Return-Path: Received: from mx6.centurytel.net (mx6.centurytel.net [209.142.136.228]) by mailmx9.centurytel.net (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l0RIFJdZ019798 for ; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:15:20 -0600 Received: from mail56c26.carrierzone.com (mail56c26.carrierzone.com [64.29.152.66]) by mx6.centurytel.net (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l0RIFItj000768 for ; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:15:19 -0600 X-Authenticated-User: msuman925.echoicemi.com Received: from OMEGA (ip135-48-119-64.speednetllc.com [64.119.48.135]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail56c26.carrierzone.com (8.13.6.20060614/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l0RIFGjj004383 for ; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:15:18 -0500 Message-ID: <00b201c7423f$16233f10$8d00a8c0@OMEGA> From: "Mark H. Kubacki" To: "Patty and Mike Finan" References: <00a401c7423e$2cd34f80$8d00a8c0@OMEGA> <005b01c7423e$66768f40$0a01a8c0@user> Subject: Re: Information Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:15:10 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00AF_01C74215.2BFB89C0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00AF_01C74215.2BFB89C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I found this from the Deckerville library online.=20 Mark Kubacki 3925 Day Road=20 Kinde, MI 48445 Huron City Historian ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Patty and Mike Finan=20 To: Mark H. Kubacki=20 Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 1:10 PM Subject: Re: Information Thanks, Mark! Most of it we have in our tour guide document but it was = well written. Where did you find it? Patty ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Mark H. Kubacki=20 To: Patricia Finan=20 Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 1:08 PM Subject: Information Patty I had found some information that you maybe interested in =20 Of the men who came into the county later we shall speak as we give = the history of the various townships of the county. Huron being one of = the earliest organized and embraced nearly all of the territory of Huron = County. Many years before any permanent settlement was formed the = present site of the village of Huron City was occupied by fishermen. In = 1837 Theodore Luce erected a saw mill on Willow Greek, the Indian name = of which is Wet-to-bee-wok. Later Mr. Brakeman, of Port Huron bought the = mill and after operating a year or two sold it to Dowling & Forbes, also = of Port Huron, and they in 1856 sold to R. B. Hubbard & Co. This firm = continued operations here until the fire of 1871 destroyed their mills, = docks, store, and the entire village. The loss to the company was a very = heavy one. Their large warehouse on shore and another one on the dock = filled with grain and lumbering supplies, the entire stock of clear = lumber for the year, a large quantity of shingles, [an bark and cedar = posts were entirely destroyed. Immediately after the fire the firm = rebuilt and continued their business until 1878, when R. B. and Watson = retired from the company leaving Langdon Hubbard the sole owner of this = immense business. The forest fires of '71 found the township an almost = unbroken forest of very heavy timber, principally pine, hemlock, beech = and maple with scattering cedar, black ash, elm and bass wood. In that = fire most of the timber was killed and in the course of a few years fell = in such dense masses that it was almost impossible for man or beast to = pass through it. In fact fences were unnecessary except 10 along the roads. When the fires of 1881 came along this timber was = in prime condition for the great fire which in its march swept = everything before it, Langdon Hubbard alone lost $250,000 in this = conflagration. But Mr. Hubbard, with his accustomed energy set to work, = immediately rebuilt his store and also a flouring mill, saw mill, = shingle mill, blacksmith shop and several other business enterprises of = the village besides giving his attention to farming. THE BEGINNING OF HURON CITY Prof. William Lyon Phelps gave a splendid history of this well known = pioneer in the memorial services held in his honor at Huron City a few = years ago. He said: "The history of this town is simply a history of his = life for 40 years. He built a road straight through the forest for 16 = miles to Verona. His lumber business grew to gigantic proportions. = Hundreds of men were in his employ. They cut timber in the winter, = floated the logs down Willow Creek, sawed them into lumber, placed it on = Mr. Hubbard's cars and took it to the end of the pier where it was = loaded on his boat, the 'Huron City' and sent it to Detroit, Cleveland = and Sandusky." Mr. Hubbard first bought land in the county in 1853. = Among the men who came to Huron City in the '50's was Dr. Dickinson, who = worked as a lumberman for two years for Mr.Brakeman. When the Civil War = broke out in'61 he enlisted. At the close of that struggle he entered a = medical college in Cincinnati from which he graduated and again became = an inhabitant of Huron County. The name of Andrew Shaw is a familiar one to all pioneers. He came = in 1850 and in 1858 bought 109 acres of government land. Was appointed = keeper of the light house by President Lincoln and at his death was the = oldest settler in Huron township. The first life saving station was at = Huron City in 1876. Five of the captains who had charge there are well = known through 11 out the county: Kiah, Morgan, Ferris and Oliver. Captain Kiah's = story of the attempted rescue in April 1880, of the scow Sally McGruder, = when the entire crew of the life savers lost their lives but him, is as = thrilling as any sea story ever published. Mark Kubacki 3925 Day Road=20 Kinde, MI 48445 Huron City Historian -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.12/653 - Release Date: = 1/26/2007 11:11 AM ------=_NextPart_000_00AF_01C74215.2BFB89C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I found this from the Deckerville = library online.=20
Mark Kubacki
3925 Day Road
Kinde, MI 48445
Huron City=20 Historian
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Patty and=20 Mike Finan
Sent: Saturday, January 27, = 2007 1:10=20 PM
Subject: Re: Information

