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Title: Ocean to ocean on horseback; being the story of a tour in the saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with especial reference to the early history and development of cities and towns along the route; and regions traversed beyond the Mississippi ..
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Glazier, Willard W., 1841-1905
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Publisher: Philadelphia, Hubbard publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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to manifest their interest in the Custer Monument andthe old Revolutionary heroes, Mr. J. T. Head giving-the introduction. Reaching Niles before noon I had ample time tolook about, and to hear from old residents somethingof Berrien County and their home here on the St.Joseph. For those who delight in searching out events fromthe doubtful past, there is suggestion enough here tokeep them occupied for at least a week. Even thissmall town possesses records that date back to 1669,when Pere AUouez came along down the river on avoyage of discovery and who may have encamped onthe very site of Niles, for all that the people who livethere now know. But putting this aside, it is certainthat in 1700 the Jesuits had a mission a short distancesouth of the present city, and that there were fortsbuilt here and there in the vicinity as a protectionagainst the Indians. Later, when matters were settledand the English and French had long since withdrawn,the Reverend Isaac McCoy came out into the wilder-
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DETROIT TO CHICAGO. 337 ness with his family and established Gary Mission,probably in si<;lit of where the old Jesuit Mission stood.This was in 1820. Six years afterwards a handful ofcabins made their appearance, and out of this nucleusthe town of Niles was evolved. This is a mere out-line without the adornment of those pleasant littlefi(^tions that cling about the sober history of every in-habited place on earth, and which delight the ear ofmost travellers, for there may be those who follow mewho echo the sentiinent of the Michigan ))ioneer, From legend and romance, good Lord, deliver us! ®ne C)uni:ir£b anb 0cDcntl) Dan. Private House, La Pokte, Indiana, August Tioerdy-sixth. Was compelled to avail myself of livery accommo-dations in order to meet my evening engagement atLa Porte. Rode in a hack to South Bend, and finallyreached my destination by way of the Micingan Cen-tral and Southern Indiana roads. My advance agent,Babcock, met me at the station, and I accompaniedhim to the

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