History of Branch county, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . MRS. AEL, HISTORY OP BRANCH COUNTY, MICHIGAN. 293 acres oil sections .! ami 4 in tlio present township, and atthat time a part of Coldwntcr. In 1837, Ovid was set apartfrom the orij^inal township, and hiter, Kinderhooic was de-clared an independent orj;anization. When Mr. Tripparrived, the country was an unbroken wilderness, vaststretches of timber land greeting the travelers eye. Therewere no roads and no suggestions of civilization, and
History of Branch county, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . MRS. AEL, HISTORY OP BRANCH COUNTY, MICHIGAN. 293 acres oil sections .! ami 4 in tlio present township, and atthat time a part of Coldwntcr. In 1837, Ovid was set apartfrom the orij^inal township, and hiter, Kinderhooic was de-clared an independent orj;anization. When Mr. Tripparrived, the country was an unbroken wilderness, vaststretches of timber land greeting the travelers eye. Therewere no roads and no suggestions of civilization, and indeedno indiealioTi of the presence of a white inhabitant otherthan that afforded by an occasional log house, so entirelyisolated to be practically beyond the reiich of any neigh-borly courtesy. Another indication of life was found inthe Indian trail followed by tlie tribes in their westwardwanderings, and used for a time as a highway until moreimproved opportunities of travel were introduced. Here Mr. Tripp erected a log house, which, rude as itwas, afforded shelter for himself and family, and was to thema home embracing all the comfort
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