VEVAY TOWNSHIP
VEVAY TOWNSHIP
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The Hogsback (Esker) The esker in Vevay Township is part of the longest esker in the United States. The early settlers were unaware of the valuable material hidden in the glacial ridge and for thirty years after first settlements were made, the pioneers expended much time, energy and month building corduroy and plank roads, while first class road-making material lay at their very door! In 1866, when the railroad was build through this section, people realized the wealth of material for their use. In 1878, when L.F. Robb bought his farm two miles south of Mason, he found Michigan Cent5al Railroad had leased three acres where it obtained gravel to use for ballast in the railroad roadbed. In 1882, Mr. Robb opened a gravel bed on his farm and operated it for three years. In 1886, Peter Malcom bought thirteen acres of gravel land from Mr. Robb, and continued to add to this until he owned 70 acres. He named it "Kilwining", and for 30 years the output was enormous. When Mr. Malcom first bought his land in Section 16, Vevay Township, he ran a stone crusher; farmers found good market for stones from their land. After crushing the stones, they were shipped out along with the gravel. When the matter of good roads first came up in Ingham County, the State Highway Commissioner was present at a meeting of the Ingham County Board of Supervisors. While urging the need for good roads to be built before the gravel supply was exhausted, he was surprised when, after examining a piece of model road in northern Michigan, he was told the gravel came from the gravel beds in Vevay Township, Ingham County.
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