Boats brought goods, people

The following news story and photos were taken from Kathleen Firestone’s book, “Suttons Bay, Peshawbestown and Bingham Shores of Grand Traverse Bay.”

Spring came a little early in 1902, and by the end of April, schooners would come into Suttons Bay to pick up last fall’s potatoes.

That summer, to make things a little easier for the townspeople, Wyman Strong Company built a walk from the dock to the main street in Suttons Bay. The “Grand Traverse Herald” reported “It is possible now to walk from one’s home on a rainy day to the boat on a firstclass sidewalk without loading each foot with a few pounds of old rubber. The Herald didn’t mention which dock.