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Title: 1836-08-22 NILES M.T.****W---BERRIEN CO---BLACK CDS AND BLACK MS 18 3/4 RATE---TO E F BARKER AT GREENWICH, HURON CO, OHIO-----FROM DAVID W BRIGGS AT NILES MICH---DATELINED HOWARD (ACTUALLY HOWARDVILLE, CASS CO, MICH--PLATTED AND RECORDED IN 1835, NAMED FOR A MISS HOWARD OF DETROIT. LOCATED ON THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE ALONE..RENAMED BARRON LAKE WHEN THE MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD CAME THROUGH HERE AND NAMED ITS STATION BARRON LAKE.-WALTER ROMIG)----STATING IN PART "...I HAVE BEEN WEST OF THE RIVER MISSISSIPPI AND EXPLORED IT ON BOTH SIDES AND FIND IT TO BE THE BEST PART OF THE WORLD THAT I EVER SAW, OR ANY OTHER MAN. I BELIEVE HOWEVER I LIKE THE WEST SIDE THE BEST TAKEN IT IN GENERAL, IT HAS THE BEST WATER, & TIMBER, IT IS A LIME STONE FOUNDATION ON BOTH SIDES...THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS ONE OF THE FINEST RIVERS THAT I EVER SAW, IT IS A RAPID CURRENT, CLEAR WATER AND A FINE SHORE FOR FISHING-----GENEALOGY 2---ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Item ID: E0-29863 View Map
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