 In 1847, the territorial legislature granted Gifford a charter to build a plank road from Port Ulao west to the Wisconsin River.Only three miles of it were actually built, but this turnpike, now known as Ulao Road, became the basis of today's Highway 60.In 1856, eight members of the Strangite sect of the Church of Latter Day Saints were forced to leave their home on Beaver Island on the Michigan side of the lake and moved to Ulao.