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Michigan Crystal Falls
Although lots of exploratory work was being done, and the lumbermen established headquarters here, this did not bring much trade to our business men directly, as most of the lumbering companies erected warehouses, where they store their supplies and provisions, which they send up from below, and ship to the various camps. Business was getting duller every day, especially since the Youngstown Mine and the Iron Star (formerly the Great Western), which are both our most promising properties, shut down, and are at present under weather. Only the "little giant," named the Paint River, employing now about twenty men, is working. The outlook is rather poor for this winter, but if iron ever gets its value, and there is a move towards a bettering in the iron trade, Crystal Falls, with its facilities, immense deposits of ore, its water power, its timber wealth, its fertile soil, and last, but not least, its intelligent, patient citizens, is bound to be one of the leading cities in our Peninsula, and it is liable to be the capital of the Peninsula State, which will sooner or later be formed. Meanwhile, wishing you prosperity, I remain,
A. L.
CEDAR CASTLE. S. D. Hollister,
Sr.'s, Renowned Country Home.
Upper Michigan
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