Isabella
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI
Founded in 1892 as a private institution, Central Michigan Normal School and Business Institute held its first classes on this site.
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI
Privately organized by citizens of Mount Pleasant in 1892, Central became Michigan’s second state-supported normal school in 1895.
Doughty House
Mount Pleasant, MI
Built about 1865 this oldest remaining house in Mount Pleasant was purchased by Wilkinson Doughty in 1869.
Indian Cemetery
Mount Pleasant, MI
In the 1850s the Methodist Episcopal (Indian) Church established the Bradley Mission School and Indian Cemetery in this area.
Isabella County Seat
Mt. Pleasant, MI
The state legislature organized Isabella County on February 11, 1859.
Peter E. Richmond
Mount Pleasant, MI
Physician Peter E. Richmond was born in 1846 in New York.
Power House
Shepherd, MI
The Shepherd Village Power House was built in 1908-09.
Sacred Heart Academy
Mount Pleasant, MI
In 1889 Sacred Heart Academy was organized as a school for St. Charles Church, which was established in 1872.
Saint John's Episcopal Church
Mount Pleasant, MI
A mission was organized in Mount Pleasant in 1876, and in 1882 the present building was begun.
Schoolhouse
Mount Pleasant, MI
In 1891 Congress established the Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial School and appropriated $25,000 for land and buildings.