Editing Petoskey, Michigan (section)

===Pioneer commercial interests===
Amos Fox and Hirem Obed Rose were pioneer entrepreneurs who had made money during both the [[California Gold Rush]] and at Northport selling lumber and goods to passing ships. Originally based at Northport, in the 1850s Rose and Fox<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sprague |first1=Elvin L. |last2=Smith |first2=Mrs George N. |title=Sprague's History of Grand Traverse and Leelanaw Counties, Michigan: Embracing a Concise Review of Their Early Settlement, Industrial Development and Present Conditions, Together with Interesting Reminiscences |date=1903 |publisher=B.F. Bowen |page=345 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6WI0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA345}}</ref> (or Fox & Rose)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fuller |first1=George Newman |last2=Beeson |first2=Lewis |title=Michigan History |date=1918 |publisher=Michigan History Division of the Department of State |page=392 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QshKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA392}}</ref> expanded their business interests to Charlevoix and Petoskey. Rose also earned income as part of a business partnership that extended the railroad from Walton Junction to Traverse City.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bowen|first1=B.F.|title=Biographical History of Northern Michigan|date=1905|publisher=B.F. Bowen & Co.|location=Alpena County (Mich.)|page=499|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ljkaAQAAMAAJ&q=Rose+fox+northport+michigan&pg=PA482}}</ref> H.O. Rose, along with Archibald Buttars,<ref>{{cite book |last1=ANDERSON |first1=S. E. WAIT and W. S. |title=OLD SETTLERS OF THE Grand Traverse Region |date=1918 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3TG_sxY4KrgC&pg=PA49}}</ref> established a general merchandise business in Petoskey.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bowen|first1=B.F.|title=Biographical History of Northern Michigan|date=1905|publisher=B.F. Bowen & Co.|location=Alpena County (Mich.)|pages=482, 486–499|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ljkaAQAAMAAJ&q=Rose+fox+northport+michigan&pg=PA482}}</ref>

After the partnership split, Rose relocated to Petoskey and in 1873 built the first dock in the town.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bowen|first1=B.F.|title=Biographical History of Northern Michigan|date=1905|publisher=B.F. Bowen & Co.|location=Alpena County (Mich.)|page=498|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ljkaAQAAMAAJ&q=Rose+fox+northport+michigan&pg=PA482}}</ref> When the [[Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad]] was about to be extended into the [[Bay View, Michigan|Bay View]] area, Rose purchased much land in that area, as well as trolley cars, to enable transport between Petoskey and Bay View.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Agria |first1=John J. |last2=Agria |first2=Mary A. |title=Bay View |date=2014 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-4671-1166-9 |page=30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UO5gAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA30}}</ref> Rose also developed the first general store, extensive lime quarries ([[Michigan Limestone Company]], aka [[Petoskey Lime Company]];<ref>{{cite book |author1=United States Army Corps of Engineers |title=Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army |date=1890 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=2672 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fTvYntmuiNsC&pg=PA2672}}</ref>),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Federspiel |first1=Michael |title=Little Traverse Bay, Past and Present |date=2014 |publisher=Wayne State University Press |isbn=978-0-8143-3820-9 |page=5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eFHYAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA5}}</ref> building the Arlington Hotel, and lumbering enterprises, and harbor improvements in 1893.<ref>{{cite book |title=United States Congressional serial set |date=1895 |page=2911 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CYc3AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA2911}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=United States Congressional Serial Set |date=1897 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=2944 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zCtHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA2944}}</ref> He served as first president of the village and officiated at early commemorative public events.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kilborn |first1=Harriet |title=The History of Petoskey Area |url=http://deemamafred.tripod.com/emhist.html |website=deemamafred.tripod.com |date=1960 |quote=Welcoming the first train to Petoskey on November 25, 1873, "H. 0. Rose was on hand to do the official "welcoming" honors."}}</ref><ref name="page">{{cite book|title=The Traverse Region, Historical and Descriptive: With Illustrations|date=1884|publisher=H. R. Page & Co.|location=Chicago|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bad0776.0001.001.umich.edu/page/154 154]–155, 160|url=https://archive.org/details/bad0776.0001.001.umich.edu|quote=The Traverse Region, historical and descriptive.|access-date=3 February 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Rose's influence on the city was also commemorated by the naming of the H. O. Rose room at the Perry Hotel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.staffords.com/perry-hotel/dine-perry-hotel/h-o-rose-dining-room/|title=H.O. Rose Dining Room, Perry Hotel Restaurant, Petoskey|publisher=Staffords.com|access-date=May 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508123212/http://www.staffords.com/perry-hotel/dine-perry-hotel/h-o-rose-dining-room/|archive-date=May 8, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>