The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-11-25

PAST THANKSCIVINCS.

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Thanksgiving 1890 viii hc observed in
Crystal Falls with more spirit than any
Thanksgiving in oar history. Mover
were the surrounding conditions more
proplious for its Citing observance than
nt the prcscat tins. Never have the
business interests oI lIis community
been AK prosperous az they arc at
present ;ncvcr haseomIortand happiness
been more universal than at the present
time and nnroi haa tic future hcid ont
such promise ns IL does tuday. Look'ng
hack bat one year We can sec a great
difference for, while ono year ago todny
tl,c future looked very bright, set we
doubt fnny one expected as much good
wouid necruc to us within the year hat
followed az has really been tho ease. 1t
* for that reason that we speak ui this
ns thc greatest oi al Thnnkssiyngs IN
the history OI Crystal Falls. Lest we
he misunderstood let us say that, even
~ their dircst adversely, the people oi
sl.is place have always found something
"a Eeel ihankih for and the dry has
always been appropriately observed.
II iewiiii this thought nyiew that we
lecl this 10 be un opportnnc time
10 90 back over The Thanksgiving days
of our history aud note how we have
obzor ycd the day and, viii, this cnd IN
yieW. we have drlvcd ns FAR into the
history ot pnSt 1hankssivings ns our
,ranty ku0wiudgo ana limited resources
would allow. The history Of the place
Srom tla lime when the first settler cast
lila eve upon the present site Of Cryslnl
Fnlls until Thanksgiving day 1887 Is
mostly u0wlittcn mud "thc word ol
montl'is 'lr only source of determining
II. As Il always true, ia such cascs, the
rclator IL prone 90 color the events To
suit Ills own fancy 80, il some OF the
facts don't quite meet thc appreciation
oT some old timer whom IL ~ our mis-
fortune not To have interyird, @c trust
that the kernel oi fact will be- separated
by ihcm from thc husk oI fiction and
.hc sintcmcnis taken for what they ~,
worth
The present city Of Crystal Fails
had itr rcnl beginning in 1881
when lie Crystal Fails Iron
company composed Of Mcss'u lIollislcr
Rnnklo ctaL. purchased the MY 81 sec
20. 4 i3, Il. ~ from tic Piistcr Lsnc
company aud h,d u part Of i out int,
lots. MI Schwartz explains Ia another
column how the town cnmc to hc bail
on a side hill There were a Few settler
about here hcfnrc the Gown site wni
platte,l, one little settlement being mud
ipair thO old saw mill, and another. d
fnising camp, across the Paint near tin
M,dlitpr.
()f coarse the cruisers were up hcr
lnn. before lint time looking over th
lnuh which tlie government had survey
ca ~ 1915 and tl,cre wcfcRl@O u numbc
ofcNp,urcrs louling over the uulcrup
of iein ore That were lightning I,
atifnrt the attention of iron mon. Lux
Wrlcll cro@rcd just below the presen
tOwnsitc in iR7 whcn ON whit to th
lands owned by him iu this locality au'
H. r. Dnnn visited this vicinity in ia
early seventies also. There arc doubt
lrsa nihcra of Our pionc ~ TINT va,
trNslat Fails suil during the scvcntic
lmi the ,lat0 nt which ilio first pcrnH
ncnt settler came here may be place
at 1850.
With the advent 81 1881 came n rus
81 settlers, explorers, tOwnsitcrs an