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PIONEER HISTORY OF HURON COUNTY, MICHIGAN
by Florence McKinnon Gwinn
Huron County Pioneer & Historical Society, 1922

[page 11]

CHAPTER II
SAND BEACH TOWNSHIP

      An interesting page in the countys history is the
 story of the early settlement of Sand Beach township.
 Steps were taken to organize this township as early as
 1853.  The first town meeting was held near Port Hope
 in a private house and HIRAM WHITCOMB elected super-
 
 
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 visor in the spring of 1853, but he objected to assuming
 control over such a large territory, so the town was not
 really organized until 1855 when JOHN HOPSON was
 elected supervisor.  He was instrumental in getting
 the first state road.  The name given to the bay and
 beach in those early days was on account of the fine,
 wide, clean beach so free from rock ledge at this point.
 The shore below for some distance is rocky.  Upon the
 organization of the township G. W. PACK, of the firm
 of CARRINGTON, PACK & Co., who did business here, sug-
 gested that the same name be given to it.  The name
 gave the impression that the general character of the
 soil was sandy and therefore valueless, so in later years
 the village was renamed Harbor Beach.
 
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