Notice biographique commémorative des comtés de Sandusky et d'Ottawa, Ohio . FRE-mont pour apprendre le commerce du forgeron, en servant un apprentissage sous SolomonLansing, qui a ensuite été enlevé à Mich-igan, et après qui il est probable que la théité de Lansing a été nommée. À Decem-ber, 1851, M. Thraves a commencé pour Cali-fornia par la route du Panama, en tak-ing passage sur un défroisseur à New Yorkbound pour la ville de Chagres, au thème de la rivière Chagres, sur l'Isthmusof Panama. Le voyage était un voyage très dangereux, le défroisseur perdant l'une des roues latérales et presque détruit, ce qui le rend nécessaire t

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Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio . Fre-mont to learn the trade of blacksmith, serving an apprenticeship under SolomonLansing, who afterward removed to Mich-igan, and after whom it is probable thecity of Lansing was named. In Decem-ber, 1851, Mr. Thraves started for Cali-fornia by way of the Panama route, tak-ing passage on a steamer at New Yorkbound for the town of Chagres, at themouth of Chagres river, on the Isthmusof Panama. The trip was a most haz-ardous one, the steamer losing one of herside-wheels and being nearly wrecked, making it necessary to put in for repairson the way. Upon reaching the Isthmusof Panama, the passengers were rowedand poled up the river Chagres, in smallboats, by the natives, and were some-times obliged to land and walk while theboats were carried around the rapids.After leaving this river the passengershad to make an overland trip of twenty-five miles before reaching the Pacificcoast. The men walked, while the wo-men rode mules furnished by the citizens.To the consternation of Mr. Thraves and. ^-^iiaA s^^ ^l^i^-iA^ OOMMBMORATIVK BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. IGi his fellow travolers, upon rcachinR theport on the Pacific, they learned that there^;ular steamer was already so loadedwith passengers that they could not getaboard, and that nothinf, remained (orthem but to take a sailing vessel for thevovape to San Irancisco. The Naiider-bilt Line, with whom they had shippedfrom New York, had no steam line on thePacific, and so they took pjissage on thebrif; NlarRaret. They put out to seawith a fair wind, but when within onedegree of the equator struck a dead calm, in which they were obliged to lie helpless(or two weeks, during which time twelveof the passengers took sick and died.They finally succeeded in pulling into theharbor of San Bias, Mexico, where thebrig lay (or a week, to the no small solic-itude o( the 250 passengers. The re-mainder o{ their voyage was tedious inthf e.xtreme. Perhaps apprehendingfurth

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