Heritage through our Ancestors

Swiger, Leonard and Grace (Slocum)

Local History

First settled and founded by John Green, from Fulton County, N.Y., in 1844.  A station on the Detroit Grand Rapids & Western Railroad.  Incorporated as a village in 1867 and as a city in 1871.

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

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