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Photographer: J.T. Lambrou
Taken: September 10, 2021
Caption: Agriculture, Water Power, and Transportation Marker
Additional Description: Inset photo (lower middle) caption: Absolom Traver arrived from New York City in 1831 and purchased 160 acres of timbered land north of Lower Town on a stream that flowed to the Huron River. his wife, Charlotte, and their six children arrived the next year. Traver built a sawmill in 1834 and began cutting lumber for his own home and other houses to be built on his land, and later for construction of the first main university building in 1841.

Traver platted his land for future town development-the first addition in 1837, and a second addition of 80 acres in 1857. Capturing the water power of the creek, Traver added a grist mill on Broadway to grind grain for animal fee.
Submitted: September 16, 2021, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan.
Database Locator Identification Number: p610662
File Size: 3.400 Megabytes

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