Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2016 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/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== The Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1875-6. (extracts for Mason County) AMBER. A small village of 50 inhabitants, in Mason county, seven miles from Lincoln, the county seat. It is also a station on the F. & P.M.R.R., seven miles east of Ludington. Wooden bowls are manu- factured. Hemlock bark, cedar posts and potatoes are shipped. Chancy W. Rickerd, postmaster. BUSINESS DIRECTORY: Clay C B, mnfr of wooden bowls. Cobb A L, saw mill Fairbanks W F, general store Jones C W, lawyer Knox E A, hotel proprietor Knox O, physician Leach J, wagon maker Rickerd Chancy W, blacksmith --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAPEL'S CORNERS A new postoffice in the town of Victory, Mason county, 13 miles north of Ludington. It is on the Big Sauble river, and farming and lumbering are both prosecuted in the vicinity. It has a daily mail. E. C. Chambers, postmaster. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FREE SOIL A postoffice on Sauble river, 10 miles south of Manistee. It is in Free Soil township, Mason county, and is 20 miles northeast of Ludington, its nearest railroad point. Settled in 1862. Country, hardwood and pine. Productions, lumber and farm produce. Hiram Webster, postmaster. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- INDIANTOWN A postoffice in the town of Riverton, Mason county, 11 miles southeast of Ludington. It is located in a farming country, of which potatoes, onions and cabbage are the staple crops, sour kraut being largely manufactured here for sale to the neighboring lumber camps. It has a weekly mail. Samuel Hull, postmaster. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA CARP A postoffice in Mason county, 9 miles northeast of Lincoln. It has a daily mail. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINCOLN Until recently the county seat of Mason county, an honor now borne by Ludington. Lincoln is small place of about 100 inhabitants on the shore of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of Lincoln river. It is 2 1/2 miles north of Ludington and 17 1/2 miles north of Pentwater. It has a good harbor and derives water power from the Lincoln river. It is the seat of the extensive lumber operations of Charles Mears. It has a daily mail. Chas. Mears, postmaster. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Mears Charles, merchant and lumber Mnfr. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LUDINGTON The capital of Mason county, is a thriving city of about 2,177 inhabitants, situated at the mouth of the Pere Marquette river, having one of the finest and safest harbors on Lake Michigan. Ludington, the western terminus of the F. & P.M.R.R., is distant from Detroit, 236 miles, and is 15 miles north of Pentwater, and 25 miles south of Manistee. The F. & P.M. R'y was completed and the first train run into Ludington in December, 1874. The village plat was recorded Sept. 10th, 1867, at which time there was but one store in the place and nothing worthy of the name of a village. The late Capt. E. B. Ward of Detroit bought property here and commenced extensive improvements and his estate has here now one of the finest saw mills in the State. Lumber, lath and shingles are largely manufactured and shipped. Ludington contains altogether 7 saw mills, a planing mill, a machine shop, 2 banks, 5 hotels and 2 weekly newspapers. Express-American. Telegraph-Western Union. G. W. Clayton, postmaster. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Alexander Horace F, agent Western Union Telegraph Co, Loomis. Allen J & Son, forwarding and commission, on dock. American Express Co., J. W. Loomis, agent. Anderson Charles, blacksmith. Anderson Peter, grocer. Armstrong & Son, liquors and cigars. Beardsley Henry P, watches and clocks Betz Emanuel, grocer. Blain Charles & Henry B. Ely, bankers Brayman Marshall, grocer. Brown Mary L, grocer Burton & Blain, general store. Charboneau Charles E., cigars and contectionery. Chardear Nicholas, wagon maker and blacksmith. Chaurette Hercules G., saloon. Clayton Geo. W., books and stationery. Clemon Fletcher J., hosiery and woolens. Coffin George F., saloon. Cole William B., publisher "Appeal." Collins Jno W., Barber, Ludington ave. Criley Thomas F., blacksmith. Culver Alfred D., confectionery and fruit. Cushway Wm. J., Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, Ludington ave. Danaher & Melendy, general store and lumber mnfrs. Davidson John, livery. Dewar Wm R., saloon Dundass Edmund N., physician Dundass Robert