State Parks and Camping in Michigan

McLain State Park

Local History

In 1846, a log cabin was built here to hold the Ruggles mineral claim.  Christopher C. Douglas owned the land and came to live on it in 1852.  He sold it to the Quincy Mining Company, of which he was an agent.  Incorporated as a village in 1875 and as a city in 1903.  Named for John Hancock, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

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

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