-e Leelanaw hotel withbeautiful g-rounds and affording- mag-nihcent history of Omena is closely connected with that of Old Mission, across thewest arm of the connection with themissionary and educa-tional work org-anizedat Old Mission (forwhich see pag-e 65), astation was establishedhere in 1852. This phi-anthropy was conduct-ed by the PresbyterianChurch as one of itsmission enterprises formany years. The oldchurch still re
Northern MichiganHandbook for travelers, including the northern part of lower Michigan, Mackinac island, and the Sault SteMarie river .. . situated the larg-e Leelanaw hotel withbeautiful g-rounds and affording- mag-nihcent history of Omena is closely connected with that of Old Mission, across thewest arm of the connection with themissionary and educa-tional work org-anizedat Old Mission (forwhich see pag-e 65), astation was establishedhere in 1852. This phi-anthropy was conduct-ed by the PresbyterianChurch as one of itsmission enterprises formany years. The oldchurch still remains inthe center of the quaintlittle villag-e and theIndians meet reg-ularlyhere for worship underthe pastoral care of theRev. J. Payson Omena to North-port is seven miles by a most beautiful and picturesqueroad, passing- en route the old Indian town of Ah-g-o-sa,named after an Indian chief of early repute. Northport, a little villag-e of 600 inhabitants, is theoutpost of Leelanaw peninsula. Its history marks thebeg-inning- of the white settlement of Leelanaw Count3^In 1849 the Rev. Geo. N. Smith removed with a tribe of. ^^%m 62 Indians from Holland, Mich., to this countr3\ He wasin company with James McLaug-hlin, a g-overnment em-plo^e—-as g-overnment farmer for a band of WaukazooIndians from Allegan count}. They set sail fromHolland, May 27th, 1849, and after a tempestuousvoyage, reached Cat Head Bay, just north of Northporton the main lake coast, June 11th. A little later North-port was chosen as the permanent location, and withforty or tifty Indian families who also mig-rated here,quite a settlement was immediateh formed. In 1854Messrs. Fox & Rose began extensive operations here,building- the lirst dock for large steamers in GrandTraverse Ba}. Mr. H. O. Rose of this firm is now aresident of Petoskey. Be^ond Northport the peninsula stretches north-ward for more than seven miles, to Lighthouse and pedestrians of an exploring turn of mind,will fi
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