The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-10-01
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Editor Stan ard promised, brIiN",
in my last to give .,mr,ling Of description
Of Ncwayeo in fulrrc letter, - her" gors
for it. 1t ls 't n,"d in v,ry pleas at, 70
msulic portion of the MuskcS,n River Valley.
fpty mics from Lake Michigan, aui about
the same distance nemly north from Grsn'
Rapids 1t is on the left or South bank Of
the river The liver here bond away thc
the right leaving its left bank a little way,
giving room enough to bald pleasant Ii,tlc
town letwccn the river and the bluff Nest.
ling down in this cozy valley is our town Of the
pine woods. Around Us on every side are she
high mot rocky but ,aniy) bluffs. Oppos-
ito us the river flows ust at their feet; both
above aud below Us it bend. 81 as to flow at
the feet Of the bufI, on this side, 50 tIat, 90
Which way We vii! TO leave Ncwaygo, w.
must first ascend the bluff. From this YOU
can readily understand th-t one in c, ming
here sees no Indication Of viIlrcc until sud
denly he look, down, aud i lie, at his feet
There is here one Of the finest ~Stcr pow
ers that is found in the State, The river it
self has been dan"i for tie principal mil At
All immense cost. Quite stream makes into
the river her, form the North, ailoriing some.
what Of water power, and creek from the
South, the outlet to come lax, above, which.
in the di,taucr # one niI-, max IS fall II one
hundred AMI twenty frct. Tho frst named
power that Of the river, is u.ci ~ operating
large saw mil. 1t is owned by n company
Of eastern men, rylrd the N"waygo Com
psuy, 10y way u romiucuc'. The mill rams
over one hundred gang saws AMI has cut out
O,OOO lect per day, that il, in twenty -four
hour. They often have in their rd 4 900,
600 feet Of lumber awsiriug ,hipmcnt, mos.
OF which is rafted to Mu,kogon, at the mouth
Of the river, from " 'ich point in their own YES
sells to Chicago, the great lumber market Of
the West. 1t is fine sight to see the mill
in opcrat on when lighted up at night. The
water power at this poin, could easily be made
sufficient for turning sererai such mills. The
stream coming in from the North afford. pow
er for a single mill which, when running,
manufactures from twenty to TWENTY-FIVE NJ
per DAY. But he creek from the South, from
the extent Of its fall, affords tho most convent
cnt power. Upon thi- is "grist" mill which
does comfortable business, a saw mill which
has been at work for years, and connected with
this latter, stave and heading factory, winch
turns out about Eighteen or twenty thousand
slaves per day for the Chicago market. All
the mill property upon this creek is owned ly
two enterprising, business men, brothers, who
came here from Canada, about eighteen
months since.
Nearly all there is Of our town grew up n
three years say from 1854 to 1857. At the
Inter period The "hard times" came, which
are felt more severely in numbering country
than elsewhere; aud since then there has been
very little building, although some dwellings
have been erected, The school house enlarged,
and one fine church built The village now
numbers 500 or COO inhabitants. 1t has quite
n number Of pleasant dwellings, two neat,
comfortable churches - Congregational and
Methodis-and Union School that is pros
perng as well as the times will permit. This
is cmphaticsly numbering country, scarcely
anything else having received sDy considerable