Bay County past and present . 876—George W. Hotchkiss. History and Comraercial Advantages of Bay City—Henry S. Dow. Pioneer Directory of the Saginaw Valley for 1866 and —Thomas &Galatian. Directory of Bay City, Portsmouth, Wenona and Bangor for 18 68-9—W. Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections—See Reference List in Ap-pendix. (4) Bay City Directory, 1868 and 1869, page 6. (5) I. 22. 82 BAY COUNTY, PAST AND PRESENT. Chapter XVI. SETTLEMENT—PIONEER FOR CHOOSING THIS first settlers came to Bay County: as government agents towork with the Indians; as f
Bay County past and present . 876—George W. Hotchkiss. History and Comraercial Advantages of Bay City—Henry S. Dow. Pioneer Directory of the Saginaw Valley for 1866 and —Thomas &Galatian. Directory of Bay City, Portsmouth, Wenona and Bangor for 18 68-9—W. Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections—See Reference List in Ap-pendix. (4) Bay City Directory, 1868 and 1869, page 6. (5) I. 22. 82 BAY COUNTY, PAST AND PRESENT. Chapter XVI. SETTLEMENT—PIONEER FOR CHOOSING THIS first settlers came to Bay County: as government agents towork with the Indians; as fur traders to estabhsh stationshere; as pioneer farmers or merchants; and as land specula-tors to get possession of cheap but valuable land. Of coursesome had more than one of these objects in mind at the sametime. They came to this particular place rather than to some other—thegovernment agent because many Indians lived in this vicinity; thetrader because the furbearing animals were plentiful here, the Sag-. CAPTAIN WILSON. Captain Wilson was born in New his younger days he liked sailing andfishing. In 183 7 he left his family for theseason to engage in the fishing business inThunder Bay, Lake Huron. When he wasthere he went to Saginaw for some sup-plies. He liked the land so well he and hisfamily moved to Bay City. They arrived af-ter a cold and tempestuous voyage, none toosoon, as the river froze OA^er the next nightafter their arrival and remained frozentill winter. He moved into a log housenear what is now Thirty-second and Waterstreets. In the winter he spent the timein hunting and trapping, which were im-portant occupations in those days. In thewinter of 1842 and 1843 he superintendedthe building of the ship Mary, and in thespring took command of it, making tripsbetween Bay City and Detroit. In the fallof 1843 he went to Detroit for food andwinter supplies for the Saginaw Valley. When he was coming back a stormarose and his ship was blown across Lak
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