The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1879-03-20
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VILLAGE OF BALDWIN

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/ was put up by JAS. Kennedy, in 1872
T The boarding house was also, built. Ii
same Summer, III. A. Bray and M
I O'Rourk erected small building neal
the mill, and put in stock OF groceries
and hardware. They also, erected the
building OH the northeast corner 0l
Michigan avenue and 9Th street. John
Stump erected u hotel (now occupied by
f.. Coon IL Co. as store and dwelling)
during the Summer of 1872. John
O'Brien rented the house for awhile,
and ii was afterwards purchased by
VIM. Remington, who finally sold to
r. Coon; the latter engaging in mer-
camille business here in the Fall of 1873;
and has since enlarged and improved
the building. During the Summer of
1872, Alex. DeLong commenced the
erection of the Baldwin House, which
was run by himself, then by VIM.
Wood; and at last passing into the
hands of Il. Indermill who has finish
ed it off and fitted it up in style sec
ond to no hotel i'm this locality. DeLong
q Rudd erected blacksmith shop. Jas.
Kennedy also, erected store building,
i'm 1872; which building was purchased
and occupied by Z. +. Basom, and was
destroyed by fire, in 1877. The saloon
building, now owned and occupied by
j. b. Taylor, as boarding house, was
erected by &. III. Chick, i'm 1872; also, a
dwelling. In 1873, VIM. A. Deuress
built store and dwelling combined; w.
A. Burnam, same; Nj. ID. OBricn built
saloon; Robt. Stewart, dwelling
house; John O'Brien, boarding house;
McCaffery 4 Sweet, saloonj Thos. Nor
ris, shoe shop; Thos. Sweeney, restau-
rant; Nj. ID. O'Brien, store building;
I. Grant moved store building from
"Hannibal;" n. Stratton built the Nc
Nichol dwelling; John G. Hicks,
dwelling; John Thomas, dwelling; a
tailoring firm, Evart, store building
Onow used as dwelling); M. O'Rourk, a
dwelling; Geo. S. Pool. dwelling.
VIM. a. Deuress first engaged in boot
drugs. The dwelling erected by Mr..
Hicks was destroyed by fire, in Winter
of lS73-74. The dwelling of Geo. S.
Pool was the first to receive plaster and
chimney. The dwelling now owned
by +. l.. Allen was also built, that year.
In 1873, u postoffice was established,
and &. l.. Basom appointed postmaster.
The position was subsequently held
by VIM. a. Deurcss, "A. i. Kinne, and
at present, by f. Campbell.
In Winter of 1894, Phillips & Dyer
erected their hardware store, and in the
Spring following, the second story was
occupied by the LAKE COUNTY STAR
Office for nearly year; when it rcmov-
ed to the building owned by "A. Il.
Kline; after two years, to its present To-
cation. Jones d. Hollister erected store
and dwelling combined, i'm Spring Of
1874, and during that year, DIR. Mott
erected dwelling, as also, +. Drilling
and - Sprague.
In Fall and Winter of 1874, Benz.
Tripp erected II dwelling; which caught
fire, In some unaccountable manner,
just before daylight, March Sth, 1875,
and was destroyed. Dennis Robinson,
stopping over night with Mr.. Tripp, was
unable to escape from the building, and
was burned to death. Mr.. Tripp's fam
lily barely escaped with their lives.
The work of laying iron on the +. &
p. Nj. Railway was completed to Bald
win i'm Fall of 1874, and the depot and
water tank were built Immediately af-
ter the first trains began running.
In 1915, dwellings were erected by
Nj. ID. and L. O'Brien; Il shoe shop and
dwelling, by J. ID. Garland store
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ing by +. l.. Allen; and restaurant
by VIM. Wood.
In the Fall of 1874, the Board of Su-
pervisors designated Baldwin, us coun-
ty seat, and at the Spring election of
1876, the proposition carried; and the |
present county building was erected
and rented 20 the county 10y G.. VI. Chick. |
In 1875, VIM. A. Deuress and Geo. III.
Broeffie erected dwellings; and i'm 1876,
the latter built another one. The same
year, q. w. Helms built dwelling and |
VIM. Wood commenced the "Occident- |
al House." afterwards selling to &. w. |
Fuller, the present proprietor. The |
"Townsend House" was also, built, dur |
ing this year, and BrOcffie built two |
more dwellings. f. Campbell erected |
dwelling; also, III. Isbell
In Winter of lS76-77, ~ Jail Was erect |
ed by the county; and i'm 1877, +. l.. |
Harger put up dwelling, as, also, |
John Carpenter. In 1878, l.. A. Car |
penter built a gun shop, and Henry |
Rudd blacksmith shop.
There are at present about 20 build
ings; and the business of the place in-
cludes two variety stores, one drug store,
one grocery and drug store, postoffice,
(money order ofiice6 express office, 2 |
boot and shoe shops, 8 hotels, printing
office, gun shop, wagon shop, black
smith shop, meat market, telegraph of |
fee, lumber and shingle mill, and two
billiard and liquor saloons. There are
prospects of u grist mill, the coming |
season.
c. W. Fulter-Came to Lake county |
In Fall of 1872, and homesteaded, i'm
the Spring of 1873, the southeast quar-
ter of section "a, Webber township.
The soil is plains, with some pine.
There are about IA acres under improve
ment, with small board house. There
are 40 acres fenced. Has u few apple |
trees and small fruits; and has started |
uses Is had from well IL feet deep; |
and a spring stream affords water for |
stock. Mr.. +. has been for q year or
two past, and now Is engaged keeping
hotel i'm Baldwin, but has been making
some improvements on his place. He |
has about 40 acres of marsh, and last
season, ditched and drained II; seeding
10 acres to timothy. Also, sowed 4
acres wheat, last Fall. Intends to work
the place the coming season.
Errata--In making the statements
relative to location of o. "A. Lincoln
and A. Reynolds, we should have stat
ed that the former had 55 acres on Sec
ton SO Instead of 2S; and that the lat
ter's location was east half of northwest
quarter section %.
Ephrdina Page Settled in Fall of
1877; purchasing of Geo. w. Clark the
southwest quarter section 26, Town ls-
Ia (Elk). The soil Is sand plains and
pine; about 100000 feet Of the latter
now standing. There are IL acres inn
proved. The house Is of log, and water
from well "a feet deep. Mr.. p. has
about 80 apple trees, ~ seeding peach-
es and small fruits. Original oaks were
left for shade. Not having team,
Nr u xvaa not ahlo IN mako much proU- |