The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-12-28

Rl7 W., in light sandy soil covered with
medium quality of pine and some few
oaks.
We then ro-sufveyed from White Lake,
from the village of Mcars, TO the above
section corners miles. Three miles
of this is clay soil and good land for
farming being covered with beech, maple,
elm and some few basswoods, and max
ing the route from the Wheat Settlement
TO the above section corners | ! mile near
or than by Cartons Mil.
From the above section corners ON the
south side of Ocoana county, we run on
section lines north through the whole
length of this county and into Mason Go.
until we cross Pere Marquette River, a
distance of 80 miles. After running
miles on this route through pine lRnd, We
camo into tho first good farming country
since tearing AHegan county. Tho soil
was sand and gravel loan and sand and
clay loan of good depth with clay sub
soil. Timber, beech, maple, ash, elm,
basswood and some of the largest butter
nut trees l ever snw-~some being 4 and
feet through--with some large scatter
ing pines. The face of the country was
unduating and rolling and rather ascend
| inc for about Is miles until we reached
an elevation of about 150 or 200 feet
above Lake Michigan. Here appeared 10
be lime stone ridge Of or 3 miles in
extent. From this point, which is on the
upper branches of Pentwater River, tho
face is the same rolling kind with grad
ual descent until we got TO tho Pore
Marquette River in Mason county.
From Pere Marquette we run about
n. 34 deg E. 10 the Big Sauble River,
crossing that River and the Little Saublo
in Range l6 West-a distance of about
II miles from Pere Marquette. The
most of this is cedar, homlock and black
ash swamp some miry and some hard
bottom, and the balance rolling with some
very high hills. The timber is beech,
maple, ash and some white and Norway
pines on the hills.
Three miles north of the Big Saublo
We run on town line between Ranges ID
and lG for 10 miles crossing the Manis-
tee River in this distance. The soil from
the BIG Sauble to Portage Lake in Man
;stee county being nearly level and sandy.
Timber, white and Norway pine and oak
with hemlock, black ash and soft maple
on the bottoms of tho Manistee.
From the head of Portage Lake in
Manistec county, we run N. % deg. w.
through Manisice county into -i1eSSaIiai;iSA
county TO section corners and 3, 10 and
IL in L. 27 N. r. l3 W.-the whole
distance being the finest farming country
! have seen in the Western States, for
the same distance. In this run of 3G
miles we cross Bear Creek, two branches
Of tho Betsie River and two branches of
the Platte River, and their bottom land
(which is covered with cedar and hcm-
lock) we have only about mile of swamp
aud stream in The whole distance. This
| think cannot be beat in any part of the
State. The soil through this section is a
dark sand and gravel loan from 3 TO
feet deep with clay subsoil, little rolling,
with fine cool graycly streams and springs,
and is from 100 TO l50 feet above Lake
Michigan, covered with large thrifty
growth of maple aud rock elm, Eastwood
and some beech, with scattering hemlocks
and some few large pines, but not an in
habitant the whole distance, and no AK
mark of either White man or Indian
But thcrc are some small settlements in
this section. AT the mouth of Portage
Lake there is n saw mill and some three
or four houses; also at the mouth of the
Betsie there is colony started under the
superintendent of Mr.. Charles Baylcy,
numbering or s families with about l2,-
900 acres of choice farming land. AT
this point our road runs within five miles
of the colony, but not settler on the
line of the survey.
From section corners and 8, 10 and
ii and town and range rs above, we run
cast on section lines l. miles TO Traverse
City in Grand Traverse county, with same
soil and timber as last described, then
north 40 rods to Washington street in
Traverse City--this being the last point
in our survey.
At Traverse City and other points
along the line, | took especial pains to
make inquiry in regard TO crops Of differ
ent kinds and their quality, yield, dSc., as
it has generally been understood that il
was so far north that il was too cold TO
raise the same kind of crops we raise in
the southern part of the State. AT
Traverse City, through the kindness of
Mr.. Henry Campbell, l was shown thro'
the Touring mill of Hannah, Lay d Co,
where | saw winter and spring wheat of
this years harvest cqual.to any in Ale
can county. Some OF il was raised on
the farm Of Mr.. Ladd, at the Mission
Station 20 miles North Of the City,
20 acres yielding about 500 bushels
Also at this mill there was the dent and
eight rowod corn Of this years produce,
hard and equal 10 any raised in this To-
cality. Hannah, Lay d Co cleared oil
95 acres last spring and sowed oats on
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