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Doraville Whitney was the
first Black settler in Isabella County in 1860. The first documentation of
an African-American settler in Mecosta County Michigan was James Guy.
His deed was signed by Abraham Lincoln. He obtained 160 acres in Wheatland
Township on May 30, 1861. Lloyd & Margaret Guy were the first
Black settlers in Montcalm County in 1861. The Homestead Act of 1862 allowed each
settler 160 acres in Michigan. By 1873 African-Americans owned
1,392 acres in the three counties of Isabella, Mecosta and Montcalm.
In the 1860's most of the land in Remus was owned by the Old Settlers. |
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Remus - 1879 - Joseph
Cummins Home First on
Left Side |
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The
Village of Mecosta before it was paved.
Picture courtesy of Raymond Pointer, Sr.
According to Raymond Pointer, Jr.
Kodak
cameras were invented around 1890.
This picture was taken
by a professional
photographer just before WWI. |
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Remus - Main Street Looking North |
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Remus School 1912
Property once owned by Joseph & Esther
Lett-Cummins |
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Oct. 1, 1912 - Methodist AME Church
Basement
Stella Washington is standing left of
the post wearing white lace on her head. Stella was the
daughter of Mozura Washington and cousin of Emmett Porter.
Their mothers were sisters. |
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Arthur Cross Battalion & Bus 1919
Picture
courtesy of Raymond Pointer, Sr. |
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Mecosta Tigers Baseball Team
Front Row Left: Arthur Cross, Guy Stine,
Marshall Corey, F. Winemaster
Arnold Lett, Fred Helms
Back Row Left: Estel Harper, Pat Gingrich
Early Brooks, Laurence Thering
Wilson Scott, Warren Adams
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Lindley Norman
worked construction on the Detroit Windsor Tunnel. The picture
shows his construction team. The tunnel was completed by the
Detroit Windsor Tunnel Corporation in 1930. |
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Grand Rapids Press - February 18,
1927
Submitted by: Dorothy Bartow |
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Clark
Reunion - Grandma Harris, Cecil Clark
Uncle Ollie & Aunt Lucille
Picture
Courtesy of Raymond Pointer, Sr. |
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The Squires Reunion - July 21, 1962
Picture Courtesy of
Roger Cummings &
Betty (Shelby) Cummings |
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Bundy Hills Lumber Camp (Situated on
the Squaw Branch of the Chippewa River
at the old Bundy Dam)
Picture Courtesy of Lillian Mumford
(Todd, Sleet, Wood, Green
Families Pictured)
Submitted by Ken Todd |
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Skinner Lumber Camp
around
1900
Picture: Courtesy Deonna (Todd) Green
Lon
Seaton, William Todd & John Todd are shown.
Most of the Old Settlers worked in the lumber
camps clearing the land.
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Blanchard Railroad
Depot |
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Millbrook Railroad
Depot |
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Delbert Guy
Oldest Descendant
1970 |
Second Flag made to commemorate
The Old Settlers' Reunion |
Old
Settlers' Reunion Discussion Group 
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There are "Old Settlers"
who came from Canada via "The Underground Railroad." It was the
most dramatic nonviolent protest against slavery in the United States
that began in the Colonial Era and reached its peak between 1830 and
1865. An estimated 30,000 to 100,000 slaves
used the "railroad" to get to Canada; many others escaped to Mexico,
the Caribbean, and Europe.
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