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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27BK_elk-oil-and-the-environment_Gaylord-MI.html
During the 1970s, the Pigeon River Country State Forest - home to the only substantial wild elk herd east of the Mississippi River - was the scene of one of the longest, most controversial environmental battles in Michigan history. As the largest …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM9T_st-marys-catholic-church_Gaylord-MI.html
St. Mary's Church began as a mission of the Catholic diocese of Grand Rapids. The first church was built around 1884. The parish grew to become a predominantly Polish congregation while under the pastorate of Father Casimir Skory (1892-1905). In 1…
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First named Okkuddo when it was set off in 1840, this county was renamed Otsego in 1843 after a New York county and lake of that name. It is said to mean "clear water." Settlement did not begin until the late 1860's when lumbering was started. Ots…
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Settled in the year 1874 by the Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad, the new community was named for Augustine Smith Gaylord, an attorney for the railroad. Born in Jefferson, Ohio in 1831, he started the Saginaw Public School System in 1851. He be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM96_first-congregational-church_Gaylord-MI.html
The First Congregational Church is the oldest congregation in Gaylord. In 1874 the Reverend James McKay founded it as a mission church with twenty-one members. It was officially organized three years later. In 1878 the Reverend Abram Van Auken arr…
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