Gratiot

Alma, MI

On October 26, 1886, the Presbyterian Synod of Michigan accepted gifts of thirty acres of land from Ammi W. Wright of Alma and $50,000...

Ithaca, MI

This county was named for General Charles Gratiot, builder of Fort Gratiot at Port Huron in 1814.

Ithaca, MI

Henry R. Pattengill began his career in 1874 as the superintendent of St. Louis schools, and later of Ithaca schools.

Riverdale, MI

In 1926 when George Beck of Ithaca learned that one of the last stands of white pine in Gratiot County was going to be cut, he called on...

Alma, MI

In November 1885 the Michigan Masonic Home Association was established to raise funds for a home and health care facility for aged Masons.

Breckenridge, MI

In 1867 goods for Gratiot and Isabella Counties were shipped from Detroit to St. Johns, then hauled by teams of horses to outlying...