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Michigan Crystal Falls
My relation to A. E. Guensburg brought me to Florence the early part of 1881, and it was there that I first heard of a new town being located, and new mines being found and opened, by the name of Crystal Falls. Florence was at that time in its fullest "boom," and I could easily see that a man with some energy and ability could easier get a start in such a place, and under such circumstances, than in an old established town. No wonder, therefore, that I put my eye since that time on to the new Eldorado, Crystal Falls. The third day of March, 1882, found me in Florence, on my way up here, to start and manage a store, to be opened by my former "boss," Mr. L., of Oconto.
Arriving in Florence, I took my dinner at the ever-popular Florence House; and the teamster, with a sleigh-load of merchandise, being then in readiness, we started about 1 o'clock P. M. on a ride which I won't forget very soon, the snow being in some places two and three feet deep, and then again, for a quarter to a half mile, entirely wanting.
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