F., physician. Dunning Harry, saloon. Dunning Mrs. Martha L., millinery. Durkee John, blacksmith Eggleston & Bigelow, Proprs Farrell House. Engelman Transportation Co., J. Allen & Son agents, on the dock. Ennis James, saloon. Ewell & Wing, lawyers Ewing Peleg, wagon maker Fannon John C., saloon. Fannon Peter, saloon. Farrell House, Eggleston & Bigelow Proprs. Finsterwald & Johnson, clothing. Fitch E. Nelson, lawyer Foelske Carl, baker and confectioner. Foley James, propr Washington House Foster & Stanchfield, general store. Fox Wm. H., boots and shoes, Ludington ave. Frye Wm., furniture. Gangnon Edward, cigars. Gangnon & Pelkie, Hotel and Saloon, James. Garrett Richard M., boots and shoes Gebhardt John, merchant tailor. Gibson Isaac, lawyer. Gillett & Goodsell, hardware and stoves. Gish Joseph, grocer Goodenough, Daniel W., general store. Goodrich Transportation Co., J. Allen & Son, agents. Gould Edward J., founder and machinist. Hafer Ernst, meat market. Hansen Michael, cigar mnfr Heysett Wm., Druggist, Ludington ave. Hitchcock & Lang, Books and Stationery. Holmquist Magnus, furniture. Hopkins & Darr, publishers Mason Count Record, cor. Ludington ave and James. Hudson, painter. Imos Edward, saloon. Jillison Gilbert W., livery. Johnson Fayette, druggist. Keller Joseph, saloon and boarding. Kenfield Wm. F., lawyer. Kuhli Frank, barber. Kuhli Hermann, barber Loomis John W., agent American Express. Ludington House, Surplice Brothers Proprs. McClintock, L. A., millinery. McCollum, I. H., & Co., bankers McMaster Thomas, boiler works. Marcuse Solomon, millinery and fancy goods. Mendehlsson Peter, clothing. Meyer Girard, boarding. Miles John, confectionery. Morton James, saloon. Murphy Stephen, saloon and boarding. Newcombe Henry M., lawyer O'Brien John, saloon. Palmer Ishmael, barber. Patterson Robert, millinery. Pere Marquette Lumber Co., Lumber Mnfrs and Dealers in Real Estate and General Merchandise, Delos L. Filer, Pres., Luther H. Foster, Sec., cor Ludington ave and Main. Pernin Joseph, photographer. Platt Fred B., Harness, Saddles, etc. Quevillon Charles, grocer. Quevillon Paul, Billiard Saloon, Ludington ave., cor William. Ressequie Charles E., real estate dealer. Roby George W. & Co., lumber mnfrs. Roussin Joseph, boot and shoemaker. Rowland John L., confectioner. St. Peter Joseph, confectioner. Schwager Adolph G., clothing. Seeley Mark D., Lawyer and Justice of the Peace. Shackelton Levi, justice of the peace. Sheldon Eben, confectionery. Shorts, Dr. Philip P., Druggist and Physician. Silvers, photographer. Slaght Silas, general store. Snell Wm., propr Piatt House Southworth Dr. Lorenzo T., druggist. Steockle Geo., saloon and boarding. Stevens John, saloon. Stewart Horation C., general store. Surplice Edward, saloon. Surplice Bros., Proprs Ludington House. Sutherland H. A., lawyer Sweet & Taylor, lumber mnfrs. Tatman, Dr. John C., Druggist, Ludington ave. Tripp Geo. E., meat market Voigt Agnes, merchant tailor Walbraushock & Farrell, planing mill. Ward Eber B., (Estate of) John S. Woodruff, agent. Westcott Geo., lawyer Western Union Telegraph Co., H. F. Alexander, agent. Wheeler Harrison H., circuit judge. White & Haight, lawyers. Williams Wm. H., agent hardware. Wilson & Falk, meat market. Young Wm., carpenter. Zeif Morris, general store. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- RIVERTON A postoffice in Riverton township, Mason county, 6 miles south- east of Ludington. It is on the Pere Marquette river, in a region of good farming lands, growing grain, hay and root crops. It has a weekly mail. James Wilson, postmaster. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Albright William, teacher Baird David, supervisor Griffin Rev. L., (Methodist) Kenerlin Rev. L., (Evangelical). Kulley L. E., teacher Reardon, L. W. teacher. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUGAR GROVE. A postoffice in Mason county, newly established. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- VICTORY A hamlet in Mason county, 7 miles northeast of Ludington. It is on the Little Au Sable river, and has one saw mill. Population 100. The place was first settled in 1864 by N. L. Bird. Wheat, hay and potatoes are grown, and lumber shipped. Richard Rayne, postmaster. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Abby Mahlon, carpenter. Bird N. L., harness maker. Brown R. R., harness maker Hathaway Jesse B., wagon maker Leguise Peter, blacksmith Mackey & Barton, lumber mnfrs. Rayne Richard, general store ========================================================================== 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/ ==========================================================================