Ionia County MI Archives News.....Overland to New York May 17, 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Johnson McDowell texas26@gmail.com May 10, 2009, 1:35 am Grand Rapids Herald May 17, 1899 Ionia, Mich., May 15.- Charles Washburn, a well known teamster of Ionia, is a recent heir to property in York state and has set out to drive there after the fashion of early days in a canvas covered wagon. His wife and six children were stowed in together with household effects and the family dog was tied on behind. They will travel leisurely and enjoy the beauties of spring, perhaps of summer also before reaching their destination. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/newspapers/overland196gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb