East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-11-17
TAWAS.

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Tawas Bay is the best harbor on Lake
Huron, and lying at the mouth of Saginaw
Bay, in very convenient position for
vessels bound up, down and across Lake
Huron, It's much frequented by them foI
refuge, while as it lies within five or six
miles of the regular track of the Detroit
and Saginaw and the Goderich and Sag
inaw steamers they make tia regular point
of stoppage. The sseamers Forest Queen
and Columbia each call here once week,
and the Kaloolah twice week. The in
habitants of the young town which calls
itself Tawas City, therefore have advan-
tages for water communication with the
rest Of mankind, seldom enjoyed by new
settlements on the lake shore.
1t is only four years since only one
solitary Fisherman's hut stood at the
mouth of Tawas River, and now we find
village of few hundred inhabitants
with first class steam saw MILL substan-
tial pier some 700 feet in length, two
stores, one blacksmith and two cooper
shops, and good hotel. The steam saw
mill, one of the stores and the pier, are
the property of G.. o. Whittemore & Co.,
formerly Of Pontiac, who were the
pioneers of this new and hourshing set
clement Their mill has large circular
saw, mulcy saw, siding mill, lath works
edger &C., and is able to cut twenty
thousand feet of lumber per day.
We noticed some of the lumber on
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ty and which resembles the Cass river
pine. There is also a large business
done in catching Whitefsh, Trout, Pick
erel &c., both by trap-nets in the Bay
and by gill-nets outside in Lake Huron.
There are now some ten or twelve boats
employed in this business here, and sew
cral others are making preparations to
come here for the fall campain against
the fnny tribe. The land lying to the
west and south of Tawas city is a fine
quality of farming land.
There are thousands of acres Of rich
bottom land in the immediate vicinity of
the towns which lie from ten to twenty
feet above the level of the lake, and
which have black vegetable mould COW
ering them OF two and three feet in
depth, while the timber can be very east
ly cleared from them, and there is no
difficulty in draining them thoroughly, in
consequence of their elevation. 1t is
splendid grazing region, and we are as
surcd that stock will keep in first rate
condition nearly all the year round, if
left to run loose. This is the county seat
of losco county, new county which
offers as many inducements to the settler
and farmer as any part of our State
The river AuGres flows from north to
SOUTH through The whole extent OF the
county, passing within a short distance
interior from Tawas City Along this
river are already located some forty or
fifty thousand acres of magnificent pine
timber, while Oh the river are several wa
ter mill sites, and the numerous branches
and streams which run into it are bor-
dercd by most excellent farming land
covered with Beech, Sugar Maple, But
ternut, Ash, and Oak.
The Legislature last winter provided
for a State Road from Tawas City west
ward through this fine region of country
to the vicinity of Houghton Lake. It's
proposed there to connect with road
which runs TO Grand Traverse Bay, Civ
ing at this point communication entirely
across the State. This road will also
pass through large tract of rich farm
ing lands on the Rifle river which spreads
over nearly the whole Of Ogcmaw county,
the county Immediately west of losco.-
The advantages which this part of the
State offers to the settlers are apparent
from this short sketch. Land can be
obtained at government price, and the
probability is that when the State road
from East Saginaw along the shore to
this place is completed there will be
large influx Of population.