Lost White Child Found by Indians

Location: Lake Street area, Saugatuck
Date: 1840s

Julia Morrison was born in her parent’s cabin along what is now Lake Street in Saugatuck in 1846. Her parents, Stephen and Mary Elizabeth Morrison were among the earliest pioneers. One day little Julia was lost in the woods and after much searching her parents asked their Indian neighbors for help in the search—and soon thereafter she was found picking flowers on top of a nearby hill. The Morrison’s tannery and real estate investments brought them considerable wealth, and little Julia was eventually sent to the elite private school for girls in nearby Allegan. Julia died in Saugatuck in 1924.