Third Barney Tavern, built 1842.

dc.contributor.other	2012-02-04_jfr	en_US
dc.identifier.other	r03_0219	en_US
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dc.description	Third Barney Tavern, built 1842. From: Everts, L. H. & Co. History of Calhoun County, Michigan... Philadelphia: Everts, 1877. "Touching this gentleman [Nathaniel Barney], we quote verbatim from A. D. P. Van Buren: 'Of this pioneer tavern-keeper of Battle Creek the people retain kindly recollections. it would be very difficult to find two words more inseparably connected with the memory of the early days of Battle Creek than these old familiar words 'Barney's Tavern.' The old log hostelry on the hill, just west of the creek, and the kind-hearted old landlord, whose hospitality has been extended to so many emigrants and travelers during the settlement of this part of the State, will be long remembered. Nathaniel Barney and his family came from Chautauqua county, New York, arriving at Battle Creek March 9, 1833. He and his son-in-law, General Ezra Convis, were two of the original propretors of Battle Creek. He was made postmaster of the new town in 1834. He also, at an early day, carried the mail from Marshall, by way of Gull prairie, to Kalamazoo. After keeping tavern for a number of years in the old log building near the creek he settled down two miles northwest, and there was landlord and farmer also. At this time he died, October 18, 1856. His sons, Milton and Oliver, yet live near the old homestead, in Bedford Township."	en_US
dc.language.iso	En	en_US
dc.subject	Hotels and Taverns - Barney Tavern	en_US
dc.subject	Barney, Nathaniel	en_US
dc.title	Third Barney Tavern, built 1842.	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US