Local History

Named by the French from its having been the middle one of three Indian trails from the fort at Detroit to the trading posts of the north.

Joseph Buechel built the first general store here in 1863.  Incorporated as a village in 1925 and as a city in 1936.

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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