East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-01-03
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verge of ciyilizaton, 20 IN wlis
direction you will, as far as you will, by
highway, byway, " woods road, {" trail, "
tor--'.-blszed-line, s..and- you will hear If
tQpepings, slashings, camps or settlements,
still farther on Where the jumping
of place II Is, has not yet been discovered
save in the Imagination Of the unsophis-
Gated, Weel, before last, we at the
solicitation of d. H. KErcHsM, of this
city, visited with him his extensive lum.
Der camps on Sucker Creek, some forty
miles east OF here, anil will herein give
briefly the result Of our observations =
The most direct route, ria " The June
ton the proposed terminus Of plank
road from this city now in process of
origination = was our route, and on ac-
count Of the lack of frost, rough one
at that. Leaving here at . =. NJ, we
arrived at The Junction, II miles
distant, at 6 in the evening. The road
passes through a thinly settled country
most Of the way, timbcred with fine oak,
beech, maple, and an occasional scatter
ing pine. Frankentrost, a German set
Element in the town Of Blumfeld, about
six miles from East Saginaw, is the only
important break in the Wilderness on the
road, but there the signs of thrift and
enterprise arc encouraging. The land i,
high and handsome, farms show evidence
Of the most thorough cultivation, the
road Is handsomely graded, aud every.
thing hctokcns Industry and careful cal
culation. It would be well for Saginaw
County, If in every town there was a,
pcrseverin9 a class Of agricnlturalsts a,
thosc Of Franl,entrost
"T'ho junction" is not a place Of So
) much Importance as it promises to be in
the future, though it boasts ll.kept
. log hotel aud several other tcnements.-
4 plank road from Bay City, termi
mates here at present, but it is propose
/ to continue it on to Vassar, 6 miles
, further south, with branch to Watrous
WILL - miles east Altogether we foun'
=
T" The Junction Hotel" comfortable
place to stop, and at an early hour in tn,
{ morning. were off for the next stoppin.
place, Watrousville. The road, which
was horid being new, desperately rough
/, and about half frozcn-lcads through I
/, great deal Of excellent country for farm
? ing purposes, which only needs openin!
up, to make it, almost the entire length
f first rate agricultural section. Tn
6 timber is oak, ash, beech and DE, witt
an occasional strip Of pine-the soil, a
we noticed where 1itches had been dug
: a rich gravelly loan with an accasiona
/ mixture Of clay. Watrousvilc which "
IS reached at l r. NJ has improved consid
n erably within the past year and boast
+. quite an addition to its buildings in tn
u way Of stores, dwellings &c, It's natr
raj situation, as we have before remarked
is as iine as that Of any inland village i
4 Michigan, and it must in time become
y place Of considerable Importance in
> business point OF view 1t is surrounde
by an agricultural section such as bu
few even Of our older settlements ca
boast. The next point of importsce
]. HEARTS, 4 miles east on the bank Of Cas-
River, most unpromising locality j
appearance, but the site Of a large hote
a steam saw and grist mill and improve
/. ments of other and various descriptions
4. Here we cross tile river, over substar
t. tial bridge and for six miles South.eas
n the road is through an nnbroken, an
&c withal, rather pnpromising wildcimes
d covered in the main with thick growt
3 Of small pine, hclnlock, spruce, cedar an
y other shrubbery indicative of"harj time
D and worse coming" but is we emerg
&c therefrom the west bank Of Sucker Creel
D shows some fine, high land, timbcted wit
u beech and maple, and which as far a
y cultivated, proves to be Of a rich and prC
q ductive character. I'd bal ia ,"
/" Over tho river" An unpretcndin
d sign designates en- unpretendng mansio
! as "Sucker Creek Hotel" where til
weary traveller can find "'refreshmen
I, for man and beast" for fair considers
!, ton. Two miles cast Of this is the regl
: laflylesta blished Post Office Of Dayton
Z at which the mail which is now carrie
y regularly once 4 week from Walrousvill
to Ssnilac, on Lake Huron, stops. On
IN mile south OF the Post Office and "
le were glad 70 arrive at "lIctcbam's camp,