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Two railroads pass over some portion of the town; one flouring and grist-mill. The chief products of the town are wheat, wool, pork and fruit, principally marketed at Albion.
TEKONSHA
Held its first township meeting April 13th, 1837, and elected Eli Stone-supervisor, and John A. Rice town clerk.
The first lands of record are as follows:
May 29th, 1832, Darius Pierce, 320 acres.
In 1833 the entries only amounted to 440 acres.
All extremes of quality of soil and surface are met with in this town,, from beautiful, level plain to broken, stony hills. The lands around the village of Tekonsha and on either side of the St. Joseph river are productive and beautiful, and under high cultivation. This town has a high grade of farmers, both intellectually and industriously, and will therefore compare favorably with the tillers of the soil in any other locality. The village of Tekonsha was platted by Harris C. Goodrich and Chas. D. Smith, of Marshall, and the same parties erected a saw mill in 1836. This mill was stocked with whitewood and other valuable timber, and was therefore of incalculable value to the pioneers of Calhoun county, who were erecting houses and barns in every direction. In digging the mill-race a great amount of Indian remains and relics were disinterred, such as sculls, guns, powder horns, bows, arrows, and a great amount of useless trinkets. These discoveries, and the existence of Indian mounds in several places in the neighborhood, together with the fact that all the Indians in and about the place,
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