Bay County past and present . g. As other provisionsfor the valley had to be brought from Detroit, they were was high in price and honey was in demand as a was often a scarcity of food, especially while navigation wasclosed by winter. At any time of the year, if some particular item offood had given out, it might be necessary to paddle to Saginaw to getsome more. Flour of any kind was scarce, and it was hard for the set-tlers to get their wheat and corn ground into flour or meal. The experi-ences of the McCormick family in this matter were quite the same asthos
Bay County past and present . g. As other provisionsfor the valley had to be brought from Detroit, they were was high in price and honey was in demand as a was often a scarcity of food, especially while navigation wasclosed by winter. At any time of the year, if some particular item offood had given out, it might be necessary to paddle to Saginaw to getsome more. Flour of any kind was scarce, and it was hard for the set-tlers to get their wheat and corn ground into flour or meal. The experi-ences of the McCormick family in this matter were quite the same asthose of many other pioneers: Our first years crop was excellent. Theonly drawback we had was in converting our grain into flour. A gristmill had been built at the Thread, one and a half miles south of Flint.(This was while the McCormicks lived up the river.) We had to take (7) 1883 History of Bay County, page 28.) (8) For a different account of this incident, see Gansser, Bay County History,page 90. SETTLEMENT—PIONEER LIFE. 89. I THE McCORMICKS. WM. R. Mccormick. The McCormicks lived in Albany, NewYork. They decided to go west. They went on a flat boat down theErie Canal to Buffalo. Here they took asteamer for Detroit. Mr. McCormick hadto pay $ for passage to Detroit for hiswife and children and household furnish-ings. When they arrived at Detroit theyrented a few rooms in a house and theyhad to eat off of a chest, for they did notbring any furniture. Mr. McCormick spent his time look-ing for a farm outside of Detroit. Theywere obliged to leave their horse in care ofan Indian. They started out on foot. Whenthey reached the Flint river they stoppeda few days for rest in a neighljors man told him to buy a farm on theThread River near by. So Mr. McCormickbought a farm for $125. He built a logcabin on it for his family, and he sent hisson and another boy by the name of AlbertMiller back to Detroit to bring the Avent to Grand Blanc and got the horse and wago
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