226 GENERAL HISTORY. 



Oalfwood cemetery contains about one himdred acres, handsomely located' 

 and laid out, on the banks of the Raisin, in the northeastern part of the city 

 of Adrian. It contains a large number of old forest trees of nature's plant- 

 ing, ere the foot of civilization had trodden the soil. These have been inter- 

 spersed -with many varieties of evergreens, planted over thirty years ago, 

 \Thich are now disputing with the natives for possession. 



The census of 1884 gives to Lenawee county, of 



Apple orchards, 13,001 acres, 465,720 bearing trees, yielding in 1883, 161,- 

 893 bushels of fruit. 



Peach orchards, 369 acres, 29,443 bearing trees, yielding in 1883, 424 bush- 

 els of fruit. 



The value of orchard products of all kinds, sold or consumed in 1883, wa?. 

 $81,233.00. 



Vineyards, 50 acres: grapes sold in 1883, 58,462 pounds. 



wine made in 1883, 314 gallons. 



Nurseries, 21 acres, products sold in 1883, $740.00. 



Market garden products sold in 1883, $22,833.00. 



HILLSDALE COUNTY. 



The county of Hillsdale was set off and so named by act of the Legislative- 

 Council of the Territory of Michigan, approved October 29, 1829, and the 

 same was fully organized as a sejiarate county by a subsequent act of that 

 body, approved February 11th, 1835. Its name was suggested by the diversified 

 character of its surface. 



The county seat was located at Jonesville by proclamation of Governor 

 Lewis Cass, dated February 16th, 1831, and was removed to Hillsdale — itS' 

 present location — on January 30th, 1843. 



The following description of its surface, soils, and elevation is extracted 

 from a history prepared for the county pioneer society, by F. M. Holloway, 

 in 1877:— 



"The soil is variable, that of the north part being mostly a gravelly loam 

 with clay subsoil, while in the southern part a clay loam predominates. It 

 was originally considered a timbered country, abounding in beech, maple, 

 oak, elm, hickory, basswood, whitewood, black walnut, and Cottonwood in all- 

 the towns ; yet there was not one but had its belt of oak openings or burr 

 oak plains. 



"The surface is rolling, but not hilly, — a high table laud, — the highest in 

 the more southerly portion of the State, being 630 feet above Lake Erie, 

 and 616 feet above Lake Michigan. It is the source of all the principal rivers 

 of Southern Michigan, viz. : Grand, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, Little St. Joseph, 

 Tiffin, and Kaisin, which find their feeders in the numerous and beautiful 

 lakes which dot the surface of the county in different parts. These lakes, 

 though not large, are generally of great depth, with beautiful gravelly bot- 

 toms and fine pebbly shores, abounding in fish, such as are usually found in 

 western inland waters. The above mentioned rivers all have prominence on, 

 the maps of our country, the first three traversing the State in a northwesterly 

 direction and emptying into Lake Michigan, the fourth and fifth in a south- 



