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PIONEER HISTORY OF HURON COUNTY, MICHIGAN
by Florence McKinnon Gwinn
Huron County Pioneer & Historical Society, 1922

[page 98]

CHAPTER IV
TIMBER INDUSTRIES, EARLY AGRICULTURE
THE COMING OF THE RAILROADS

      A great event in the history of transportation was
  the coming of the railroads before which the people had
  to depend upon water routes for practically all transpor-
  tation for many years.
  
      The first train to enter the county came over the
  Port Austin and Northwestern R. R. on September 23,
  1880.  The Saginaw, Huron and Tuscola R. R. was built
  as far as Sebewaing in 1883 and the next year extended
  as far as Bay Port Quarries.  The work on the Pontiac,
  Oxford and Port Austin R. R. was commenced in 1881
  and completed in 1883.  The road now belongs to the
  Grand Trunk System, while the other roads mentioned
  are the property of the Pere Marquette.  
  
      The first meeting of the board of supervisors was
  held at Willow Creek, now Huron City.  HIRAM WHIT-
  COMB was the first justice of the peace in the county,
  receiving his appointment from Sanilac county.
  
                  FIRST COUNTY OFFICERS
                  
      The first officers of Huron County were ROBERT IR-
  WIN, clerk; WESLEY ARMSTRONG, sheriff; H. GALLUP, prose-
  cuting attorney and SAMUEL LANDER, treasurer.
  
      Records of the first meeting in the county were
  destroyed by the fire so it is impossible to give a full re-
  port of the election of 1860.
  
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