Mason County

History of Mason County, Michigan

H. R. Page & Co., Chicago
1882

(Biographies & Personal Sketches will be found
on the Biographies page)

Description (pages)	Description (pages)
HISTORY OF MASON COUNTY (5) Period of Discovery (5) The First White Settler (9) County Organizations (10) Agriculture (13) Climate and Health (13) Education (13) Bible Society (14) County Agricultural Society (14) Military Matters (15) Incidents of Pioneer Life (16) LUDINGTON CITY (18) Pioneers of 1866 (See Biographies) Bird's Eye View 1871 (21) Early Settlers of the Village (25) At the Close of 1872 (27) First Extensive Fire (28) Incorporated as a City (29) Changes of a Year (30) Postal Matters (31) Ludington Dock (31) Ludington Cornet Band (32) City Cemetery Association (32) Library Association (32) Banks (33) Ludington Fire Department (33) Telegraph & Telephone (33) Ludington Water Supply Co. (34)	Churches & Sabbath Schools (34) Secret & Benevolent Orders (39) Ludington Schools (41) Newspapers (42) Ludington Harbor (43) County Officers (48) Logs, Saw Mills & Lumber (49) U.S. Life Saving Station (54) Great Fire of 1881 (54) Out of the Ashes (57) City Officers (60) City Finances (60) TOWNSHIP HISTORY (70) Pere Marquette Township (70) Free Soil Township (71) Summit Township (71) Lincoln Township (72) Hamlin Township (73) Amber Township (73) Sherman Township (74) Riverton Township (74) Grant Township (75) Victory Township (76) Branch Township (76) Eden Township (77) Custer Township (77)
Portraits & Illustrations
Allen, E. C. (68) Armstrong's, J. W., Block (64) Butters, Peters & Co.'s Mill (76) Cartier, A. E., Residence (30) Cartier, A. E. (30) Cartier, Mrs. A. E. (30) Caswell, Robert (61) Central High School (16) Danaher, P. M. (12) Dowland, F. J. (49) Dowland, F. J., Residence (41) Filer, Delos L. (26) Filer, Frank, Residence (8) Filer House (58) Foley, James, Residence (44) Foster, E. A. (25) Foster, E. A., Residence (37) Foster, J. N., Residence (41) Foster, L. H. (20)	Gebhardt's Block (41) Gibbs, Chancy, Residence (62) Gibbs, Chancy (62) Gibbs, Mrs. Chancy (62) Gibson, B. B., Residence (41) Goodsell, B. J. (29) Goodsell, G., Residence (44) Lake House (44) Ludington, James (18) Ludington Boiler Works (46) Lyon, Thomas R., Agent (57) McMaster, Thomas P. (42) Mason County Jail (16) Nickerson, E. (72) Nickerson, Mrs. E., (72) Scott, H. A., Residence (46) Staffon, Jacob (22) Stray, George N. (32) Roby, George W. (52) Ward, Capt. E. B. (50)