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The population of Mecosta County was 671 inhabitants in 1860. The first issue of the Big Rapids Pioneer, a five-column folio, was printed on April 17, 1862. Charlie Gay was the proprietor, owner, and co-editor with Ceylon C. Fuller. The paper was under the same management for nearly 22 years, and 140 years later, the paper is still being published.
Mecosta County, Michigan is named for him. [2] Mecosta is best known as a signer of the Treaty of Logansport (7 Stat. 501) on April 22, 1836, which ceded lands reserved in the Treaty of Tippecanoe, and began the removal of Mecosta's band of Potawatomi from Indiana to lands west of the Mississippi River, as part of the Potawatomi Trail of Death.
October 20, 1994. Church of the Disciples. 3025 11 Mile Road, SW corner of M-66. Remus. March 18, 1982. Clark's Mineral Water Well Informational Site. 14300 Northland Dr; N side of FSU Racquet Facility drive off Northland Dr (State St/Old US-131), next to and behind sign. Big Rapids. September 21, 1983.
GNIS feature ID. 0632065 [4] Website. villageofmecosta.org. Mecosta is a village in Mecosta County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 386 at the 2020 census, [2] down from 457 in 2010. The village is within Morton Township. Mecosta Township, which is also in Mecosta County, is located several miles to the west.
Colonial Revival, Queen Anne. NRHP reference No. 85000166 [1] Added to NRHP. January 31, 1985. The Fairgrove Avenue Historic District is a residential historic district located along Fairgrove Avenue, between North Saginaw and Edison Streets, in Pontiac, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
JOHNS — A parolee suspected of retail fraud and auto theft was arrested after an eight-hour odyssey that involved multiple police agencies, and pursuits in Clinton and Mecosta counties, police said.
Big Rapids is a city and the seat of government of Mecosta County, Michigan. The population was 7,727 at the 2020 census, [2] down from 10,601 in 2010. [5] The city is surrounded by Big Rapids Charter Township but they are completely separate jurisdictions. Big Rapids is home of the main campus of Ferris State University, a four-year public ...
The Michigan State Fair, first held in 1849, was the nation's first state fair. It was held in various locations throughout Michigan until 1904, when Joseph L. Hudson formed the State Fair Land Company, acquired 135 acres of land at this site, and deeded it to the Michigan Agricultural Society. The 1905 Michigan State Fair was held on this site.