The note at the top of the reads: A Map of Hammonds Addition to Union City at the head of the Steamboat Navigation and proposed junction of the Erie Canal and the St Joseph River in Branch County Michigan.
In reading the Chronicles of Union City published in 1893, the founding fathers elected to pursue and betting on the Erie Canal connecting to the St Joseph River rather than railroads. The connection of the Erie Canal never happened and the railroads elected to run further north and south of Union City.
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