Norris, Grelick families settle Elmwood

The following is an excerpt from “Meet Me At The Dock in Greilickville, Grand Traverse Bay” by author Kathleen Firestone.

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In 1847 at the foot of Grand Traverse Bay, Harry Boardman and his son Horace arrived in present-day Traverse City, with their little sloop Lady of the Lake. The next year they established a small water-powered sawmill along Mill Creek, now known as Kids Creek. This is beyond the dividing line of counties that would become Grand Traverse and Leelanau.