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Calhoun
County History Publications On-Line
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Michigan
County Histories Project of the Michigan Council of Libraries.
From their web site: "The Michigan County Histories collection is a
collaborative effort of Michigan's Council of Library
Directors. The collection is projected to provide access to 192
histories dating from 1866 to 1926. There are 195 volumes in 164 titles
currently online. The collection is made possible, in part, through a
generous
Library
Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant. Read
more
about the project."
These histories are fully text searchable, and can be displayed in
text, Adobe .pdf, or image format.
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| Biographical review of Calhoun County, Michigan : containing historical, biographical and genealogical sketches of many of the prominent citizens of to-day and also of the past.
2 v. (699 p.) : ports. ; 29 cm. Chicago :
Hobart & Mather, 1904.
AKA: "1904 Portrait and Bio Album"
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| Calhoun County business directory for 1869-70 : with a history of the county, giving a detailed historical and descriptive sketch of each township, city and
village. 426 p. : map ; 24 cm. Battle Creek, Mich : E. G. Rust,
1869.
AKA: "E.G. Rust Directory"
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History of Calhoun County, Michigan; a narrative account of its historical progress, its people, and its principal interests, by Hon Washington Gardner.
Gardner, Washington, ed. 1845-1928, 2 v. (1354 p.) front., illus., pl., ports. 27cm.
Chicago, New York, The Lewis publishing company, 1913.
AKA: "Gardner's History"
Vol. 1
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| 1830-1877 History of Calhoun county, Michigan with
illustrations descriptive of its scenery, palatial residences, public
buildings, fine blocks and important manufactories.
212 p. front., plates. ports., map. 37 x 30 cm. Philadelphia, L. H. Everts & co.,
1877.
AKA: "1877 History"
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Portrait and biographical album of Calhoun county, Michigan. Containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and
representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the presidents of the United States and governors of the state.
5 p. L., [19]-1046 p. incl. plates, ports. 28cm. Chicago Chapman bros., 1891.
AKA: "Chapman's Portrait & Bio"
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| An account of Southwest Michigan and Calhoun County : with special matter relating to Calhoun County.
Weissert, Charles Adam, 1878-1947. 385 p., [19] leaves of plates :
ill.,ports. ; 26 cm.
[Dayton, Ohio] : National Historical Association, Inc., [1924?]
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Brief History of Calhoun County
The
boundaries of Calhoun County were set off by the
Michigan territorial legislative council October
29, 1829. The county was named for John C. Calhoun, who was
then a member of President Jackson's Cabinet,
Secretary of War. The old
Territorial Road which crossed through Ann Arbor,
Jackson, and Marshall to what is now the Benton
Harbor/Saint Joseph shoreline of Lake Michigan
crossed through the county. The county was
organized as a independent county on June 29,
1832. The
first land entry at Albion was made in 1830 by
Ephraim Harrison. At Marshall, the first settlers
were George Ketchum who came in April 1830, and
built a sawmill on Rice creek. A grist mill went
into operation in late 1832. Sidney Ketchum was
the original proprietor of the village of
Marshall. The
first settlers in the Battle Creek area were Dr.
Foster and Isaac Tolland. Ezra Convis also
located near this area and became the first
representative of the county to the state
legislature in 1836. Many
communities, especially Marshall, hosted stops on
the Underground Railroad. Sojourner Truth also
died in Battle Creek area in 1883 and is
commemorated by a monument. The
first school was established in 1832 and the
first schoolhouse served as a church as well. The
first courthouse was finished in 1838. In 1850,
there was a jail break from the jail in the
courthouse basement when nine prisoners escaped
after burning off the lock fastenings with an
iron heated at a jail stove. The current
courthouse in Marshall was completed in 1955.
Some county court offices are also located in Battle
Creek.
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Many links and pages of historical information can be
found on the pages for the individual townships. For example, on
the Homer page you'll find links to the
Homer Historical Society, the Index to the Homer Index newspaper, and
transcriptions of Civil War era letters of the Ayling and Archer
families.
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