Thanks, Mark! Most of it we have in = our tour=20 guide document but it was well written. Where did you find = it?
 
Patty
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Mark=20 H. Kubacki
Sent: Saturday, January 27, = 2007 1:08=20 PM
Subject: Information

Patty
I had found some information that = you maybe=20 interested in 

Of the men who came into the = county later we=20 shall speak as we give the history of the various townships of the = county.=20 Huron being one of the earliest organized and embraced nearly all of = the=20 territory of Huron County. Many years before any permanent = settlement was=20 formed the present site of the village of Huron City was occupied by = fishermen. In 1837 Theodore Luce erected a saw mill on Willow Greek, = the=20 Indian name of which is Wet-to-bee-wok. Later Mr. Brakeman, of Port = Huron=20 bought the mill and after operating a year or two sold it to Dowling = &=20 Forbes, also of Port Huron, and they in 1856 sold to R. B. Hubbard = & Co.=20 This firm continued operations here until the fire of 1871 destroyed = their=20 mills, docks, store, and the entire village. The loss to the company = was a=20 very heavy one. Their large warehouse on shore and another one on = the dock=20 filled with grain and lumbering supplies, the entire stock of clear = lumber=20 for the year, a large quantity of shingles, [an bark and cedar posts = were=20 entirely destroyed. Immediately after the fire the firm rebuilt and=20 continued their business until 1878, when R. B. and Watson retired = from the=20 company leaving Langdon Hubbard the sole owner of this immense = business. The=20 forest fires of '71 found the township an almost unbroken forest of = very=20 heavy timber, principally pine, hemlock, beech and maple with = scattering=20 cedar, black ash, elm and bass wood. In that fire most of the timber = was=20 killed and in the course of a few years fell in such dense masses = that it=20 was almost impossible for man or beast to pass through it. In fact = fences=20 were unnecessary except

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along the roads. When the fires = of 1881 came=20 along this timber was in prime condition for the great fire which in = its=20 march swept everything before it, Langdon Hubbard alone lost = $250,000 in=20 this conflagration. But Mr. Hubbard, with his accustomed energy set = to work,=20 immediately rebuilt his store and also a flouring mill, saw mill, = shingle=20 mill, blacksmith shop and several other business enterprises of the = village=20 besides giving his attention to farming.

THE BEGINNING OF HURON = CITY

Prof. William Lyon Phelps gave a = splendid=20 history of this well known pioneer in the memorial services held in = his=20 honor at Huron City a few years ago. He said: "The history of this = town is=20 simply a history of his life for 40 years. He built a road straight = through=20 the forest for 16 miles to Verona. His lumber business grew to = gigantic=20 proportions. Hundreds of men were in his employ. They cut timber in = the=20 winter, floated the logs down Willow Creek, sawed them into lumber, = placed=20 it on Mr. Hubbard's cars and took it to the end of the pier where it = was=20 loaded on his boat, the 'Huron City' and sent it to Detroit, = Cleveland and=20 Sandusky." Mr. Hubbard first bought land in the county in 1853. = Among the=20 men who came to Huron City in the '50's was Dr. Dickinson, who = worked as a=20 lumberman for two years for Mr.Brakeman. When the Civil War broke = out in'61=20 he enlisted. At the close of that struggle he entered a medical = college in=20 Cincinnati from which he graduated and again became an inhabitant of = Huron=20 County.

The name of Andrew Shaw is a = familiar one to=20 all pioneers. He came in 1850 and in 1858 bought 109 acres of = government=20 land. Was appointed keeper of the light house by President Lincoln = and at=20 his death was the oldest settler in Huron township. The first life = saving=20 station was at Huron City in 1876. Five of the captains who had = charge there=20 are well known through

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out the county: Kiah, Morgan, = Ferris and=20 Oliver. Captain Kiah's story of the attempted rescue in April 1880, = of the=20 scow Sally McGruder, when the entire crew of the life savers lost = their=20 lives but him, is as thrilling as any sea story ever=20 published.

Mark Kubacki
3925 Day Road =
Kinde, MI=20 48445
Huron City Historian

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