Mr. Speaker. I am pleased to learn that the National Park Service has entered the R. C. Burtis House. located in Vassar. Mich.. into the National Register of Historic Places. This historic structure is unique in several respects and I would like to share its story with my colleagues. Mr. Richard C. Burtis was born in Troy. N.Y.. in 1824 and emigrated to Vassar in 1857. trained in the shoemaking trade. Mr. Burtis eventually opened a chain of general stores selling groceries and dry goods in the Vassar area. A typical local entrepreneur. Mr. Burtis also served as local postmaster for a number of years.
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