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The Peninsular Railroad crosses the M. C. R. R. on section seven, in this town. On section twenty-three there is a post-office and a small freight and passenger depot, called a side station, of the M. C. R. R. The Kalamazoo river enters the town at Ceresco, and passing out at the city of Battle Creek, dividing the town into two nearly equal divisions. Dickinson creek, a small stream, affords power for a saw and cider mill, near its junction with the Kalamazoo river on section twenty-two. The butter and cheese factory erected by Chas. H. White has been idle for the past two years. A part of the village of Ceresco is in this town, being the only village in it, save the quite small village of Verona. The land is rolling, and the soil very productive. All things considered, the writer thinks the township of Emmett the most attractive town in the county, her pioneer settlers were men of means, enterprise and good judgment, and their early industries developed all these traits of character, without a single exception. ,
John Harper came from Batavia, N. Y., and settled in this town upon a large tract of land, in 1833, which his abundant means enabled him to improve, at once, on a large scale. He broke up over one hundred acres in 1833-4. He had eight children, some of whom were old enough to give him some assistance, at that time. This large family were stowed away in a small log house, which was erected on section twenty-two.
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