Burland to Black Hawk
when the news of Stillman's Run reached Michigan, it stimulated renewed militia activity. We don't know when the newly arrived Thomas Burland heard the news, but he is not one of the settlers who...
View ArticleCeresco Dam again
I stopped at the Ceresco Dam on my only good ride of the year so far, back on April 18. The previous time I was here was in fall 2005. That time I talked to a young man who seemed to be in a thoughtful...
View ArticleWilliam McCarty’s language skills
There were two major destinations for my April 18 ride. This was near the first one, near the northwest corner of the old Mickkesawbe Reserve in Branch County. The north border of that reserve is...
View ArticleMoving the reservation boundary
Today I rode to what is most likely the farm of the Harvey Jones who in 1863 was not allowed by the Michigan House of Representatives to become the owner of the land comprising the Huron Potawatomi...
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