Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2017 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Bowen's Michigan State Atlas B. F. Bowen & Co. - 1916 Page 148 CHEBOYGAN COUNTY Cheboygan county was laid out and named in 1840, and was organized in 1853. It was named from a river of the same name and has many meanings ascribed to it. The county is located in the extreme northern part of the Lower Penin- sula. It is bounded on the north by Lake Huron, on the east by Presque Isle county, on the south by Otsego and Mont- morency counties and on the west by Charlevoix and Emmet counties. The total land area comprises 462,439.73 acres. Of this number, 120,418 acres are devoted to farms. It has a total population of 17,872 (1910 census). The valuation of taxable property as estimated by the state board of tax commissioners in 1911, is $12,003,821. The county has splen- did educational advantages. There are in all, 84 schools, requiring 139 teachers with a total enrollment of 4,138 students. There are 6 banks, 1 daily and 3 weekly news- papers in the county, also telegraph, telephone and rural mail service. Cheboygan is the judicial seat of the county and has a population of about 8,000. It is a thriving manufacturing and shipping point and the lake port of one of the best farming sections in Michigan, located in the straits of Mackinac at the mouth of the Cheboygan and Black rivers and on the Michigan Central and the Detroit and Mackinac Railroads. In addition to its rail facilities, it has many boat lines connecting with nearly every large port on the lakes. The city is thoroughly modern, has well paved streets, fine sewerage system, water works, a well equipped fire de- partment, 10 miles of water mains, police department, 9 public schools, a county normal school, 3 parochial schools, public library, opera house, first class hotels, 3 banks, churches of different denominations, electric light, gas and power plant and 3 newspapers. This section grows large quantities of such fruits as cherries, plums, and apples. Potatoes, hay, oats, barley, corn and rye are raised in abundance. The principal in- dustries of the city are saw-mills, one of the largest tanneries west of New York, large paper-mill, foundries, snow plow works, automobile factory, fire kindle factory, cannery, flour mill, sash, door and blind factory, wood turning works, boiler works, machine shops, cigar factor- ies, packing industries, planing mills, etc. The other principal towns are Tower and Wolverine. The transporta- tion facilities of the county are the Michigan Central and the Detroit & Mackinac Railroads, the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company, Northern Michigan Naviga- tion Company and the Arnold Transportation Company. ==========================================================================