Stock raising was quite an industry as was the cultivation of fruit.Ī village was platted out near the mouth of Bark Creek by G. Since the soil was very productive and the inhabitants principally Hollanders, intensely industrious, the farms yielded bountifully and were among the best in the county. The area is well supplied with streams and springs, the principal stream being Onion river. There were sixty-five votes cast.īefore the settlements there was a overabundance of timber consisting of beech, maple, oak, elm, hickory, ash and basswood on the uplands, black ash, swamp elm, tamarack, cedar and butternut on the lowlands and hemlock near the lake. Edwin Palmer was elected chairman William Mitchell and Peter Souffrouw, supervisors Joseph Palmer, clerk David Cook, assessor John Pool, treasurer and William Mitchell, superintendent of Schools. The first election was held at the house of Sweezy Burr. Holland Township is located in the southeastern corner of the county and is bordered on the east by Lake Michigan, on the north by Wilson and Lima townships, on the west by Sherman township and on the south by Ozaukee county.
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