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Buchanan was first settled in 1833 by Charles Cowles, who constructed a sawmill near this site. Other settlers followed, and by 1842, when Buchanan was first platted, there were about twelve buildings in or near the village. The completion of the Michigan Central Railroad through the area in 1849 resulted in a boom in development. Although not ...
The Clark Equipment Company Administrative Complex is a collection of former manufacturing buildings located at 301-324 East Dewey Street and 204-302 North Red Bud Trail in Buchanan, Michigan. It was the original home of Clark Equipment Company , and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.
Cowles constructed a sawmill near here. By 1841, there were four cabins, a gristmill, a sawmill and a distillery in the area, and in 1842 mill operator John Hamilton platted the village of Buchanan. Early development is not well documented, but a number of mills were built in Buchanan, drawing in workers.
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Battle of Monterey Pass / Michigan Cavalry Brigade Informational Designation 14325 Buchanan Trail East Waynesboro, Pennsylvania vicinity 2012: Birthplace of Kiwanis Informational Designation 3636 Woodview Trace Indianapolis, Indiana: 1982: Cadillac Museum (Musée Lamothe-Cadillac) Lamothe Cadillac Avenue Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave, France: 1984
Also in 1995, Ingersoll Rand sold Clark Equipment's mechanical test laboratory which still operates as Clark Testing today in Buchanan, Mi. [12] In 1996, Ingersoll Rand donated two tons of Clark archives to the Berrien County Historical Association, and the Berrien County 1839 Courthouse Museum is now the Clark archives repository. [13]
Buchanan became the commercial center of the surrounding area in the 1840s, and the business district developed rapidly in the 1850s. In 1848, business partners Lorenzo Alexander and John Ross built a two-story stone commercial building in Buchanan, and in 1850 the pair established a general store.