The Lake County star., 1876-06-22
Historical Sketch Of Yates Township.
BY LEI; s. COBB.
(COncluded.)
THE PRESENT OFFICERS

(Concluded)
THE PRESENT OFFICERS
Arc-Supcrvisor, l. ID. Blood; Clerk,
s. w. Thompson; Treasurer, William
Forman. The
NAMES OF PETITIONERS
were signed In the following order: Lee
S. Cobb, residence, section s; Harry
Sawyer, section q; Nj. l.. Drake, section
4; Alfred j. Newell, section 4; Ricl
Armstrong, section 8; James Arm
strong, section 8; Charles w. Winter,
section 4; Lovinus III. Patten, section
lS; James Forman, section IS; Isaac
Brown, section 30; Gabriel G. Vanriper,
section 30; Isaac ID. Blood, section 20;
Lewis c. Danberry, section os; Emcra
Vreeland, section 9; B. +. Pease, Sec
ton "a; Wilson II. Williamson, section
20; w. w. Trussel, section 70; Nathan
Hatch, section 26; VIM. Decker, section
26; Philctus Siggins, section 26; Darius
Sprague, section "A; Salmon Durham,
section 4; John J. Andrews, section 36;
Chauncey McDiarmid, section 50; Al
bert A. Blanchard, section -; Amasa
G. Otto, section Is; II. +. Lacy, section
II; VIM. A. Chestnut, section SO. OF
these, James Armstrong, James For
man, Isaac Brown, Moses Collins, ELL
era Vreeland, B. Il. Pease, John l.. Ly-
tie, Amasa G. Otto, Darius Spraguc,
Chauncey McDiarmid and Philetus Sig
gins have removed, and Gabriel Van
ripper and Lovinus III. Pattcn have
dicd-the latter from the effects of gun
shot wound, received while watching
n deer lick, in the Summer of 1872.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
The town ship is divided by tke mid
die branch of the Pcrc Marquette Riv-
er, which enters the town OH section "A,
and winding through sections a, II, IL, ,
10, 8, II, Is, leaves the town south OF
the center of Is. The river bottoms
are covered with pine, hemlock, cedar,
birch, etc. Back from the river bot
toms the land is generally level, al
though there are few hills. This land
is mostly covered with timber, with
occasional places of Il few acres each,
OH which there is nothing but oak and
pine brush. The timbcred portions are
pine lands and "plains," the latter COW
cred with thick growth of what is
known us "black" pine, together with
some oak, miXed through nearly or
quite all of it. There were originally
about 10000 acres valuable pine land
in this township, and it is estimated
that there are some 800 acres which
would be classcd rs hard wood lands,
and 4,74O acres Us "plains;" and there
are about 600 acres cleared and inn
proved. The
LAKES
Are numerous in the northwest part of
the town. The largest is Crooked Lake,
on sections, >, q, and &, and
iihC NV UNICS. l
has no visible inlet or outlet. Cedar
Lake is OH section s, and covers about
20 acres. 1t is very deep, and is fed by
a large spring brook, and by springs.
1t has an outlet, which einptics int, the
Pere Marquette River, on section II.
Lake is on section q, and
covers about 30 or 40 acres. 1t has no
visible inlet or outlet, and the same
can be said of the other lakes. The
probable aggregate area Of the ten lakes
is 500 acres. The
STREAMS
Are the middle branch of the Pcrc
River and BlooI's Creek,
which rises OH section 81, runs across
section 20 and ID, and cmptics into tho
Middle Branch, OH section Is. Howcll's
Greek, which rises on section 32 and
hows across section 81, cmptying into
the south branch of the Pcrc Marquette
River, on section 6. rcusc's Creek,
which rises on section 50, and after
crossing section 81 joins its waters with
the South Branch, on section 3; the two
ast in Monroe, Ncwaygo county.
MANUFACTURES.
There are five mills. The first one
was run by water power; erected OH
section Is, in 1874, and is u lumber
mill. Its estimated capacity is 10000
Get per day. 1t was put up by George
FOrnan, but is now owned by Enos
Whitcomb & Son. The next was Il
hingle mill, built on section ,, by V.
3. Lacy, in 1874. He has since added
! lumber mill. Next, was shingle
mill, brought in by Cook d. Dane and
et up on section 6, in the Summer of
S75. Fourth, wasa shingle mill, erect
ID in the Fall of 1875, by w. ii. Croft,
It Nirvana; and the last is portable
aw mill now owned 10y Tower Il Batch
'lder, and started up in June, 1876, OH
ection 9. There arc of
VIII AGES
Parts Of three. The first and largest is
Nirvana. This was commenced by ID.
Knight, in the Winter of lS73-74, along
he town line, on the northeast quarter
If section 9. 1t has about twelve dwell
ings, three store buildings, two hotels,
me mill and school house. Only one
tore Is occupied, and that as grocery.
VIM. Dove is proprietor, and also, post
master. One of the hotels lndra House)
5 kept by VIM. &. Benedict; the cother
Nirvana House) by Ii. +. Lacey.
This is all of the village lying in Yates
ownship, but not all of the villagc).
The next is little burgh ut Whit
combs mill. 1t has one general store,
md the usual group of cheap buildings,
seen around mills.
The third and last started Is Forman
station. There arc in Yates township