Check your library for Old Settlers: A Historical and Chronological Record...of the Grand Traverse Region, compiled by Wait and Anderson, published 1918......More great stories! Diane Fiddlerben@aol.com wrote: > Grand Traverse Herald Newspaper > 4 April 1889 > Traverse City, Michigan > > Mr. John Drew of Old Mission was 90 years old on the 29 of March. Mr. Drew > is well and of as active a mind as at forty, and the present prospect is that > he will live to be one hundred years old. Mr. Drew came from Detroit to Old > Mission in '64. > > Mr. and Mrs. Beers came to Old Mission in 1860. Mr. Beers is 89 while the age > of Mrs. Beers is 82 years and they have been married 62 years. They did not > celebrate their silver wedding day but should they live long enough will > celebrate their diamond wedding. > > Uncle Jud Parker came to Old Mission in '64 and will soon be 80 years old, > and would easily pass for 50, he is so active. > > Mr. Thomas Tyrer came to Old Mission in '54 and since that time Old Mission > has been his home. Mr Tyrer was one of the first wheels men on the old > Alleghany. > > Mr. and Mrs. Ladd came to Old Mission in '52. At that time there were only > three other white families here, but about 500 Indians. > > Mr and Mrs Pratt came at the early date of '49. Mr Pratt was Indian farm > assisted by W. R. Stone who came just a little later. At that time Mr. Lewis > Miller now of Charlevoix, Mr. Doughtery, and Mr. Boardman, the founder of > Traverse City, were the only white familles here. > > Myron Chandler, John McClusky, who died last fall, and W. Golden, came to Old > Mission '55 from Ogdensburg, NY and lived in the district south of Old > Mission which is still the Ogsdenburg district. > > E. K. Wait came two days later and now has a beautiful fruit farm with in > site of Old Mission dock. Many of the early settlers have passed away, still > their merits are discussed around the fireside, of the few old settlers who > were here to share there hardships when Old Mission was a wilderness. Only a > short time and all will be gone, only the silent reminders that tells us that > there were others before us who have left their footprints in the sand of time > > the end > Enjoy.. will be on GT website also > Brenda > kingsley@aol.com