From the Clarke Historical Library, CMU. This material is protected
under Title 17 Copyright Law of the United States. Any further
reproduction or distribution is prohibited without the permission
of the copyright owner.
PETOSKEY
--"'>-A N D~
LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY.
PUBLISH ED BY
GEO. E. SPRANG,
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE. AGENT FOR AMERICAN EXPRESS CO.,
CaPIIMf/AtN. I~.
BY OEO . .E. SPR A tVG
Pew.k.,. MICh.
PETOSKEY, MICHIGAN.
... IUieturesque IUetos~ey ...
~ •.•• NO OTHER CITY IN THE NORTHWEST
IS SO NATURALLY ATTRACTIVE••••
THRONED on a noble amphitheatre of hills, upon the south shore of a
beautiful bay five miles broad and nine deep, environE'd all the -way
around by broken ranges of lofty heights, makes Petoskey unrivaled
for the beauty of its outlook, each street and block having its o-wn peculiar
vie-w; for its health-inspiring purity of atmosphere; and for its -wide
fame as a popular summer resort. Its streets and homes overlook the
entire bay and its surrounding hills, and a succession of famous SUInmer
resort villages along the -water's edge clear around the bay. Bay Vie-w
(the Chautauqua of the North-west, -with its seven commodious Assembly
Halls and University)-Roaring Brook, Wequetonsing, Harbor Springs
and Harbor Point. In a fe-w years there -will be a broad boulevard along
the shore all the -way around the bay, lined the -whole distance -with summer
cottages and permanent villas, parks, hotels and boat landings.
Petoskey and these tributary resorts already attract froITl iOO,OOO to
i50,OOO summer visitors from all parts of the Alnerican Continent, and
the number is yearly increasing. Petoskey is traversed b:v the Grand
Rapids and Indiana and the Chicago and West Michigan n _vVays, and is
touched at by the great Northern lines of lake steamers, thus giving easy
and speedy communication -with all parts of the continent.
The United States government is oonstruoting a oommodious deep
water harbor, to be safely sheltered from all possible storms. This will
largely stimulate manufaotures and oommeroe, making Petoskey one of
the best points for the profitable investment of business oapital. Being
the oenter for the supply of merohandise, manufaotures, building, labor,
food, fuel and all other needs for ~25,OOO summer visitors yearly, besides
the growing oountry, gives Petoskey for nearly half of eaoh year a oash
business larger than is oommanded by almost any other oity of four times
larger population. This also makes the neighboring country peculiarly
desirable for investments in market gardening and truok farming.
Petoskey has never been the subjeot of an unhealthy "boom," or of faotitious
value, but is remarkable for its olean and healthy natural growth.
The oountry surrounding oontains every variety of fertile soil, it oomprises
some of the best farms in the state. It has lands adapted to grazing,
to grain, to gardening, to fruit, and while it is noted for the exoellenoe and
abundance of its potato and all root crops, it is also becoming known for
its fine small and large fruits. It is unexoelled for its abundanoe of pure
water, being a region of large and small lakes, rivers, trout brooks, springs
and ponds. Hundreds of looations oontain sites that may be quiokly and
oheaply oonverted into trout and other fish ponds, whioh will produce a
sure annual inoome of inoreasing value. The region is densely wooded
with noble forests of maple, beech, ash, elm, red oak, hemlock, pine, spruce,
balsam, biroh, oedar and other valuable timber, sufficient to supply mills
and factories for many years. Petoskey has a permanent population at present
of something over 4,000 people, and is vigorously growing. It is under
a city charter and government, inaugurated on March 8, 1895. Its site
was the oldest and largest Indian village in Michigan, later the center of
the Chippewa Indian reservation. It is named from the famous Indian
chief, Pe-to-se-ga, (Petoskey) born in 1789. The place was opened to white
settlement in 1874. On the 31st day of December, 1874, the first.. train
reached the village over the G. R. & I. Railway.
Petoskey is peculiarly a city of churche::; and schools. The Catholic
Mission was started here about 1847; the Presbyterian in 1852; the
Methodist not long after. There are at present ten church buildings and
two large public school buildings, besides primaries. Bear river furnishes
the city with a large and never failing water power. The city is supplied
with electric light and water works. Among its larger manufacturing
establishments are hard wood flooring and wooden ware factories, flouring
mills, lumber and planing mills, tannery, iron works, furniture, boat and
yacht factory, etc. Petoskey is noted for its many and excellent hotels
and boarding houses. The new Hotel Imperial, just constructed, will
greatly add to the large number of well equipped hotels, no resort in
Michigan has its equal.
The new city government is disposed to push public improvements.
All over the city rapidly developing improvements attest a public spirited
people. Such is Petoskey, the most beautiful and popular summer resort
in the northwest, and the Mecca of hay fever sufferers from all parts of
the United States, who here find instant and absolute relief.
STEAMER PETOSKEY PETOSKEY PIER- PETOSKEY FROM THE BA V.
CHALET ~ ON BEAR RIVER- BEACH SCENE ~ ROAD WEST.
LAKE MICHIGAN AND LAKE SUPERIOR TRA~SPO R TATI()N CO.'S STEAMSHIP MANITOU.
ARLINGTON fiOTEL,
ARLINGTON SPRING- FLOWING WELL-ROU:O<D LAKE- ON MARQUETTE TRAIL.
GRAND RAPIDS AND INDIANA R. R. STATION AND PARK.
EPWORTH HOME-BAY VIEW HOUSE-AUDITORIUM.
SA Y VIEW SVi\1~1ER HOi\Il~ S .
F-VEI,YN HALL-R~CREATION PARK AND RAY VIEW LAt 0 HALf,.
From the Clarke Historical Library, CMU. This material is protected
under Title 17 Copyright Law of the United States. Any further
reproduction or distribution is prohibited without the permission
of the copyright owner.
-
SCENES AT ROARDIG BROOK.
SCENES AT WEQUETONSING.
SCENES AT WEQUETONSING.
VIEWS AT HARBOR SPRINGS.
BOATING SCENES AT HARBOR POINT.
HARBOR POINT SCENES.
HARBOR POINT SCE;<•IES.
Clarke Library Material
