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Reminscences of early Michigan History 1800's
In the fall of 1822, Mr. Rufus Stevens, his brother, A. C. Stevens, and myself went from Silver Lake to Saginaw on horseback, following the Indian trail. We found the two companies of United States troops in their tents, hard at work building the stockade and their winter quarters. We remained a day and returned. There was not a house from Waterford to Saginaw. The winter of 1822-3, Colonel John Hamilton, Harvey Williams and myself each took a team and load of supplies and provisions for the troops, Mr. Schuyler Hedges accompanying us to see the country, The soldiers had cut a road through the woods and pine windfalls for sleigh track.
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