New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-09
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o,.res R;.So, = correspondent Of The Dsfrot
Free Press. gives the following account q the
oountyy in the northern part Of the Lower Pen.
insuls
Rn.iness having led me the last season, y ex.
anime the country bordering on Lake Michigan,
6om the MaskegOn 70 Grand Traverse Bay, was
verv much and sgreeabiy disappointed in the char
,cter Of the country. Instead Of waste pine bar
Yens. and dense cedar swsmps, as had supposed,
7 toand large tracts Of the most inviting farming
land covered with sugar maple, beech, oak, elm,
lynn, &c, iDterspcrsed occasionally with ridges.
md tracts bordering the streams. Of splendid
White and Norway Pine
This tract Of country, extends from the Mcsks.
Ron round Grand Traverse Bay 20 the Straits Of
NackiDaw, and then 5Outhery near 70 the head o.
Saginaw Bay. The bluffs and bare sand hills ioOS
rather iorbidding along the coast Of Lake Michigan
o. you sail up the Lake bat as soon as you pass
fhsss the country presents avery different aspect
q rich undulatlng surface, well wstereo WIN
streams and springs Of pure and wholesome water
the streams afording numerous rniHseats, and
their banks In many places pine timber not only
sufficient 20 supply the inhabitants with building
materials, bat which viii be source OF wealth ~
The settlers There are already several mills
erected along the coast. At White Lake, Pere
Marquette, Point SAMPLE, Manistee, and one at the
head Of Grand Traverse Bay. which begin 10 de
velop the resources u the country, by opening
roads into the interior, and preparing the way for
the introduction OF heavy and dense population.
Grand Traverse Bag. is, perhaps, one OF the
finest sheets Of water IN the United States, stretch
ing into the interior some forty miles with breadth
Of from two to ten miles the water as deep and
clear a. that d Lake Huron, 80 much admired BY
travellers surrounded BY first rate farming cOun
ny and frequently indented with pTOmontories,
or elevated ridges. sHordi0g numerous splendid
sites for residences The small Bays formed by
these points of land. have sufficient depth OF wafer
l.. I'll. n
IN auchor In many places within fifty feet Of shore
perlectly protected from the most severe gales
This cp1niry needs only 10 be seen 70 be admired
The finest white fish and trout the LAX aliord,
are taken here at all seasons Of the years.
If the Government would establish land Office
nj the head OF Grand Traverse, and make a road
from there 10 the Straits Of Mackinsw, and another
10 the mouth OF Msnistce River, there Is no doubt
there would be 10000 inhabitants settled IA these
counties ia less than ten years
Indian corn and potatoes are the only crops that
have been tried 10 any extent IN that section OF the
State. and they have both produced web The In
dans bad some three four hundred acres Of corn.
the past season, which looked finely and rpened
IN good season. before the frost II was estimated
that they exported last spring from around the
Bsy, 5000 bushels Of potatoes, besides their win
ters supply, and saving seed to plant Oats and
wheat have been but recently tried Oats produce
sbundanty The wheat had not been thrcsbcd
when / was there, but the man who harve sted the
h,st experiment Of five bushels, sowed by Mr.
Dougherty, the Missionary said II would yield
from - 10 90 bushels per acre. The quality was
good They have little more snow there than M
the South part of the State The climate is eeuer
ally mild, the air sslubrious and the country az
pare nty healthy