= THE SPINAL COLUMN, December 23, 1964 About the Second Hundred Years? Serene and stately must best describe this —- qs it true that the first hundred years are the well known land mark in Walled Lake The © hardest? In Walled Lake, stands 2 home that Tuttle Homestead, located on Pontiac Trail laughs at a mere hundred years. The residence near East Lake Drive. I have in mind sent a soldier to the American Civil. War, and more than half a century later sent another to France in 1917, The years have dealt kindly with the Tuttle Homestead which is puttressed with a foundation “wall ten feet thick. This past week, your reporter viewed a certified copy of the Land Grant signed by President Andrew Jackson which conveyed the property from the United States of America to Jesse Tuttle.: In 1830, an ox-drawn covered wagon departed from Punxatawney, Pa., and headed westward. In front, marched a tall man named Jesse Tuttle. His young bride, Martha, rode within. Unafraid, pecause of their faith in the Providence of their Creator, they faced the unknown future, together. Weeks went by as they proceeded slowly past settlements that became farther and farther apart. Other wagons that they encountered turned back or took different directions until finally they traveled alone. The trail they followed dwindled and disappeared. They came upon one who told them of a peautiful lake known to the Indians as ‘