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Conway Conservation EasementSat., February 11, 2012 • 11 a.m.
Plein Air Artists of West Michigan to piant historic Battle Creek site
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Originally this land was gifted to John Harper as a government bonus for his service as captain in the War of 1812. In 1834 Harper built a sawmill and dammed up “Harper” Creek to power it. He later built a two story Grecian style home. Much of the original home remains today. Upon crossing the dam, a winding path takes you around the large pond into a majestic forest of century-old oaks, hickories, and ash. Harper’s Creek meanders into open wetlands scattered with tufts of sedges and scrubby brush and snakes through the forest.
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