Preface
Table of Contents
Part I - A Historical Primer: A Geologic, Prehistoric & Early American Discussion Regarding the Origin of the State of Michigan
Chapter One - Prehistoric Michigan
Chapter Two - The Fur Trade & the Onset of Historic Michigan
Chapter Three - The Rendevouses of Madam LaFramboise & Rix Robinson
Chapter Four - Northwest Territory & the Great Migration 1805–1837
Chapter Five - "Yea Yea Yea in Michigania" & the Treaty of Washington
Chapter Six - Coming to Osceola 1837–1850
Part II - Doc & Tom - A Historical Novella
Chapter Seven - Doc & Tom
Chapter Eight - Doc & Tom Go Up River
Chapter Nine - Logging on Doc & Tom Lake
Part III - Osceola Territory 1850–1869
Chapter Ten - The 1850's - Opening to Settlement
Chapter Eleven - The Civil War & Settlement Along the River Road
Chapter Twelve - On Up the River Road
Chapter Thirteen - The Watson Brothers, Pin Hook & Jan Vogel
Part IV - Osceola County Established 1869: The Early Years of Osceola County
Chapter Fourteen - Pioneering in Osceola County
Chapter Fifteen - The Coming of the Iron Horse & the Booming at Muskegon Crossing
Chapter Sixteen - The Flint & Pere Marquette Arrives at Hersey & Todd's Slashing
Chapter Seventeen - North on the Grand Rapids & Indiana, the Advent of Dr. Tustin, & the Rising of Clam Lake
Part V - The 1870's, the American Centennial, & the Origin of Marion Town
Chapter Eighteen - The Advance of the Pine Line
Chapter Nineteen - A Centennial Trip to Philadelphia & The Lake George & Muskegon River Railroad
Chapter Twenty - The Origin of Marion Town
Chapter Twenty-One - Marion Town Established–1877 & Brigadier General Francis Marion, "The Swamp Fox"
Part I - The Emergence of Clarkes Mill, The First Decade of Marion Town, Middle Branch Township & A River Trip - 1877-1887
Preface
Chapter Twenty-Two - The Middle Branch of the Muskegon River & Early Days at Clarkes Mill
Chapter Twenty-Three - Clarkes Mill Moves into the 1880’s
Chapter Twenty-Four - Down River into the Town of Middle Branch
Chapter Twenty-Five - From the Middle Branch to the Masquigon, A River Trip - Part I
Chapter Twenty-Six - On Down the Masquigon & Beyond, A River Trip - Part II
Part II - Hartwick & Highland
Chapter Twenty-Seven - Hartwick & Avondale
Chapter Twenty-Eight - Highland & Section 34
Chapter Twenty-Nine - Highland & the Avondale Road
Chapter Thirty - Highland at Milburn & West Marion
Part III - North & East of Clarkes Mill into Missaukee & Clare Counties: A Regional Prospectus
Chapter Thirty-One - The Dawning of South Missaukee
Chapter Thirty-Two - Clare County & the First Decade of Harrison
Chapter Thirty-Three - Winterfield - Part I
Chapter Thirty-Four - Winterfield - Part II
Chapter Thirty-Five - Winterfield - Part III
Chapter Thirty-Six - Watson Road - Part I
Chapter Thirty-Seven - Watson Road - Part II
Photos & Artwork
Part I - The Ann Arbor Cometh
Preface
Chapter Thirty-Eight - Governor Ashley's Grand Adventure
Chapter Thirty-Nine - The Wooing of the Ashleys & the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Cadillac Railroad
Chapter Forty - Marion Town - Part I: "Comin' Down Out of Cummertown"
Chapter Forty-One - Marion Town - Part II: The Rails Roll Into Clarkes Mill
Chapter Forty-Two - The Osceola County Railroad War
Chapter Forty-Three - The Ann Arbor Cometh & The Winter of 1888
Part II - The Booming & Incorporation of Clarkes Mill
Chapter Forty-Four - The Disappearance of Campbell City & the Advent of Temple
Chapter Forty-Five - The Booming of Clarkes Mill
Chapter Forty-Six - The Boom Peaks at Clarkes Mill
Chapter Forty-Seven - The Incorporation & Renaming of Clarkes Mill & The Early Days of the Village of Marion
Part III - The 1890's - A Frontier Elegy
Chapter Forty-Eight - The End of the Frontier & Marion's Missing History
Chapter Forty-Nine - A Requiem for the Early Days
Chapter Fifty - Doc & Tom Redux
Epilogue
References
Index
![](https://www.bibliovault.org/thumbs/978-0-472-11787-1-thumb.jpg "Elly Peterson: "Mother" of the Moderates")
