. Old settlers; a historical and chronological record, together with personal experiences and reminiscences of members of the Old settlers of the Grand Traverse region ... manand his wife to keep the boarding house. On the way a heavy storm came upendangering the swamping of the vessel. Some of the men were for cuttingloose the boilers that were lashed on each side of the deck, but the old Captainwouldnt allow it; he said if they cut one loose they sure would roll over. Hestuck to his colors and rode out the storm in safety. Mr. Voice lived in Traverse City one year working for the Company, th
. Old settlers; a historical and chronological record, together with personal experiences and reminiscences of members of the Old settlers of the Grand Traverse region ... manand his wife to keep the boarding house. On the way a heavy storm came upendangering the swamping of the vessel. Some of the men were for cuttingloose the boilers that were lashed on each side of the deck, but the old Captainwouldnt allow it; he said if they cut one loose they sure would roll over. Hestuck to his colors and rode out the storm in safety. Mr. Voice lived in Traverse City one year working for the Company, thenbuilt a mill at the head of East Bay in comjiany with Capt. Peter Nelson,selling the mill three years later to Green & Holden of Chicago, and movingto Northport where he built another mill. Martha J. Voice, one of the three children of Mr. and Mrs. William Voice,married Wilbur F. Steele at Northport November 15, 1862. They are livingon their Hillside Farm in the village limits of Northport. Mrs. Steele is Ithink the oldest living resident of Traverse City, and the third oldest of theGrand Traverse Region, Mrs. Powers being the first and S. E. Wait the WILL S. ANDKRSON On the 19th day of November, 18f)(), there landed on the dock in TraverseCity a little family consisting of a mother, two little boys and three little girls,and take it from me, it was a rough trip on Lake Michigan and the GrandTraverse Bay from Chicago. Father had preceded us about two months andhad built a slab shanty fin what was called Slabtown) and had it all furnished 62 OLD SETTLERS OF THE ready for us, and a happier family I dont think ever came to Traverse Citythan the Anderson family in the winter of ]866. Father had written mother tobe in Chicago on the 17th of November as the Steamer Alleghany would leavethat night for Traverse City. On arriving in Chicago we found that theAlleghany had broken down and was laid up in Milwaukee and would make nomore trips that fall. What to do we did not know
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