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Seat : Cassopolis
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If you are visiting or want to know more aspects of the county these links may be helpful. Topics: Michigan
Historical Markers Coming soon: History Queries Neighboring MI Counties: [Berrien] [Kalamazoo]
The Michigan ALHN is providing these links to you only as a convenience and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement of the site by the Michigan ALHN. You are the 9071st visitor to this page. ©Copyright 2000 By Lesley Moss This page was updated Wednesday, July 10, 2002
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The Michigan American Local History Network is a central web page from which independent web sites containing historical or genealogical content about Michigan or it's counties, are linked.
If you are interested in hosting a Michigan county, please contact Bonnie McVicar-Briggs, or Lesley Moss the State Coordinators for Michigan. We will be happy to help you. We would be happy to have volunteers who prefer to host a township, city or cover a topic in a township too, such as religion, history, cemeteries, occupations, etc. We can easily link your page to the County it falls under.If you want to contribute, please check out the Volunteer FAQ Page. The county is named after Lewis Cass (1782-1866 ) who was the Territorial Governor of Michigan from 1813-31. In the 1820's white settlers occupied the Potawatomis territory. US-12 was once an Indian trail that crossed the state from Detroit in the east to Chicago in the west. the early settlers came from Berrien which included New Englanders, Southerners, and a large Black and Indian population. Although most Potawatomis were forced off their land, some Native Americans resisted, and in 1837 were able to purchase 1,000 acres of land in Silver Creek Township. Many descendants can still be found living there today. The Black population was aided by the Quakers who had left the South due to slavery. They helped slaves escape through the underground railroad. About 2 miles east of Cassopolis is The William Jones House, a station for the underground railroad. County links:
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