Through diary transcriptions enriched with background, genealogy, maps and accompanying history, this book chronicles a year in the lives of four Michigan pioneers - Adelbert Worden of Berlin, Ionia County, 1879; Captain Robert Walter Hoy of Fenwick, Montcalm County, 1883; Stephen Staines, 1864, whose family settled in southern Montcalm and northern Ionia Counties; and Sophronia Agatha (Burney) Frayer of Newberg, Cass County, who chronicles her move to Alanson, Emmet County, in September 1881.
Through diary transcriptions enriched with background, genealogy, maps and accompanying history, this book chronicles a year in the lives of four Michigan pioneers - Adelbert Worden of Berlin, Ionia County, 1879; Captain Robert Walter Hoy of Fenwick, Montcalm County, 1883; Stephen Staines, 1864, whose family settled in southern Montcalm and northern Ionia Counties; and Sophronia Agatha (Burney) Frayer of Newberg, Cass County, who chronicles her move to Alanson, Emmet County, in September 1881.