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PIONEER HISTORY
OF
HURON COUNTY
MICHIGAN
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BY
FLORENCE McKINNON GWINN
Submitted
By
Jackie Weber
weberone@torchlake.com
P.O. Box 762
Elk Rapids, MI 49629
HURON COUNTY PIONEER AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
1922
Pages: 1-8 9-31 32-51 52-71 72-93 94-100
CONTENTS
PHYSICAL FEATURES 1
ORIGIN OF NAME "HURON" 4
FIRST WHITE MAN ON THE SHORE 7
THE EARLIEST SETTLERS 9
BEGINNING OF HURON CITY 10
SAND BEACH TOWNSHIP 11
THE FIRST COUNTY SEAT 12
PORT AUSTIN TOWNSHIP 19
DESCRIPTION OF STONE QUARRIES 25
RUBICON TOWNSHIP 27
BINGHAM TOWNSHIP 32
VILLAGE OF UBLY 33
PARTS TOWNSHIP 33
DWIGHT TOWNSHIP 35
SHERMAN TOWNSHIP 36
HUME TOWNSHIP 37
A VANISHED VILLAGE 39
CASEVILLE TOWNSHIP 41
EARLY LUMBER OPERATIONS 45
FIRST SALT WELL OPENED 46
THE McKINLEY IRON WORKS 46
A COMMUNITY EXPERIMENT 51
SEBEWAING TOWNSHIP 53
FAIR HAVEN TOWNSHIP 56
VERONA TOWNSHIP 60
COLFAX TOWNSHIP 64
LOCATING THE COUNTY SEAT 66
BAD AXE WIPED OUT BY FIRE 73
GORE TOWNSHIP 75
SIGEL TOWNSHIP 75
SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP 76
LAKE TOWNSHIP 78
CHANDLER TOWNSHIP 80
OLIVER TOWNSHIP 82
GRANT TOWNSHIP 83
BROOKFIELD TOWNSHIP 84
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP 85
MEADE TOWNSHIP 86
LINCOLN TOWNSHIP 87
WINSOR TOWNSHIP 88
McKINLEY TOWNSHIP 91
PIONEER FAMILY OF NOTE 91
AN EARLY MILLIONAIRE 93
LUMBER AND SHINGLES 94
A BIT OF CHURCH HISTORY 96
COMING OF THE RAILROADS 98
FIRST COUNTY OFFICERS 98
MARVELOUS CHANGES 100
PREFACE
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The Huron County Pioneer and Historical Society authorized its secretary, Mrs. Richard Gwinn, to secure facts and publish a history of the early settlements of Huron County, its resources and prospects, so that the coming generations may know something of the struggles and privations of the early settlers.
In sending forth this description of Huron County, its history, topography and possibilities, we have availed ourselves of the most reliable sources of information within our reach.
Most of the historic material has been secured from original documents, manuscripts, papers, journals, talks by men who are now deceased and reports from the Michigan Historical Collections.
The writer wishes to thank W. H. Wallace, S. Wallace and Chas. Crawford for the loan of early papers published in the county, These contained valuable data and information. To those desiring information this little volume will contain much that is instructive as well as entertaining and valuable.
FLORENCE McKINNON GWINN
HURON COUNTY PIONEER AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
1922 |
