Clare
Clare Congregational Church
Clare, MI
Saginaw architect William T. Cooper designed this church in a Greek-cross plan.
Harrison
Harrison, MI
The Flint and Pere Marquette Railway Company platted this area in 1879 and presented a parcel to the county.
Logging Railroads
Clare, MI
Michigan’s lumbermen found many areas were too far from rivers for logs to be taken to the mills in the spring drive.
Michigan's Petroleum Industry
Clare, MI
In 1860 State Geologist Alexander Winchell reported that oil and gas deposits lay under Michigan’s surface.