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Scidmore Park on M-60 (West Michigan Avenue) Three Rivers: April 30, 1957: Three Rivers Public Library: 107 North Main Street Three Rivers: November 16, 1982: White Pigeon General Land Office† 113 West Chicago Road (US-12) White Pigeon: December 19, 1984: Albert G. Wade Estate: 301 West Chicago Road (US-12) White Pigeon: April 24, 1981
William Raynolds Farrand (September 9, 1853 – August 15, 1930) was an American businessman, industrial designer, and manufacturer of pianos and organs. He was president of the Farrand Organ Company that specialized in manufacturing reed organs. He held an executive position in several businesses in the state of Michigan.
White Pigeon was the first permanent settlement in southern Michigan outside of Wayne and Washtenaw counties. The first settlers arrived in 1827, and White Pigeon Township was organized in 1829. That same year, a Mr. Earl claimed the lot of land on which this site is located, and was told by the Potawatomi that Wahbememe was buried there.
When D. O. Farrand died in 1883 University of Michigan president James B. Angell presided over his Ann Arbor funeral. [6] D. O. Farrand's brother Jacob Farrand (1815-1891) became a substantial businessman in Detroit and served as president of the board of the Harper Hospital there from 1860 until his death in 1891
Farrand's wife died in 1855, leaving him with four young children. Farrand continued to live and farm here, and served as township supervisor from 1872 to 1883. He died in 1887. The farmland passed on to Farrand's descendants, who farmed the land until at least the early 1970s. [2] Farrand Hall passed to Farrand's daughter Margaret.
White Pigeon Township is a civil township of St. Joseph County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,762 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] The village of White Pigeon is located within the township.
[5] [6] The United States Land Office, located in downtown White Pigeon, is the oldest surviving U.S. Land office in the state of Michigan. [7] Following the cession of Native American lands in this area by leaders of regional tribes, the U.S. government sold more than 250,000 acres of land in Michigan for $1.25 an acre in the 1830s to settlers ...
Royal Twombly Farrand (October 8, 1867 – March 28, 1927) was an American football player and medical doctor. He was the quarterback of the undefeated 1887 Michigan Wolverines football team and led Michigan to a victory in the first meeting in the Michigan–Notre Dame football rivalry.