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Charles A. Spaulding
A History of Hartford -
153 pg transcript now available on-line!
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A History of Hartford
by Charles A. Spaulding
People and Events of the township and Village of
Hartford, Michigan
during the first 100 years of Occupation by White Settlers
1829 - 1929
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Read an informative
154-page recording of Hartford's beginnings by Charles Spaulding.
Charles was appointed as historian of Hartford Township in his connection
with the Van Buren County Centennial Celebration in October, 1929.
You'll find trials and triumphs in the daily lives of our first settlers in
their attempt to carve a new life and a place to live for their families.
Don F. Cochrane, author of the Forward to this
book, writes "It is an
exceptionally readable and authentic history of Hartford that Mr. Spaulding
compiled, and which was published in The Day Spring in 38 weekly installs.
His intimate knowledge of Hartford, his acquaintance with the people of the
township, his ability as a writer and his devotion to the task made him the
logical author of that history.
Our community is indebted to Mr. Spaulding and Mr.
Cochrane for recording this first chapter in the history of Hartford and
their insight to present it in a way that could be passed on for generations. A
History of Hartford, is a
wonderful resource of the venturesome progenies who came before us.
There are 3 ways to obtain this document:
1. Click here to download the
Spaulding.rtf document in Rich Text Format (RTF) that can be open in your
word processing program. It can be saved to your hard drive and read
at your convenience. Use the "search" or "find" in your word
processing program to find words you are looking for.
2. A
History of Hartford is also recreated
in a Portable Document Format (PDF)
file format that can be downloaded to your computer and read in your leisure
time. In order to read this PDF document, you must have a PDF reader
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