Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2015 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= USGenNet Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== The Traverse Region, historical and descriptive, with illustrations of scenery and portraits and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. pub. H. R. Page & Co., Chicago - 1884 [p. 154-155] HIRAM O. ROSE, a pioneer of the Traverse Region, was born in Niagara County, N.Y., in the year 1830, and removed to Coldwater, Mich., with his parents. In 1852 he went to California, where, in company with MR. AMOS FOX, now of Charlevoix, he was engaged in mining. The partnership between Messrs. FOX and ROSE lasted through a period of twenty-eight years, and during all that time no written agreement was ever made, and no individual account of moneys used was ever kept. Each had the fullest confidence of the other, and when they came to dissolve their partnership they sat quietly down together, made a division of their property and thus ended without delay or trouble the long partnership that had been concerned in extensive business operations throughout the whole Traverse Region. Before going to California MR. ROSE had worked two years in a printing office at Coldwater. In 1854 he went to Northport and purchased the wharf privilege owed (sic) by DEACON DAME, and finished the dock that had been begun. This was the first dock in Grand Traverse Bay at which a propeller could stop. The following year he sold a half interest to AMOS FOX. MR. ROSE was the first treasurer of Leland Township, which at that time embraced all of Leelanaw and Benzie Counties, and he was oblized to traverse nearly the whole territory to collect the annual tax which did not exceed $600 in amount. The early business interests were developed mainly by the business enterprise of Messrs. FOX & ROSE, as in narrated in the general history. They carried on mercantile business and, dealt in wood, etc. In 1864-'65 they built the first dock at Charlevoix, and started the first store there. Their business at that point was the same as at Northport. MR. ROSE re- mained at Northport eighteen years, and lived a short time at Traverse City. In 1872 he built the Traverse City branch railroad, and in 1873 removed to Petoskey. The material for his house was got out at Traverse City, ready to be put together and brought by boat to Petoskey. He had purchased twoo hundred acres of land bordering on Little Traverse Bay, and in 1874 laid out the village. In 1873-'74, as a member of the firm of FOX & ROSE, he built the first dock at this point and started the first store, and was the pioneer in all the principal business interests of the place, and which are mentioned in the general history of the place. His principal business interests have been the development of the extensive lime quarries bordering on the bay, general merchandise, building of the dock, the erection of the Arlington Hotel, and dealing in wood, bark, etc. He was the first president of the village, and has been a leading spirit in all the public activities that have combined to give the village its present proportions. Few men have done as extensive and efficient pioneer work as MR. ROSE. Three villages stand upon foundations which he was instrumental in laying, and his business operations still continue to constitute an im- portant factor in the progress and prosperity of Petoskey. In 1856 he was married to JULIETTE BURBECK, daughter of JAMES M. BURBECK, one of the pio- neers of Northport, and now a resident of Harbor Springs. They have two children, both daughters. In 1882 Messrs. FOX and ROSE divided their property, MR. FOX taking the property in Charlevoix County, and MR. ROSE that in Emmet County. ================================================================================ If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access more of our growing collection of FREE online information by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/ ================================================================================