Alexis de Tocqueville, on his trip around America in the 1830s, wanted to take a trip into "the wilderness" and made his way by horse with a friend and two Indian guides. They traveled from Detroit to Saginaw Bay, having crossed two rivers, the Flint and the Saginaw, to get there.
The Indian trail he took is the old Dixie Highway from Detroit to Saginaw.
He spent the night at Loon Lake just north of Detroit.