Excerpt from Pioneer History of Eaton County, Michigan, 1833-1866, or the Story of the Last to Live the Simple Life, Toiling, Spinning, Weaving, Cooking 'Round the Open Fire: With Axe and Gun Retrieving Nature's Products From the Soil, the Wild-Wood Half Concealing Such a reflection of a past generation cannot be reproduced in completeness. The impotence of mere words render its impossible. But these pages as compiled and written cover ing the early history of Eaton County by Hon. Daniel Strange of Oneida, a life-long resident and pioneer, supply a fund of interesting historical mat ter and information that will grow in value with the years, and be treasured more and more as gen cration follows generation through the years that are certain to follow. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.