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History of the Copper Range Consolidated Company- The Copper Range Company (1899-1977) operated copper mines in Houghton County's South Range and in Ontonagon County. The second largest mining company in the Copper Country (after Calumet & Hecla), the Copper Range Company was the only one to survive the 1960s. In addition to mining, it owned and operated the Copper Range Railroad (1899-1973) an...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lapeer County, Michigan.= Official Website =The county was created on September 18, 1822, and was fully organized on February 2, 1835. The name is a corruption of the French la pierre, which means "the stone".The first European-American settler in Lapeer was Alvin N. Hart, who was born in Cornwall, Connecticut on February 11, 1804. He...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Iron County, Michigan. Official Website Iron County was organized in 1885 and was named for the valuable iron ore found within its borders. Adjacent Counties Houghton County Baraga County Marquette County Ontonagon County Dickinson County Florence County, Wisconsin Florence County, Wisconsin
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Chippewa County, Michigan. Official Website The county is named for the Ojibwe (Chippewa) people, and was set off and organized in 1826. Adjacent Counties & Provinces Province of Ontario Presque Isle County Mackinac County Luce County Cities, Villages &Townships Bay Mills Bruce Chippewa Dafter DeTour Vi...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Clinton County, Michigan. Official Website The county was created in 1831 and organized in 1839. It is named after early American politician DeWitt Clinton. Adjacent Counties Saginaw County Gratiot County Montcalm County Shiawassee County Ionia County Ingham County Eaton County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Flint, Michigan. Flint is the county seat of Genesee County and lies on the Flint River. Official Website Wikipedia The region was home to several Ojibwe tribes at the start of the 19th century, with a particularly significant community established near present-day Montrose. The Flint River had several convenient fords which beca...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. Official Website A historic furniture-manufacturing center, Grand Rapids is home to five of the world's leading office furniture companies, and is nicknamed "Furniture City". Other nicknames include "River City" and more recently, "Beer City" (the latter given by USA Today and adopted by the city...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Mecosta County, Michigan. Official Website The county is named after Chief Mecosta, the leader of the Potawatomi Native American tribe who once traveled the local waterways in search of fish and game. Chief Mecosta was one of the signers the Treaty of Washington in 1836. The easily navigated waterways soon led to a boom in lumber in...
This cemetery is located on 543 west Cleveland Street, Coopersville, Ottawa County, Michigan. It is also known as Coopersville Cemetery and Polkton Cemetery . Find a Grave USGW Archives Billion Graves Cemetery History
This cemetery is located on Hays & State Streets, Marne, Ottawa County, Michigan. It's also known as Berlin Cemetery and Old St. Mary's Cemetery . Find a Grave
3300 Walker Avenue NW, Walker, Kent County, Michigan. Find a Grave USGW Archives
ISLE ROYALE, HURON, GRAND PORTAGE, CHALLENGE, WINONA, KING PHILLIP, WYANDOT & SUPERIOR MINE FATALITIES PROJECT The Isle Royale Mine consisted of over 3500 acres of land just south of Houghton, comprised of the Old Grand Portage, Huron, Frue, Dodge, and Montezuma mines. The mine consisted of six shafts, a centralized surface plant, a short line railroad, a stamp mill, a pumping station, and a...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Saginaw County, Michigan. Official Website The county was created by September 10, 1822 and was fully organized on February 9, 1835. The etymology of the county's name is uncertain. It may be derived from Sace-nong or Sak-e-nong (English: Sauk land), as the Sauk (French: Sac) tribe is believed by some to have once lived there. A mo...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Iosco County, Michigan. Official Website The county was created by the Michigan Legislature in 1840 as Kanotin County, and renamed Iosco County in 1843. A majority of the population used to be Chippewa Indians, the area offered shelter from tall white pines, and food from the river and lake. Iosco County was cut from a piece of land...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Tuscola County, Michigan. Official Website The county was created by Michigan Law on April 1, 1840. The name Tuscola was a neologism created by Henry Schoolcraft and had an aboriginal root. That source likely was the native Ojibwe name "desakamigaa" that means the flat level ground or simply the flat country. For an ending, Mr. Scho...
Please add profiles for those who were born in Shiawassee County, Michigan. Official Website The county was created in 1822 and was named for the Shiawassee River. Adjacent Counties Saginaw County Genesee County Livingston County Ingham County Clinton County Gratiot County For a complete list of Townships & Communities, please see Wikipedia .
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Muskegon County, Michigan.= Official Website =Muskegon County was organized in 1859. Its name is from the Muskegon River, which runs through it and empties into Muskegon Lake and subsequently flows into Lake Michigan. The word "Muskegon" comes from the Ojibwa/Chippewa word mashkig, meaning "marsh" or "swamp". Adjacent Counties * Kent ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in St. Clair County, Michigan. Official Website The county was created September 10, 1820. French explorer René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle led an expedition to this area on August 12, 1679. These Roman Catholic men named the lake as Lac Sainte-Claire, because it was the feast day of Sainte Clare of Assisi, whom they venerated. ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Charlevoix County, Michigan. Official Website History Between 1840 and 1841, surveyors William Austin Burt, John Mullett and Charles W. Cathcart, surveyed much of Northern Michigan. Cathcart oversaw the internal lines survey for 34N 08W, the region which would later be known as Charlevoix. Mullett and Cathcart laid out many of the...
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. The Tigers compete in the Central division of the American League (AL) in Major League Baseball (MLB). One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in 1894 as part of the Western League. They are the oldest continuous one-name, one-city franchise in the AL. The Tigers have won ...
Bristol Cemetery is located 1/2 mile West of Bristol on 8 Mile Rd in Bristol, Dover Township, Lake County, Michigan. It's also known as Dover Township Cemetery . Find a Grave
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Midland County, Michigan.= Official Website ==History=At the time of European contact, the land that would be Midland County, was occupied by the Chippewa Tribe. In the year of 1831, Midland County's borders had been set. In 1850, Midland County was officially organized. In 1890, Herbert Henry Dow arrived and founded the Dow Chemical ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Crawford County, Michigan. Official Website The county is named for Col. William Crawford,[6] a Revolutionary War officer captured by Native Americans near Sandusky, Ohio and burned at the stake in 1792. Created by the Michigan Legislature as Shawono County in 1840, before being renamed in 1843 as Crawford County. "Shawono" was deri...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Otsego County, Michigan. Official Website The county was founded in 1840 as Okkuddo County (meaning "sickly water," although the reason for using a name with such a negative meaning is lost). The name was changed to Otsego in 1843 and was organized in 1875. Otsego may be a Native American name meaning "place of the rock". However, a...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Grand Traverse County, Michigan. Official Wesbite In 1840, the county was separated from Mackinac County and originally named Omeena County. It was organized by an act of the state legislature on April 7, 1851. Grand Traverse is derived from a French phrase meaning "long crossing" and the county is so named because it is situated at...