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Seat : Midland
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Topics: If you are visiting or want to know more aspects of the county these links may be helpful. Alden B.
Dow House and Studio Coming soon: History Queries Visit the ALHN 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 6091st visitor to this page. ©Copyright 2000 By Lesley Moss This page was updated Sunday, July 23, 2000 |
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, Lesley Moss or Sondra Higbee, 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. Midland County is located at the geographical center of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula The land was ceded to the US Government by Pottawatomi, Chippewa and Ottawa Indians who inhabited the area in 1819. There were few white settler's in the 1820 due to Indian hostilities for losing most of their lands. French fur traders came 1831 and made their home around "The Forks," an area where the Pine and Chippewa Rivers flow into the Tittabawassee, or "shining" river, as the Indians referred to it. As the lumbering boom hit the region, this area developed until 1880 when it peaked. By 1897, Herbert Henry Dow, who sunk the first salt well in the state in Midland county, founded the Dow Chemical Company. County links:
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