Michigan history

To the Swiftest

Note: The basic facts here are true. I used my imagination to fill in some of the gaps.

GAS

    Joseph Trombley may have been the swiftest Michigan man ever. One summer day in 1836 he traveled 102 miles on foot and another 20 by canoe and was back at his cabin in Portsmouth by 10 o'clock that night. He had canoed from Portsmouth or South Bay City to Sagin…